2023 Author: Katelyn Chandter | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 13:08
Don't know what you want and are slowing down? Are you at a bottom that is difficult to get out of? Can't choose your path and start doing the right things? How to challenge yourself and take action?
Today we'll talk about how to get out of such an unpleasant thing as “action paralysis”. This thing happens in several cases: a) when a person does not know what he wants, and therefore “slows down”. b) when it seems to us that we are at the bottom, from which it is difficult to get out. c) when it is difficult to get up on a long path or do a huge job. What to do?
1. Challenge yourself
A person is very motivated by victories. We love ourselves when we manage to win: to win ourselves, to win a career, to do something super difficult. This is why the first way to get out of paralysis is to challenge yourself. The challenge stimulates the brain, increases self-esteem, and gives energy. Sometimes it just takes a push to get going. Any event that makes you feel like you are in control of your life. If your heart requires it:
- Go to Baikal, jump with a parachute, run every morning for 30 days, perform in stand up format, go around the world (no money), swim naked, conquer a mountain, run a marathon, take a tour of the city of tourists, learn to dance salsa, give up phone for a week, write a book, speak at the bullfight. Don't look for logic. Challenge.
2. Start doing something REGULARLY
I have an acquaintance who lost everything a couple of years ago: the business collapsed, his wife left, began to drink and, as he says, “sank down” so much that he even stopped brushing his teeth. “I realized that I needed to take at least one creative step, and I made a promise to myself to brush my teeth every morning and evening,” he said. And with this small step, his rise from the bottom began for him. After brushing teeth, morning exercises appeared, after exercises came strength to read books, books changed their outlook and attracted a new environment, all this increased self-esteem, and as a result, the guy completely rose from the ashes. So it's a fact: to get out of any ass, you have to start doing one little disciplining thing on a regular basis.
3. Do what makes you feel great
Guess who is the main person in our life? Of course we are. And it is very important that we are proud of ourselves and approve of ourselves. I always recommend making a list titled "When Do I Feel Good?" For example, a designer friend of mine had this list: “I feel great when: I look good; I walk a lot; I help my parents; coping with a difficult task; coming up with a new cut of the dress; I eat right; I go to the gym. " Make yourself the same list - and Alga! Do what makes you feel great.
4. Clarify
Points 1, 2, 3 are designed to energize you. You have to start wanting something! But after you have the energy, what to do next? I'm sure only meaningful work can be enjoyable. In order to set the direction of movement, find out which professions are filled with deep meaning for you? Write down everything that comes to mind, even if it looks strange from the outside. For example, recently a girl who worked as a dentist said that she sees the greatest meaning in the work of … tattooists. And she became one of them! “When I first went to the tattoo parlor, my knees started to shake. I realized: this is mine!”She says. Weird? Is it naive? Fine! What does your inner voice say?
5. Don't try to see the whole path
Many people are afraid to start moving towards their heart because they do not see the exact path. But the more I read books and study "success stories", the more I am sure: no one initially knew how he would come to where he came.
Do you know how Larry Page and Sergey Brin came up with Google? Initially, they were employees of Stanford Electronic Library, and their task was to create an online library search. In general, they used to shaman like this - and oops, it turned out to be Google. How? Yes, that's not clear. Initially, no one set such an ambitious task as the unification of all information in the world. Of course, I am describing this in an exaggerated way, but the essence is exactly this. It's like the automatic doors in a supermarket: while you are standing still, they are closed. As soon as you take a step forward, they open up.
