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We’ve all been there and we all go through this. The emotional crash. The big dump. We have put up with more than we can handle and we are pretty sure we can’t take much more. The whole world can just disappear, any day now, and you’d be a happy person. You wish everyone and everything would just go away or, at the very least, leave you alone for a day, a week maybe even a month.
Emotional crashes are hard. We aren’t sure when things will get better or when we can smile and breathe easy again. No one likes them, you can’t avoid them, no matter how hard you try and just wish there was an easy way to get through it or even a magic pill you could take that will make everything be better in an instant. Well short of taking mind altering drugs which I would never recommend, there are a few things you can do and say to yourself to help you get through this dreadful period.
Many of us try to be strong for our friends, family or whoever is involved in whatever situation happening at the moment, but fact of the matter is, even strong people need to stop, break down and cry. We can’t expect to be strong 100% of the time. If you need to lock yourself in the bathroom, go up to the top of a mountain and scream or call a friend and grab a shoulder to cry on, do it. Releasing all that pent up emotion is good for you. Remind yourself it’s ok to cry.
We don’t want to bother anyone right? Jane has enough problems of her own she certainly doesn’t need to hear mine. No one wants to listen to me cry about my problems. All that is wrong. Your friends care about you and always want you to reach out to them when you need them. They would be sad or hurt if you didn’t. If they don’t want you to reach out then they aren’t true friends. It’s ok to call your friends. They want you to.
Yes, you do and you need to give yourself permission to take one. The world will still go on without you; people will figure stuff out on their own. You don’t have all the answers to all the problems and it’s time you stopped acting like you did. You aren’t a made of steel. You are a human with feelings and a breaking point. Stop and give yourself a break, before you break.
There is nothing left for you to do. You did whatever you could with what you know and have. Be proud of yourself for at least that much. Most people would have stopped a long time ago but you didn’t. You persevered and kept going until you just couldn’t anymore. Good for you, good job. Tell yourself you did a good job and the rest will just work itself out.
I know cliché but it’s true. Tomorrow is a new day, with a fresh start, a fresh mind and maybe even more optimistic. Things will be better. You can’t do anymore today and you need to rest. Know that you did the best, it’s time to let it be, and tomorrow things will start looking up. Keep telling yourself and you will believe it. Tomorrow is a new and better day.
Even your emotions. You may be drained right now and probably have been for a while now but it will end. It will all end soon. Things will get better and in 6 months or a year from now you can look back on this period and pride yourself on how managed to overcome it and see how much stronger you are for it today.
So many things come hurtling at us from all angles and it seems all at the same time. Things will work themselves out, and things will get better. Have faith. This too shall pass.
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You’ve been setting goals for years. In fact, you’re a damn good goal setter. You write SMART goals, lay out the activities, action plans, deadlines and measurements. You put your goals in a place where you could see them every damn day!
Problem is you rarely meet your goals. I get it. I was there. In fact, the process would go something like this:
So what’s the problem? With all your kick-ass goal setting skills why in the world are you failing to meet your goals? Perhaps it’s because most of us are just taught the process of goal setting. If you were to research goals you will find numerous writings on “how-to” set goals. Blog, lessons and videos only focus on the mechanics of setting goals. That’s the easy part.
Goals can give your life structure, but they won’t give your life purpose.
Many women I have spoken to and know, me included, grew up with expectations placed on us by others. It’s a familiar tune, we hear it said over and over. We experience it ourselves. By the time you are 50 and even 40, these expectations we’ve taken on are so ingrained in us, we are not even aware these weren’t ours in the first place. We forget or we don’t even know what we wanted.
To add an additional layer, we’ve lived a life of many varied experiences. Some disappointing, some truly wonderful, yet these experiences have placed us right where we are today. All the baggage we’ve packed over the decades is right beside us.
Goals are an important piece of change. They give you laser focus, hold you accountable, help you achieve your highest potential. Goals will also help you reign in behaviors such as procrastination. So, yes, set goals, however, there are five important pieces to have in place before you set goals:
When setting goals it’s important to know what YOU want your life to look like, and feel like in the future.
However, other habits such as procrastination, hanging on to outcomes and less tangible habits are extremely difficult to break. These are not habits, they are behaviors produced by our bad habits.
Seems like a lot right? Just a personal thought about me for a second. I spent many years just playing at my life. Most of the reasons I was not able to achieve what I wanted for my life are listed here in this article. I also wanted to take the quick and easy way. Unfortunately the quick and easy way produced half-assed results. I also didn’t truly know who I was and what I wanted.
What about you? Where are you in the whole process of goal setting? I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
Shelly is a personal development strategist and founder of The Rescue Yourself Project helping women over 40 step into their unique selves so they can create a life they love! A few years ago, she found herself living a life that wasn’t of her making. Deciding that wasn’t what she wanted she ran away from home and spent eight months “re-branding” herself. Today Shelly helps women find their unique selves by becoming experts about their values, strengths, passions, goals and purpose so they can design a life they love.
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