The most incredible thing happened recently: in a conversation with a friend, she asked, “how are you doing?” And without having to think about it, I responded, “I’m doing good!’. Now, this might not seem like a big deal, but for the first time in years, I actually meant it.
Normally when I’m asked that similar question, there’s all of these stresses swirling around my head that I have to suppress while defaulting to the generic, “I’m doing good!” response. Those voices actually want to blurt out responding with something like, “freaking out because I’m short on rent that was due yesterday” or “my teenage sister is giving me gray hair” or “well, right now I’m doubting if I should have ever even started a business”.
For so very long, I’ve been looking forward to being okay. But, I thought it was going to feel a bit different than it does. I thought when I reached this point of some stability, the stress was going to automatically lift away from my shoulders and my heart wasn’t going to race all the time. Somehow though, over the course of the last few years, I’ve managed to program my mind and body to think that my natural state of being is one rooted in stress.
The takeaway from this week’s video is all about what I would have told myself when I was smack in the middle of all the actual stress and how to give yourself permission to stop living like this. I’m confident you’re going to get a lot out of this one!
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