I recently was given the opportunity to share in a group with other entrepreneurs; and I was so excited and so nervous, but I could tell God was nudging me to take the next step in entering into the next stage of embracing my true self through my business and to show up and serve others...
**If you’d rather see this blog in video format - you can watch it HERE. Otherwise keep on reading, my friend!**
**If you’d rather see this blog in video format - you can watch it HERE. Otherwise keep on reading, my friend!**
After the first week it’s like fear washed over me. I felt like my mind was paralyzed. Every time I sat down to write a new blog or write in my journal all my thoughts were just completely turned off. Like a drought had settled into my mind.
I remember thinking, “Oh my gosh! This isn’t good! How can I show up and serve and teach when I feel like all there is in my mind is a brick wall.” As I’m sure all you have been there too you can just imagine how feelings of frustration and discouragement settled in. I would wonder around my house and I was kind of moody, I’d stare in my fridge, I ate too many snacks, I tried to pray but it was more like me getting annoyed that God wasn’t just handing me any ideas! Like, come on - help a girl out!
My husband finally told me would to just stop trying to think so hard and go do something fun.
Ohhh yeah. Fun. I can easily get caught up with the household chores and the to-do lists and trying to do ALL THE THINGS in my home business that I forget to take time to actually pour into myself and have fun or to make time for self-care. 
I share with women how important self-care is, but yet I wasn’t really taking my own advice. So I went back to the basics. What were things that I enjoyed doing for me and just for fun.
I sat down one evening and started doing a puzzle. I love puzzles! I don’t do them very often though because my dog Lily must think I am ignoring her when I do puzzles and she will sneak up by the table and steal puzzle pieces and run away with them. She has eaten at least 1 puzzle piece from all of our puzzles!! But this time she just laid by my feet and fell asleep.
There was this one certain piece that I kept looking at during my puzzle and I was like where on earth is this piece going to go? It just looked so weird and then I thought does this piece even belong to this puzzle? So I put this piece to the side....
But then it dawned on me. Puzzle pieces are kind of like building our business and gaining new ideas and new perspectives. Towards the end of putting my puzzle together I figure out where the odd looking piece went. I just had to turn it a different way to make it fit correctly. I was looking at wrong the whole time.
Its the same with our business. Sometimes we have to look at things from a different perspective. And by getting a different perspective we have to be continually placing one foot in front of the other. One way we can keep moving forward is stepping away to go enjoy something fun.
I love to walk in nature. I take my two dogs to my parents home, they live in the countryside on around 13 or 14 acres. So my girls can just run free and I just walk the grounds. This is when the ideas begin to flow. By being outdoors I am able to really breathe in deep the fresh air and my mind and body just feels so free by being out in nature.
I also love having an at home-spa evening. I go through my complete skincare routine, facial masque, gemstone facial roller, and an epsom salt bath. It’s SO relaxing!
I wrote an E-book with a few of my favorite Self-Care tips for the busy woman. These are simple tips that anyone can begin incorporating into their routine right away.
Both those hobbies - being out in nature and spa nights - are when my mind feels so quiet and relaxed and it’s like I am then open to receiving new ideas for my business.
So I have 1 question for you today to help you discover what fun you can incorporate into your daily or weekly routine so that you too can begin relaxing your mind so you can receive new ideas that are just waiting to drop into your mind!
What did you love doing as a child? Children experiment and often intuitively know what brings them joy - it just comes naturally for them. So, think back towards your childhood - what activities did you gravitate toward?
Did you tinker with model trains or cars, or could you spend hours coloring or doodling, or did you love playing outside and getting your hands in the dirt? What did you love most about this activity when you were young?
Now, obviously our tastes expand as adults, but at the core, these activities that you enjoyed made you so happy and they became an important aspect of your personality.
So as adults we can color in adult coloring books or do crafts with your kids or grandkids, we can get outside and jog or go snowshoeing or play tennis or garden if being outdoors feeds your soul, and if you liked model trains you can still do those things as an adult. My 88-year-old grandpa still loves model trains!
If you can’t quite remember what you enjoyed as a child then it might be time to go on a new adventure of finding a fun hobby!
Try something new and fun - and if you don’t like it - then move on to something else. A hobby should be like finding a good pair of shoes. It needs to fit just right!
Try something new and fun - and if you don’t like it - then move on to something else. A hobby should be like finding a good pair of shoes. It needs to fit just right!
So now what? What is your assignment for the week? Make time for fun. Make time for self-care, make time for whatever hobby it is that you love!
It’s so important that we take that time to step away from the to-do lists so we can allow our minds to relax so that you too can have your ah-ha moments of welcoming any new ideas!!
If you are looking for some extra encouragement in this area and could use some time exploring new ideas through journaling, I’d like to welcome you to my 21 Days of Encouragement series that is over in my free group: Authentic & Radiant Women Living Their Best Life.
Each day you will receive encouragement and support for your day along with journal prompts. Journaling is such an amazing way to write out your ideas or anything that’s been on your mind.
If this sounds like a great fit for you, we’d love to welcome you! And if not, that is totally okay. I hope and pray you are able to enjoy a fun hobby and to remember to do something you love each week.
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