Follow Through with Your Ideas
I’m excited to finally launch this project to inspire and uplift other girls like myself. I’ve sat on this idea for months and recently took to the plunge to take my thoughts and notes to published content on a blog.
Given this, I felt it would be appropriate for one of my first ‘advice’ posts to be about following through with your ideas. If you’re creative but a wanderer like me, you know how challenging it can be to stick to an idea and make it into a reality. Quite frankly, it can be scary and uncomfortable. However, you will learn very quickly that anything you do to improve yourself or the lives of others will leave you with butterflies in your stomach and feeling terrified. This feeling isn’t uncommon and is probably a sign of growth.
You know that feeling when you work out and feel sore after? It hurts but your potential goals to lose weight, build muscle or simply just to be more active won’t be achieved if you don’t feel the burn. It may feel uncomfortable for a bit but it’s a necessary part of your growth.
It’s painful and it sucks. But if you physically experience pain to grow, why would you expect not to experience it mentally? Another concept that’s hard for you to understand but with every growth comes with some sacrifice.
It wasn’t until I started seeing this painful, uncomfortable, anxious feeling, for what it was. I was only then that I could understand why I needed it. With every decision you make to better yourself you must remember that this feeling will most likely come. And if I’m being honest, you’re probably not growing or developing as much as you think if you don’t experience it.
The best way to tackle this discomfort is to just address it. I can’t give you a step-by-step process because there is none. Mental growth is personal. It’s not linear, because it will have its ups and downs. Everyone has their ways but talking it out or writing it down can help, which I think is the main reason why therapists advised me to keep a journal or diary of some sort.
After you accept that your decision may become uncomfortable, you can then follow through and make it happen because you’ve already recognized you’re doubtful feelings about it. They’re just feelings. They’re valid and warranted feelings but don’t let these feelings take over your plan to do something you believe will help you or those around you.
This is my biggest flaw. And if I can help anyone else prepare themselves for what is to come, this would be it. Tell yourself you can do it and seek help or additional resources when necessary. Even when those feelings kick in and you feel the discomfort creeping over, acknowledge it and continue pushing because your plans wouldn’t be worth doing if it didn’t scare you even a little bit. Follow through with that big idea - just go for it!
Love your big sister,
Tash🖤