Empower Newsletter – December 2020

It’s okay to go off track!

 

What happens when you feel like you have gone off course in relation to achieving something you really want?  Are you someone who uses it to motivate you to work harder at getting what you want or do you think ‘I’ve stuffed up’ and give up?

 

I was speaking with a gym member after one of my Pilates classes and she said “I nearly didn’t come to the class today.” I asked her “why not?”  She replied “I had a bad day yesterday in relation to eating the wrong things and having too many drinks so I thought what is the use in going to Pilates, I’ve already blown it.”

 

It is okay to ‘stuff up’ or to ‘go off track’ as long as you get back on track and continue on the journey of achieving your goal.  Just because you had a hiccup doesn’t mean that you have failed.  The only way that you can fail is if you give up completely.  In other words, if you stop going after what you want.

 

You might decide to try another way or to take a different path to get what you want.  The trick is to just ‘keep going’.

 

The most important thing is knowing your ‘WHY’.  That is, why you want it and why you are doing it in the first place.  So when you decide you want something, start with working out why you want it. This is so important because when things get tough, you can go back to the reason/s you are doing it in the first place and they will keep you going.

 

After establishing your ‘why’, to make it extra powerful ask yourself and then write down exactly what achieving your goal will give you; what you will be doing when it happens; how you will be feeling; what sort of things you will be hearing from yourself and others; and what you will be seeing and thinking.  It will also help to write down what won’t be happening any more as well.  What you won’t be doing, hearing, seeing, thinking and feeling.

 

Another effective way to keep on track is to ‘reframe’ the situation to motivate you to take action.  For example, in the situation above, instead of thinking that you have ‘blown it, what is the point of continuing’, you could use it to your advantage to keep you on track by saying something like ‘if I go it will make up a bit for the day before’.

 

So to help you get what you want, first establish WHY you are doing it, KEEP GOING if you stumble and REFRAME what you may be making something mean to your advantage.

 

Keep going

 

1. To continue moving forward.

 

2. To continue doing something without stopping.

 

3. Make an effort to live normally in spite of difficulty.

 

 

“Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.”

 

~ Ben Carson, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story ~

 

“During the course of your temporary hurdles, keep searching for a tad of optimism.”

~ Charmaine J Forde ~

 

“Life is a beautiful journey regardless of its occasional hurdles and puddles. The key is to focus your frequent thoughts on your blessings, opportunities, and possibilities over your adversities.”

~ Edmond Mbiaka ~

 

 

‘I face obstacles by looking at them as a hurdle; each one strengthens me for the next.’

 

 

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