Whenever I ask a person to list just FIVE THINGS they’ve been successful at in their lives & they CAN’T THINK OF ANY, it just blows my mind!
They set their own bar SO HIGH that NOT EVEN THEY can jump over it!
It’s like you’re playing a game of football AGAINST YOURSELF where you’re BOTH the attacking team AND the defending team AND the referee AND the goalkeeper AND the scorer and you STILL CAN'T WIN AT YOUR OWN GAME!
It’s just crazy!
Maybe that’s you – living in a cycle of self criticism and perfectionism & “not-good-enoughness.”
And just a few years ago that was me too. In my mind then I was unsuccessful, failing, & losing faith.
I had always believed there was more for me, that I was here for something important, but I didn’t know how to get there, & I was starting to give up on myself, on my vision of who I was, & on my future.
It’s so easy to devalue and discount our past accomplishments, which are familiar to us, and overvalue what lies ahead.
But have you ever stopped to reflect on your past and really look at all you've achieved, how far you’ve actually come?
This weekend, why not sit for a few moments & look back? Note down all your successes, all the skills you’ve mastered, what you’ve accomplished, the lessons you’ve learned - not just the big things but the myriad of small things too that are easy to overlook but valuable achievements nonetheless. Don’t undervalue or dismiss anything or brush anything aside, thinking it’s not significant enough.
If you're reading this, I expect you will have a long list!
The point of the exercise is to pause & reflect, & instead of devaluing what you can ALREADY can do, & the things you’ve ALREADY achieved, & reframe them into an empowering story of accomplishment & achievement & persistence & incredible growth that has led you to become the magnificent, awesome & inspiring person you are.
Because you are.
Be proud.
You are amazing.
Trust the evidence of your past to fuel your self-belief, & know that you have the brightest of futures ahead !
Love Bobbi ❤️
Inspirational speaker | Transformation Coach | Trans Woman | Model
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