Hey Faithers! Happy Monday!! Welcome to Episode 103!
Ice Breaker:
Brianca Johnson (BriancaJohnson.com)
CEO: I can close my computer at a reasonable time; my business will not fail.
Take Action: Close your computer today at 3 PM.
The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz:
Don’t Take Anything Personally: See other people as they are. When you see other people as they are without taking it personally, you can never be hurt by what they say or do. Even if others lie to you, it is okay. They are lying to you because they are afraid you will discover that they are not perfect.
Topic: Am I Really New?
Do we really become new because it is a new year? I think this can be a yes and no answer. I think it is a mindset thing. We decide when and where we change. But I don’t think it is a drastic change. I think it comes over time.
For me, I started this “New Me’ maybe back in November to prepare me for 2024. I had a couple of realizations, and I knew that 2024 was going to be different. It had to be different because 2023 was rough.
2023 was a rough year for a lot of us. We all had a time. Tears were shed. But I knew I had to come to a place of accepting life and accepting what is present. Some of the truths are hard to accept, and I knew I had to be still and be present.
I knew at some point I had done everything I possibly could. I hustled my business, and I went back to work. I thought I was making business transactions, and people just let me down. Some realizations I had that helped me start a transition:
Humans will be humans, meaning they will disappoint. That’s part of being human.
God is God regardless of who I am.
I know I’ve done everything I could, and sometimes, it doesn’t work out.
I am good at a lot of things, but I do not enjoy them just because I am good at them.
Being present could save and stop a lot of my issues.
Having set boundaries, like going to bed at 8:30, fixes some of my problems in life.
Having to know myself has helped me transition. Focusing in on myself and catering to me has transitioned my position in life.
When you decide to heal and be active in your healing and move towards loving yourself the way you love the world, you literally have to relearn who you are.
You are grieving yourself and learning who the new you are. It’s a shift in you and your life. Things start to change because you made an active choice to change. And in that, there is grief. You remember the old you and what you used to do and didn't do, and you are learning who you are now. Period.
Affirmation: I let go of old habits and welcome new, positive changes in my life.
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