Any transition can feel hard. You’re out of your regular routine, and you sometimes feel off-kilter as you’re juggling change and having to make decisions that you wouldn’t usually be affected by.

I recently went through such a time. We put our house on the market in the fall of 2020. We had potential buyers in the home, were in and out of escrow three separate times (with the same buyer), thought we might move to Washington state, then decided on a house in Tennessee (and we bought it site unseen). Thank goodness for Zoom! Our realtor helped us find the right home.

We moved on a Friday, and on Saturday, we had a contractor in the house because — well, the house needed some work. Better now than later, right? So things got torn up before they got put back together. 

Here we were in a time of instability for months — MONTHS! 

Oh, and did I mention that I was in the middle of launching my signature program, restructuring my business, and keeping up with clients? It felt like a crazy time — like I wasn’t on my A-game. We didn’t have a working kitchen for a while, and my eating routine got out of whack, my sleep was off, I found myself at effect in multiple ways.

Spoiler alert: We’re getting back to normal. We love our new house! And Ron and I still love each other, still enjoy spending time together. And the dog — well, he’ll adjust.

But that time of transition taught me some things.   

When you’re going through a hard time, okay is more than good enough. In those times, OK is the best that you can do. Really. A principle of NLP is that we’re all doing the best that we can with the resources we have. And if some of your usual resources aren’t there, don’t beat yourself up if your game is off. 

Sometimes saying, “I don’t know,” is the best you can do. And that’s good enough.

In times of transition, hold on to the truth that you are wonderful, period. You’re doing the best you can. And that is — it has to be — good enough. Be patient and kind with yourself.

Then, when you feel a positive shift in the amount and quality of resources you have, get back to it.

You’ve got this. 

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