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"You
gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you
really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I
have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes
along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
How to Face it and Get it Done!
Over a year ago, my family moved into a
new house (at least new to us). As with any new home, there were many
changes to be made in order to make it our own. One of the most obvious
was to paint over the sick color of yellow (I'm not kidding; the name of
the color is "Seaweed") that the previous owners had throughout. It is a
color that I so detest, I find myself avoiding that part of the house. So
why am I just getting around to doing that now, over a year later?
To
begin with, it was in four large rooms and on the ceilings of three of
those, as well as in the two-story entryway going all the way up the
stairs and down the upstairs hallway. I have always done my own painting
because it is something easy to do and is immediately gratifying. But in
this case I was overwhelmed by the enormity of the job and by choosing
colors. But now a painter has been hired and the job should be completed
next week, thanks to my good friend and brilliant designer Betsy, who
helped me over the biggest hurdle of choosing the colors and deciding
where to put them.
What are you putting off right now
that if you completed would make you feel so much better? Usually putting
something off is a result of fear. It may be fear of confrontation (if it
involves someone else), fear of making the wrong choice, fear of looking
bad, or fear of not being able to complete it.
How do you overcome the overwhelm?
There are several steps, and all are relatively simple if you take them
one at a time:
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Identify the first step. In my case,
it was to choose the colors. Break the project or task down into steps and
then order them chronologically. Then complete one step at a time.
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Get outside help where you need it.
If you're overwhelmed by the enormity of what you need to do, get help.
Hire it, outsource it, get advice, call a friend, etc. There are always
other people who are better at doing certain things than you are. Why not
solicit their expertise?
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Give yourself a deadline for completion,
then back it up to today so that you have a complete timeline. If
necessary, get someone else involved in holding you accountable to meet
that deadline.
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Look at what the real barriers are for
you. Ask yourself, "What is really keeping me from doing this?" The
chances are that whatever the perceived reward has been for putting
something off does not outweigh the reward of completing it.
And best of all, most of the time after you
do confront the thing that you have put off, you will look back and find
that it wasn't nearly as bad as you expected and you'll wonder why you
just didn't go ahead and tackle it earlier!
Comments? Drop me a line,
gwen@coachgwen.com. I'd love to
hear from you!
Warmest Regards,
Gwen
Are you asking yourself
"What's next?" Are you at a crossroad? Did you plan it or was it forced
upon you? Regardless, I'd love to help you get focused and moving!
Contact me for a free consultation
so we can get you started ASAP!
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