Motivation Monday: What's Your Action Word of the Week?

We're busy. Life gets cluttered. It's hard to focus. 

Because of everything swirling around me at once, I've decided to implement a Word of the Week. This word will help me focus on a particular action or mindset for that week. I am testing the concept out to see if it helps me facilitate some of the tasks that tend to get me flustered. 

This week's word: ORGANIZE. I don't necessarily have a problem with organization; I know where the things I need are, but I have a tendency to put things in "piles" and/or "spread out" across a space. This week I will focus on getting functionally and visually organized. The word is written in my planner, on a Post-It on my mirrors/my laptop and written on those piles that keep staring at me for my attention. 

I encourage the busy ladies out there to try it out with me and share feedback on their experience. Here are examples of some other words that can be utilized: prioritize, mobilize, encourage, accept, motivate, explore, create, relax.

Luv,

Li

Motivation Monday: Trusting the Process

My previous post discussed my current thoughts on coping with my relationship and career changes and how these changes have altered my Girl on the Go momentum. After the post, I spent a very eventful weekend with my friends and family. But Sunday greeted me with rainy weather and its typical slower pace, and I started to feel a bit hazy again. I felt especially heavy during a quiet ride home. I recalled ways to make myself feel better and remembered that saying what I'm feeling aloud has helped me work through many of my recent changes. So I began to do so in the car.

For every question that popped-up about what was happening (how? why? etc.), I would respond with 'it doesn't matter, trust the process.' I repeated it over and over in an attempt to convince myself that what I was saying was true, but my doubts seemed to overpower my own words. I decided to take the reflection a bit further. I asked myself, 'what does it mean if I don't trust process?'

I immediately responded, 'it means I don't trust myself.' Can we say, Self-OUCHervation? (<- I made that up)