This month we are focusing on worry.  For some people, it is just a passing troublesome thought, yet for others, it is a constant presence as if it was their shadow.  Merriam-Webster defines worry as mental distress or agitation resulting from concern usually for something impending or anticipated.  So, by that definition, it is either something about to happen or something imagined.  Using some questions from the quiz, this week is about the more you repeat your worries the more they seem real.

 "That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent." ---Chinese Proverb

A worry doesn't have to become part of your identity or a fixture in your life.  It can pass by like the clouds in the sky that never stay in one place for a long time.

Today's Coaching Challenge

Do you have something in your life that has bothered you so long that you view it as part of who you are as a person?  If you hold onto any thought including a worry for too long the worry will start to feel normal and necessary.

A good analogy for this is to imagine you are walking in the country, there's no trail so you're just walking through the plants, flowers, etc.  Now imagine that you take that same way every day, you have now created a path, and you won't have to walk through plants as it is now a dirt path.  Let's say you have taken this same route so many times that you now have a rut in place of the path.  Which one of these is likely to be the easiest to get rid of?

Action to take

Look at what worries you the most.  Instead of putting all your attention on that ask yourself what small action you could take today to solve the issue whether it's making more money, changing jobs, or meeting someone to date. 

Always supporting you,                                                                                                                                                                                                  Jan