Introducing... The Resistance

Last week I spoke at The Courage Summit about my journey to find myself after a particularly bad breakup.

I was so excited for this. My first speaking gig where I was getting my travel expenses covered so I could speak to an audience of 100 people. I set an intention this year to build my speaking business, and this was one step closer!

I had been trying to prepare my speech for months.

Did you catch the word "trying" in that sentence??

Despite my best intentions and despite having all the tools I need to create a great speech, I was procrastinating.

I knew exactly what I was supposed to do, and yet I was barely taking any action at all.

I was meeting The Resistance.

The Resistance is a sneaky, shadowy character that lulls you into complacency. It shows up because you're about to change. And change takes a lot of mental energy, time and dedication. We don't want to have to do all that.

It is so much easier to keep doing what we're doing right now. It's easier to put off that thing until tomorrow.

But here is the trick with The Resistance:

It represents you up until this very moment. The version of you that got you here right now.

And right now you have a choice. Do you want to keep being that old version of you and let The Resistance win?

Or do you want to step into a new version of you? The one that you must evolve into being in order to have the life you're dreaming of.

When we want to change our life in some way - whether that's get a new job, get in shape, or find the love of your life - you can't keep doing what you've always done. Because that isn't working. If it worked, you would have what you want right now.

But you want something else.

When you know exactly what it is you want - I mean SO CLEAR in your mind's eye about what you want that you could see it in your imagination like you're watching a movie - all you have to do is take one step towards becoming the type of person who has the thing you want.

And the beauty of it is that you probably already know one step you can take. It doesn't have to be a big step.

Maybe you need to drink more water or go to the gym. Maybe you know you need to update your resume. Maybe you need to join a Meetup group to meet people with similar interests.

You might not want to do it. Sure. That's Resistance winning. At first, you might have to do some things that you need to do but don't want to do. But it's all in the name of having what you want to have.

So who is going to win? Is it The Resistance? Or is it Future Badass You?

You get to decide each moment.

Sending you lots of strength and love today.
xoxo,
Sarah