Just like you outgrew things as a kid, it’s ok to outgrow things as an adult.
In fact, you’re probably not growing in your purpose or character if you don’t.
At the end of the year, I scheduled a webinar into my calendar, hosted by someone I have held in high esteem for several years. I too was giving a “2022 planning Live Stream,” so I figured it could help get me in the right mind space and maybe walk away with a few new lessons I didn’t know. It didn’t do either.
It had absolutely nothing to do with this guy. He is still someone I admire and has given me a great deal of inspiration to live my best life. But, I’ve outgrown him. The things he was teaching on his webinar are things I know well and practice daily. When he first shared these things with me, they were life changing. Now, I hear them and I’m like “ok, what’s next?”
This is actually a really good thing. Outgrowing people or things around you is a sign of your growth. You don’t have to feel guilty or bad about not enjoying things you no longer enjoy. You certainly don’t need to feel guilty about outgrowing people.
Respect them for what they’ve taught you and move on. This is hard for all of us so we keep them around even though they lend nothing to our lives anymore (or even worse hold us back) or we think we need to have conflict to justify removing them from our lives.
You have the right to outgrow things as you move through your life. Accept what you’ve learned or enjoyed from others and when the time is right, move on. Be thankful for what they’ve taught you and then go out and seek others who can help you get to the next level.
I have had many people come and go through my life both personally and professionally. Some people have left my life in conflict, which is unfortunate but many others have simply moved on because that was best for them as well. I can say with complete honesty, I am equally thankful for both. Each person or thing in life has something to teach us. Be grateful for the lesson and willing to move on.
In the new year, clean out your toy chest. Make room for what’s new and leave behind that which you have outgrown, with fond memories.
Your happiness is not a gift given to you by others.
Create a mantra for your life. If you aren't writing your story, someone else is writing it for you.
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Hello my friends!
I'm finishing up the transition away from Locals onto Substack and wanted to be sure each of you have made the necessary adjustments to your accounts. For those of you who have remaining months left on your paid support here, I have comped you the balance over at Substack.
This will be the final week I post content here.
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One of the biggest challenges in writing my book is not being able to share any of it along the way. Given my narcissistic need for constant approval and attention, not having any feedback is killing me. Even negative attention is better than no attention at all (which explains a lot of my behavior in life), so not only am I missing the praise but I also miss my haters.
I need to break out of this cave. Thanks to Chuck Palahniuk who writes Spoiler Alert on Substack, but you would know as the author of Fight Club, I got the idea to share some excerpts and things that won’t make the final edit. This will give us both what we need. I get some attention and you get some thought provoking words to make you think (and possibly laugh, cry or both.)
Today’s snippet is from the first draft of a chapter titled, Remove Your Kindergarten Name Tag. I am currently on my third revision and we can all be thankful for this. As I walk my readers through the dark hallways of my earliest years, and attempt ...
Wanted to pass this short video along. We think of health in very limited ways. Faith, nature, love, communality, shared human experience…all prove to be just as necessary, if not more so, than going to the gym.
I’ve always viewed and taught health from this perspective. It is my belief the lack of these essential elements is as big an issue in our culture as poor diet and lack of movement.
The takeaway-we can do better🙏🏼
