Take Action

It is easy to sit and let things happen, go with the flow so to speak. Doing this is fine if we are happy to stagnate and live a safe, sometimes non-eventful life! We also risk not growing as a person, experiencing new things and places, or even just having fun. Or we can decide to take some action, do something, give ourselves an objective, and go for it. What can stop us from taking action can be fear of failure, but is fear of not trying a worse option?

Give yourself an objective, to try or do something new and foreign to you, something out of your comfort zone. Even something you have been putting off. Turn it into a game, and have some fun with it. Reward yourself along the way with small treats as a self-acknowledgement when you have accomplished all or even part of your objective.

If this is too hard to get started on, look at the strengths you already have and expand on them. This is something that can be fun to do and you will feel enthused because it is easy and familiar to you. Being enthused can give you the confidence to then try something that you have been putting of, because it’s not so enjoyable.

Working on your strengths can be good for the soul. How often do you take your strengths for granted and not acknowledge them. List your strengths, start with one area of your life at a time ~ you will be amazed at just how many you have. Write down 20, then another 20 and then more again, then move onto another area of your life, aim for 100 strengths in each area. Take your time, do it over months if you need to. This can now become a list you revisit, add too and remind yourself that yeah, wow look at all these things that I am great at. What you may consider to be small strengths may just be the opposite of someone else.

Just have fun, take some action, and enjoy what happens.