From an addiction to excuses to an addiction to finding solutions.
It feels amazing to get shit done! To just f****n do it and make it happen. Self-employment was the best therapy for me to get rid of this bad habit. But most importantly, starting a business after having declared bankruptcy left no space for excuses. I had to become self-reliant and incredibly imaginative at finding solutions.
It’s all about trying, and trying harder and to keep falling flat on your face till, finally, something satisfying starts happening. Having been Hollywood brained washed like the most of us that talent and success are innate or luck based, I simply wasn’t looking hard enough for answers nor working consistently enough to achieve results. I didn’t question the established notions of success and I did what everybody else did. Complained about jobs I hated, dreamed big but did nothing, and silverlined mediocre circumstances because that was easier to do than face the truth. I was the problem if my life was not what I wanted it to be.
I still regularly take refuge in stories and reasons why “this" or “that" can’t happen because of “x,y,z". I’m far from being were I want to be, and I my unconventional successes are modest, but I try to exercise an empowering mindset everyday. If I really want something, I can get a satisfying amount of it. I just need to keep pushing until a way opens up.
I’ve been running the turtle race, taking many pauses to reorient and reflect. I’m glad that I’m at a point were it’s becoming easier to surpass my previous performance. As long as I stay clean from excuses.
