Sonic Drive-In and a Jet Ski
I recently hosted a mindset challenge in my FB Group, and I shared an old journal entry of mine to use as an example.
Going through my old journal entries was a crazy process.
There was a substantial period where each entry was almost identical.
It's insane how much I've changed. Unrecognizable.
Legit could not tell if it was 2012, 2014, or 2016.
My life was on rinse and repeat mode. I think that's the reason that my favorite quote now is, "Nothing changes if nothing changes."
I never changed anything, and nothing ever changed. And I was pretty annoyed about that based on my journal entries.
I was quite dramatic with journal entries as well. 😂 I loved to add ...that's for sure!!! to every other sentence.
For those that don't know, I resigned from my full-time job in October 2019 to launch my coaching business.
It was the scariest thing I have ever done in my life. (Aside from the time I got lost while riding a jet ski on a lake and almost started crying. 😂)
Looking back now, I can see how fragile that moment was, and how easy it would have been to wait until I felt "ready."
...how easy it would have been for me to still be waiting. Today.
🤯
I know that time would have never come for me.
I was always going to feel scared, vulnerable, powerless.
And those were the emotions that I spent so many years desperately trying to block out of my life.
There was no way I would have ever feel "ready" to do what felt like walking into a fire. 🔥
I decided to leave even when every part of me screamed.
"Danger, Danger, WTF are you doing?!?! You are going to wake up and regret this! You can't turn back! You might end up homeless. 😂 You can't throw away 25 years with the same company!!
I WOKE THE BEAST.
I had zero evidence that I could pull this off. Zero. I had nothing to hold onto for "safety."
I was essentially stepping off of a cliff with no net in sight.
Imagine how that felt after living 600 miles from any cliff with a parachute strapped to me (just to be safe) for the majority of my life.
I held tightly to the following to get through:
1) I promised myself that I would always have my own back no matter what. I would not beat myself up for any reason, ever, whatsoever even if it failed. Especially if it failed.
2) I know that I would have regretted staying and not trying more than I would have regretted trying and failing.
3) At the end of my life, having the courage to leave that job will be one of my proudest accomplishments. 🦸♀️
After I resigned, I went through this CRAZY vulnerable phase.
I was almost numb. And the worst-case scenario game was coming effortlessly because I legit woke the beast. 👹
At one point, I was even envisioning myself going back to Sonic Drive-In and tapping into my high-school experience, lol. I was preparing to break out the tater tot chef in me, lol. 👩🍳
I can laugh about it now, but it was pretty intense at the time.
And I'm happy to report that I haven't regretted it.
Not one time.
Even at the lowest of the lows.
The entrepreneur roller coaster is not for the faint of heart. It can be intense on both sides of the spectrum.
Learning how to manage my mind during the lows makes me a better coach, so I'm grateful for it.
My brain still loves to go to worst-case-scenario-land because I'm human, and that comes effortlessly.
The big difference now is I find it comical (I don't treat those thoughts as a news report.)
I know it's harmless and just part of the game.
Going after a significant life transformation will be scary.
It should feel scary.
But the fear isn't a sign that you're not ready or the timing isn't right.
The fear is a sign that you are human and that you are changing something (which means something WILL change.)
Don't spend time and energy trying to stop the fear.
It should be there.
Let it come along for the ride.
Just put that little guy in a car seat in the back, not the driver's seat. 🚘
And with fear comes excitement, pride, relief, exhilaration, accomplishment—the full human experience.
Fear is just the tax we pay to feel the good stuff.
Growth is painful, but nowhere near as painful as staying stuck and not taking action because of fear. I can help you navigate that pain so it doesn't keep you from taking action.
Book your free call here to learn how.
Make your future self proud,
Machele
Machele Galloway is a Certified Life Coach through The Life Coach School. She's based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and specializes in helping her clients manage their time and their minds. She firmly believes that you can't manage one without managing the other. She virtually coaches women nationwide. If she isn't coaching clients, she is studying concepts and techniques. And if she isn't doing that, she's probably playing with a dog or watching the Real Housewives of some city. - “Life is short. Play a little.”
