What's Next?

So remember how amped I was on Tuesday about it being December and the start of the month? Now, it's basically the weekend, and sis, it's been a trying week. I was focused and ready to tackle life, and life tackled me. LOL! Don't you hate that? Then you have to humbly take an "L", and sit somewhere quietly and reconsider.

Yesterday, I decided to shift my focus. I've been waiting patiently for my Goal Accelerator planner to arrive, and in the interim, I've been educating myself based on the visions that I'm trying to create. I was having a conversation with my coworker a couple of days ago, and he was giving me ideas on strategizing. I appreciated his input greatly, because sometimes, when you're doing something alone, it can be overwhelming.

Yesterday I caught myself wondering what in God's healthy and wholesome name was I thinking. Let me tell you something, the bigger your dreams, the harder the work is. I used to think that influencers have it great because they don't have 9-5's, but the truth is, they work a lot harder to sustain the vision that they have. In anything you set out to do, you have to be strategic and know that your dreams depend on YOU.

I saw an interesting snippet of a video the other day on my IG story. The guy basically said we all get excited about an idea. But somewhere along the execution process, we end up backing out when we realize that it's hard. Then we get to the "valley of despair", realizing that it was a lot harder than we set out to deal with. That's where most of our ideas, goals, and dreams die. Because we get overwhelmed, allow one bad day to turn into a week, and then figure that it wasn't mean to be anyway.

This, even though it's not the valley, is how I felt yesterday. There were so many things happening at once, and I was ready to throw in the towel and go back to bed. I had to pull myself up and remind myself what my goals were and the timeline I had set up. One of the keys to success for the future is not giving up when times get tough or there is a roadblock ahead of you. Sometimes, you just need a little encouragement, and a little fire under your ass to push you a little harder.

Even when life hits you with surprises, take your time to process things, and take it one step at a time. Set a timeline, but don't kill yourself trying to stick to it. Don't allow the devil to defer you from your destiny. Nothing worth having/doing, comes easy.