Did you ever notice how good you felt when you made a choice to do what you wanted to do? There’s nothing quite like hitting the alarm clock snooze button for a few more minutes of sleep before having to get up to go to work for the day. One day I realized that I was hitting the snooze button more than one time each day and it dawned on me that I wasn’t happy about going to work. I was doing a job to make money and resented having to get up to go to work my job. I felt stuck and I’d come down with a sadness that I called a solid case of the mulligrubs.
As time went on I became aware that I was doing a lot of things I didn’t want to do and felt resentment for a number of them in my life. But that is just what life is like my friends said to me. Suck it up and keep on going – ugh! So it became clear that I could live like them or choose to make some changes in my life. But then I wondered will I actually able make any changes in my life situations?
After pondering what to do about things, I made a list of the things in my life that are going on – both good and not so good. So it took each thing and decided if I wanted to keep on doing it regardless of whether it was good or not. I started with the good things and kept most of them and also decided to make a couple changes to improve things. Wow, those made me feel good.
Then I started in on the not so good things. One by one I looked at each one and examined options. I began choosing to make changes and pick the best all around option to make myself feel good about the thing or situation. Wow, now I was feeling empowered! I was taking control back in my life.
Then I came to the work situation. There appeared to not be a lot of good options when I took myself and my family into consideration but at least there were options including not making a change. I realized that deciding to “not change” was also a choice!!! So I decided that the best option was to continue to stay in my current job. Once I made that decision, my attitude changed and I felt like I was doing what I wanted to do instead of just having to be stuck in a poor job situation. It really changed my desire to live life again, to feel better about getting up and living that day to its fullest, and making the best of the situation until a better opportunity came along. Then I was going to work because I decided to and not because I felt like I had to. I chose to stay in that job since it was still the best option.
So go look at all the things and situations in your life and make your choice! Deciding to choose what to do in each situation truly lifts your spirit, your attitude, and puts a smile on your face again. Set yourself free and purposefully make choices all day long!
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