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One Step

 I was going to start this blog as a ‘look at the bigger picture’, ‘don't get caught up in the small stuff’. Which is all true. 


Then I realized, that's not me at all. 


I’m an overthinker. I think about the last step of a project so much, that I stop with skid marks behind me and convince myself it's just not possible. So many things could go wrong. What if it doesn't work? What if it will cost too much? What if no one wants to buy my product. What if I look like a fool? What if I fail? 


I've failed before I’ve even started. 


I was talking to my husband about all my fears about starting something new and he simply told me, “Stop overthinking. You just need to take one step.”


Just one step.


Immediately a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I can take one small step. Why has this perspective never connected with me before? I've heard other people say it. I've even heard my husband say it. For some reason in this conversation it just made sense. It clicked. It made a connection in my brain that made me stop and think ‘huh, I can do that.”


I’ve been looking up at the tower of steps before me. Instead, I should be looking down. Down at the very next step in front of me. I can take one step. And after I take that one step, I'll celebrate my movement. Then I'll look down at my next step and start again. 


I don't have an answer as to why some switch in your head gets turned on, on a random Sunday. I don't know why I finally accepted that way of thinking. Maybe my life just wasn't in alignment quite yet. Maybe I’m just fed up with all the excuses I’ve been telling myself. 


So I’m going to go get a planner and make a 6 month plan. I am going to set small goals. I'm not even going to look at the bigger picture right now. I'm going to look down at my next step. 


One step at a time.


Thank you for being here 

-Sarah



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