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I don’t believe that anyone sits around masterminding ways to prevent themselves from succeeding in life. Who does that? Usually what happens is girl (or boy, hi - welcome to InMyHeels.com!) sees something she wants, girl chases it ’til she gets it. Easy enough right?
Well, not so much.
Self sabotage, simple defined, are things that you do that prevent you from achieving a certain level of success. It’s a sneaky little bugger; it can come in various forms and you may not even realize it for a very long time. The problem here is without investigating the real culprit behind your lack of improvement, you are most likely to find yourself stuck in a rut. You probably eventually figure you have to live with your own unhappiness and try to find ways how to - remaining complacent in your own dissatisfaction. Taking that despair up a notch would be a lot of anger towards life, yourself, and those who seem to be doing much better - wondering why you can’t do it too.
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What People Do Is a Reflection of THEM. Not You.
Life has a nice twist to it when you grab that concept and make it your own. Sometimes you run into someone who clearly doesn’t like you because you breathe funny. Maybe your curl bends the wrong way - who knows? The fact of the matter is someone’s disapproval can wreak havoc on your self esteem simply because you can’t understand what the problem is. (Wait- what?? You…don’t LIKE me?!?… How is this possible??) Truly bizarre don’t you think? ;)
The animosity you may experience from a random stranger or even someone you know is not a reflection of you. If someone feels the need to insult you or downplay your value, they are projecting an inherent thought process in their own minds upon you based on their own beliefs. As I will get into in the next section Know Your Values- Know Yourself, you need to be able to define your own beliefs and your own thought process. Alot of the humiliation or hurt that can come from someone’s words can actually come from deep down, you agreeing with them somehow. Ouch.
Continue reading ‘Uninhibited: 10 Ways to Set Yourself Free (Part 2)’
We all have the potential to be prisoners, instead of content inhabitants, of our own lives. With the correct combination of certain elements and reactions - we can shackle ourselves into the ways of dissatisfaction. From developing bad habits to becoming victims of our past, we can give up our freedom and divine right to be happy.
But why live that way?
There are enough factors in life that contribute to your personal hardships. With goals come obstacles, with dreams come fears, and roads to success have built in pitfalls just waiting and ready for you.
If you want to claim your freedom, you’re going to have to do the work. You’re going to need to actively take steps towards the direction you want to take instead of mere looking at it longingly. Though these tips are simple, they can be difficult. A lot of that has to do with them going against your currently conditioned state- which is why it’s a great thing that you are capable of rerouting your mindset and producing change.
Do you want to be free of the things that inhibit your happiness?
Here are - in no particular order - five different ways to start breaking free. This is good stuff (scout’s honor) so I suggest you subscribe to InMyHeels.com if you haven’t already so you don’t miss Part 2 as well as other Tips for Life, Love, and of course - You.
Continue reading ‘Uninhibited: 10 Ways to Set Yourself Free (Part 1)’
