To stop 'shoulding' all over myself

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Sometimes I get so busy with the 'doing' part of life that I forget to stop and pay attention to how wonderful it is just to be alive. My head does this to me. It keeps me busy writing and building my coaching business and all those "shoulds"which may be good and valuable but they also make me forget why I'm doing it in the first place. When I'm in that place of 'I should' I'm not in a place of choice.

So I"m committed to stopping and asking 'Why?' when I hear myself say "I should..." If I can't give a clear answer that doesn't come from guilt then I need to question the value of that particular 'should'.

I want to replace 'I should' with 'I want' or 'I will'.

If you see the word 'should' in any of my posts just let me know! That word can be pretty sneaky.

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Yes! it's a very sneaky word. So is "try." Whenever I hear someone use that word, I think, there is no "trying" either you're doing something (however small) or you're not. Sometimes when I have language in my head it's helpful for me to think to myself that it's literally not me, but some other voice that I need to turn off.

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So true, Rob. I think of 'try' as a Yoda moment as in "There is no try, young Skywalker, only do or don't do."

I'll be watching for that one as well!

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