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You're Getting What You Want. Now What do You Do?

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By: Teri Johnson User is an Expert (see more of Teri Johnson's blogs)

Things are coming at me faster than I can respond -- good things; opportunities, connections, growth, friends, family, social commitments, more work. . . . I'm very aware that I asked for these things. I created all of this. Recently I've found myself saying the words, "I'm overwhelmed" a lot. Then I would have guilt because it's not as if terrible and painful things are coming in to my personal life, how dare I be overwhelmed!

I was caught in the conundrum of realizing the life I've imagined and feeling like the train was leaving the station without me.

So I spoke with my coach about this space. I recognized that I had a fear that if I didn't rise to all of the opportunities in front of me they would disappear. I don't believe that to be true, but my brain had managed to get itself caught in this fearful loop. I was reminded that I could express two incredibly helpful desires. One, that my journey be peaceful. Second, that I could express a desire for the pace to slow down. And as fast as my creations came to fruition, they are coming at a pace I feel comfortable with right now.

Sometimes we forget that we are masters of all we create, how we create it and the speed at which it comes.

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This is the second time today I find myself saying this phrase (from an Indigo Girls song if anyone is racking their brain right now).
So I will start here:
I AM the creator of my experience.
I WILL take some much needed time to myself today.
I CAN change my current experience.

thank you.

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Hi Teri,
I am learning that as a person who loves to say "yes" to life, I need to learn to say "no" or "no, not right now." Otherwise my 'yes' isn't as powerful as I indiscriminately take on what ever is presented and risk getting overwhelmed. I agree it comes from the idea that choosing is loosing. Which couldn't be farther from the truth.

I love that your take on it was to just ask for the pace to slow down. Brilliant!

oxoxox,Marcia

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