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Oh, hi friends!
Let’s talk limiting beliefs.
Limiting beliefs are, as far as I can tell, ways to justify why you don’t have something…
Why you’re not fit enough…
Why you couldn’t get that job…
Why you don’t have time to start a new project…
They sound like this...
My play got rejected because I’m a terrible writer.
Or maybe there was stiff competition or maybe it wasn't the best fit or maybe one person didn’t like it, but does one person’s opinion really matter anyway?
I don’t have any money because people won’t pay me for my skills.
Have I done everything in my power to market my skills and actually earn more money? No? OK, then RED ALERT. Here is a limiting belief.
I could never run a mile.
Have...you...tried?
They're anything you want that comes attached to a negative emotion.
When I’m in a funk, it helps to spot and define limiting beliefs. Even if I can’t change them all in the moment, remembering they’re silly little beliefs and not, you know, REALITY, is comforting.
As we approach the work week, can you spot any limiting beliefs?
What are the stories you’re telling yourself?
(More here for those who want to dig deep.)
“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”
I. Feel. This. By Eleanor Roosevelt.
I’ve Never Seen Game of Thrones and It’s Ruining My Life
Wise astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson describes a black hole as "a hole in the three-dimensional fabric of space." You can fall into it from any direction, and once you're in, you don't come out. Well, I have fallen very far and very hard into a cultural black hole, and I cannot find the light. I've never seen a single minute of Game of Thrones.
I just can’t figure out why, but today seemed an ideal time to revisit my essay on this television show from last season, erm, year.
Keep reading, especially if you've also experienced a similar cultural shame >>
Thank you for reading.
Love, Kara