Life Will Get In the Way–Accept It and Keep Going Anyhow
So on Wednesday, the city where I live had a horrific wind storm. It was almost tornado-like. They were warning people to stay off the roads and there was stuff blowing around everywhere.
And, of course, we lost power. About 100,000+ people currently have no power, including myself. It’s been more than 2 days at this point, and it could be a couple more before we see power again at my apartment.
Worst of all, we lost all the food in our fridge, and we don’t have any internet (that’s the worst of all for me… I need my internet!).
Not to mention it’s winter, and without power… it’s also FREEZING. (And the craziest part of all is that my apartment also lost power last Wednesday thanks to another wind storm… but last week we were the only ones who lost it, so they had it back up within 12 hours. This time… not so much.)
Suffice to say, life got in the way yesterday. So even though I tried my best to get my usual first things first stuff done, it just didn’t happen. I did manage to get my journaling and mindset work done, and I took care of my health stuff.
But my blog didn’t get written in the morning. And even if it did, I didn’t have internet access to be able to post it and share it around on social. And I also didn’t do the other daily activities that I need internet for (I even had to reschedule a training with my group because livestreaming requires a strong internet connection and my LTE couldn’t handle the load).
And here’s the thing… this is gonna happen.
Life will get in the way. Life chaos will happen. Some days you’ll wake up and feel totally out of control and nothing will go right.
It happens.
But even still, there are no excuses. No reasons good enough to stop doing what matters every day.
So even if you have an off day where things just don’t work out or don’t go right, that doesn’t mean every day has to turn into that.
Get back to it. Immediately. As soon as you can.
Last night I wrote my post. It wasn’t as good as what I usually write, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is I did it. I got it done. I made it happen.
Success is built on the back of getting the things that matter done every single day.
And when you can’t get the things that matter done, you do the best you can with what you’ve got in the moment, and you get back to it as soon as you possibly can.
My brother’s house has power and internet, so me, my hubs and our poodle moved ourselves here for a couple days. Last night I forced myself to go to bed early so I could get up super early this morning and get back on track.
It’s not easy to be in someone else’s space and continue on with your usual routine. I’d still call this life getting in the way.
But I refuse to stop or be stopped. By anyone or anything.
And so on I continue.
Even though I’m not in my usual comfort zone. Even though my daily routine is a bit off thanks to not being at home. Even though I’ve had a seriously shitty week and just want to call it a wash and be lazy for the rest of the weekend.
But I push on.
Because I have a vision. I have goals. I have a mission. And I will get there. No matter what.
So I allow myself to have an off day, because that’s gonna happen sometimes. There’s no way around it.
BUT I don’t allow myself to use an off day as a reason to have an off week or an off month. I deal with life as it comes, do the best I can, and get back to my usual do what matters first things first routine as soon as I possibly can.
Because that’s what it takes.
Success is daily practice. And what really matters isn’t what you do on occasion or every now and then. What really matters is what you do every day.
If you don’t have the success you desire, I’d take a good hard look at your daily habits and morning routine. That’s the starting point to getting yourself aligned with where you want to go.
You must set yourself up for success every day.
And on the days when that doesn’t happen, don’t place blame, don’t make excuses, don’t give up. Just deal with what’s happening and get back to it the next day.
Because anything worth doing is worth doing daily.
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