#8 - Curveballs and Consequences

Learning some hard lessons.....

🧐 What’s on my mind….

So I must admit - one month in and I was feeling pretty smug.

• The exercise was going well (thanks Joe Wicks!)

• My 10,000 steps were quietly getting done (thanks to my lovely Hatmill clients who got me going on this!)

• And food cravings felt magically reduced (and I hadn’t focused on this at all…)

But then the last 10 days had curve balls come thick and fast….

First, I managed to give myself food poisoning and so was out of action for 4 days (great for the weight loss, but well and truly rubbish for the exercise and energy!)

Then I somehow hurt my achilles and so that delayed me getting back on the exercise for 4 more days until I saw a physio who gave me the once over and said I was good to continue.

And then……

Ok - time to fess up - there wasn’t a third curveball.

But there wasn’t any exercise either 😳

Turns out I got out of the habit in just 8 short days.

I lost the energy.

I lost connection with the post exercise hit.

I lost that smug “ha - I’ve done my exercise for the day” secret smile.

I lost the joy that came from the knowledge I was doing something for me as well as for my business.

And instead, I found my old pattern.

1. I had a lot to catch up on after 4 unplanned days out.

2. I had a brilliant new course to create.

3. I had coaching clients to meet.

4. I had invoices to send.

5. I had intro calls to do.

6. I had coach friends to catch up with.

7. I had business brainstorms to run.

Now these are all things I love doing (ok - maybe not the invoices!) - but in any case, I decided to do what I love in my business and wait until tomorrow to start the “stuff for me”.

That became the next day.

Then the next.

And now we’re 4 days after that - and yep - still no exercise.

And that smug feeling I was loving?

Long gone. 👋

💡 The advice I’d give to clients

I’d talk to my clients about the concept of expansion anxiety. Because when we step outside our comfort zone and do things we really want, but secretly didn’t believe were possible, we feel good.

We start to feel more powerful.

We start to believe in a different future.

And this is when we can step back. Some people call it self sabotage, some call it lack of courage.

I like to think of it as a wobble. It’s less big. It’s less scary. And wobbles happen to everyone.

And when they happen, it’s critical to help people reconnect to what they really want.

So - what do you truly want deep down?

🎯 Taking my own advice

And for me - what I truly want deep down is freedom. Freedom from all those “shoulds”, “needs” and “have tos”.

I was getting that.

And it felt good.

In fact it felt great!

So that’s what I want.

And so tomorrow morning I’m going to be sitting in my favourite chair having my favourite skinny latte at 7am.

Luxuriating in that smug feeling of knowing I’ve started strong and done my exercise for the day. 💪

p.s. The morning after edit….I did it! It’s now 9 am and I’ve done my workout, 8000 steps and just had my second coffee of the day……

And as the song says……“I’m feeling good…….da-da, da-da, da-da”

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👉 Your Turn!

What do you truly want deep down? What 1 thing can you put in place to make it happen?

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