Ready to Rebound!

Okay, so I leaped into 2010 very excited and maybe just a little overwhelmed?  Lots to do and just seemed in moments, like too little time to do it in.  And doesn’t it all seem like it needs to be done NOW?  And even though logically you know it can’t be, sometimes I have a tendency to want to push the fast forward button so that I can feel the results now rather than be in process….hmmm, so I’m the only one, huh?  That’s okay – as Freud says, “We’re only as sick as our secrets” so that’s not a secret now, so I can breathe – whew….

The very purpose for this blog leading up to the release of my book, Rebounding, was to create an opportunity to share ME with YOU and own the space that I was in, with all its messy imperfections.  We can have a tendency to think that people that write books and articles, that coach other people or speak, feel like they have it all figured out.  HA!  Actually, I’ve discovered it is quite the opposite, those are the people that know that there is SO MUCH they don’t know, and we’re all basically in the same boat, so maybe, just maybe if they share their experiences, someone somewhere will be just a little better off.  They also are the ones that decide that baring their souls somehow offers them solace for being imperfect.  After all, if the world knows that I’m imperfect, flawed, bankrupt, and floundering, then there is no longer fear attached to “what they think”, right?  That is what I am finding in the midst of this all – the perfect right and freedom to be raw and myself with all my stuff front and center.  Rather than making me feel more vulnerable, it is making me stronger, more confident, and much less likely to get caught in those moments of wanting to fast forward through all the painful process of it all.

I’m actually finding that it is the PROCESS that is most important.  Yes, even more important than the results.  The results can be nice too but FREEDOM is found by making today the day that success in being you is found.  I never knew such freedom actually existed, to tell you the truth.  It is giving me the freedom to try to do things differently and stop procrastinating on the hard stuff – after all, what exactly do I have to lose?  If I’m no longer hinging my happiness on some idea of future outcomes, than I am perfectly allowed to BE RIGHT WHERE I AM.  YIPPEE!!!!

My call to action to you today, on this first post of 2010, is to think about how you would, could, rebound confidently into this new year, the new decade if you unhinged your idea of happiness from a future event, condition, circumstance – detached yourself from “what they think” and boldly declared this your year, maybe even your DECADE, of “No Excuses”?  I’ve declared it my year of NO EXCUSE living and I intend to lap up each precious moment and take flying leaps of faith in my powers of resiliency, capability, and problem-solving.  Hello, 2010!