RETIREMENT- the act of leaving your job and stopping working, usually because you’re old.
(Cambridge Dictionary.)
HELL NO!!!
Three years ago this month I retired/TRANSITIONED from a 31 year teaching career into a second career that has brought me so much joy and inspiration, Inspired Action Motivation and Consulting.
Now teaching was a career that I had loved for 31 years but I knew it was time to transition into the next journey of my life. A transition that has brought with it many firsts, many challenges, but also many opportunities to learn and grow and stretch me beyond my comfort zone. However, it is in our discomfort that we find our greatest gifts and I found the gift of writing, creating and sharing my love of growing positive, growth mindsets.
Often when you think you’re at the end of something you’re at the beginning of something else.
Fred Rogers
For the most part, new beginnings are a time for amazing growth, connections, contributions and endless possibilities. I however, have run into a few glitches along the path of my transition; I have been challenged by health conditions (a hip replacement and two smashed wrists, yes not one but two in my first year of retirement/transition), run into a ton of road blocks on my journey, had my ego yelling in my ear to STOP, and faced countless challenges as I learned to navigate the world of small business.
It. Was. Hard.
My transition however, has also gifted me with the time to write and create, to share my passion and material for creating positive mindsets and to share my story of overcoming anxiety, agoraphobia, self-doubt, and navigating the fears of cancer, and I have met the most amazing, beautiful people of all ages along the way. What a wonderful, growth filled transition. And to think, I would have never had any of these incredible experiences had I not believed in my ability to transition, believed in my ability to fall down and get back up over and over again, or had I not stuck with my vision of creating positive change in the world one beautiful mindset at a time. A vision that has taken on a mind of its own and become so much larger and more wonderful than I could ever have imagined.
Too old? Hell no! Too late? Hell no! Too hard? Hell no! Too impossible? Hell no! Too big a dream? Hell no!!!!!
TRANSITION-the process of changing, or…. a change from one form or condition to another.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
HELL YA!!!
We can all and I mean all of us, transition from fear, from a worn out job, from a failed relationship, from anxiety, from lack of fitness, from unhealthy habits, from fear of failure, from lack of self-worth, from ego, from negative self-talk. We can all transition into anything we put our minds to. We can all transition into our vision of our best life simply by choosing how we talk to ourselves, choosing growth over fear, choosing self-love over self-hate, choosing to grow from our mistakes and setbacks rather than quitting on ourselves, choosing to say ,”HELL YA!” I can and I will do this because time passes and I am worth the effort. I CHOOSE to let no environment, age, social status, negative self-talk, past mistaken beliefs, past mistakes, gender or excuses keep me from who I am destined to be, happy, healthy and amazing.
My journal, Note To Self…You Are Amazing, is what I call my transition journal. It is here that I record my daily gratitude and my dreams and goals both humongous and minuscule. It is here that I tell myself over and over again that I can and I will make that transition to a life I love, to a life where I can be of service to others, to a life where I can create positive change in the world one beautiful mindset at a time. It is in this journal that I am inspired by the affirmations of I AM CAPABLE, I AM COURAGE, I AM BELIEF IN MYSELF, I AM A PRIORITY, I AM CHANGING, I AM 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR MYSELF, I AM ENOUGH….
So here it is…. if you fear your transition into something better for yourself, I encourage you to sit down right now and begin by journaling what it is you dream of for yourself, what it is your soul craves, that ONE THING that would change your life forever, and no ‘what ifs.’ Journal about your hopes, your goals, your fears, your vision of a life you choose. A life you choose, not one chosen by fear, or family or any other excuse you come up with.
YES. YOU. CAN.
Just grab a journal (I know of a really awesome one you could use. Wink. Wink.), and start writing. Today. Right now, because….TIME PASSES.
Every thought you think, every word you write, is creating your future.
Your life. Your story. Create, edit, delete, but always remember, your words nourish or deplete your vessel.
TRANSITION…..HELL YA!!!!
I CAN. I WILL. END OF STORY.
So what transition do you choose? One with endless possibilities I hope, because your time is now, after all there is no other time. We only have this moment, use it to create your best possible life.
Remember…
Always Believe, You Are Amazing,
Tammie
P.S. Peeps,
Shoot me an email and I will forward you a free PDF of Journaling Tips that will get you successfully on your way to using journaling as a success tool that will change how you think, speak, and act.
YES. YOU. CAN.
And while you’re at it check out Note To Self…You Are Amazing on my web page because…..
YOU ARE AMAZING and journaling is the tool that will help you create your success story!
Cheers to your success!