Getting Unstuck
Photo Wendy Yalom
A couple weeks ago, I opened up a Q&A on Instagram hoping it would inspire me to show up more.
I have a love/hate relationship with social media and was feeling disconnected and uninspired.
Someone asked me: "How do you get unstuck?"
And then I disappeared.
Because I was stuck.
In my mind, I had a million reasons to stay stuck…until I realized that those reasons were just excuses.
But that didn’t change the fact that I was stuck.
So I sat with it.
I thought about it.
I brought it to my meditations, and felt into a different Future Self experience.
But whenever it came down to sharing, something would stop me.
And then I remembered one of my favorite quotes:
"Being stuck is a feeling. Being ready is a decision."And so decided it was time to get unstuck.
To answer the question: you get unstuck by taking action.
So I went on a walk and I told Instagram that I was stuck.
And in doing so, I was no longer stuck.
Getting unstuck isn’t some complicated process of talking to your inner child or making sure the circumstances are perfect.
Getting unstuck is the simple (yet sometimes uncomfortable) act of doing a thing.
Because when you do a thing, you move the energy.
And once you move the energy, the story changes, and you become unstuck.
Does getting unstuck once mean you’re forever unstuck?
Nope.
I still have to "unstuck" myself everyday until it being unstuck becomes my new normal.
But for now, because I made the decision to be ready, I am.
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