Feeling of overwhelmed is part of ever human, right! There is a time every year that this is the case for me. The start of a new school year. Time when I can't sleep. When I wishing I did this or that. That feeling of, can I do it. CHANGE.
This summer reading included this book by Chip and Dan Heath called Switch How to Change Things When Change is Hard. It's a must read for everyone. Below is a passage that I am quoting to help encourage me through this trying time.
" You have to back up your destination postcard with a good behavioral script. That's a recipe for success. What you don't need to do is anticipate every turn in the road between today and the destination. It's not that plotting the whole journey is undesirable, it's that it's impossible. To think that you can plot a turn-by-turn map to the end, like a leader's version of Mapquest, is almost certainly hubris.
When you're at the beginning, don't obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there. Just look for a strong beginning and a strong ending and get moving."- Switch, How to Change Things When Change is Hard, Chip & Dan Heath
When you're at the beginning, don't obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there. Just look for a strong beginning and a strong ending and get moving."- Switch, How to Change Things When Change is Hard, Chip & Dan Heath
As I am moving in some direction, which I hope is forward. I think about this new baby growing in me. How much change is rapidly occurring everyday for that little guy. He not worried about which doctor will deliver him or which hospital he will pop out of, that just me worrying. He taking change, one day at a time, same way mom should. Who said kids don't teach their parents.
Share early, share often! Liz