Are you stuck?
Can’t get your budget approved? Don’t have a clear answer on your next career step? Still waiting for project approval? Key client holding back on the contract decision? Scared you might be on the retrenchment list?
It’s always hard to get the year up and running but this year seems to be one of the hardest yet! You’ve got your positive affirmations pasted to your bathroom mirror, you take your resilience pills every morning and you’re only thinking positive thoughts.
And you’re still stuck!
One of the most difficult things to do is to distinguish between what you can control or influence and what you can’t; and then to let go of what is out of your hands. It is useful to worry when that worry can translate into smart decisions, creativity and an action plan that moves you forward. It doesn’t help at all when worry saps your energy, causes you to withdraw into yourself, and become depressive.
We tell our children, “Hold hands when you cross the road”. It’s advice we should take to ourselves. We need to reach out, talk to others, share our feelings and offer support to others. We say that misery loves company but the positive spin is that finding out that you are not alone, immediately eases the difficulty you have in coping with things.
Who are the people you should be talking to? What are the conversations you should be having, that will help you get unstuck?