It’s finally Fall. I love this time of year – the feel, the smell, everything! I find that this is the time of year when all of the magic happens.
We’ve been building, building all year, and suddenly we’re at the end and there’s a tsunami of manifestation. It’s a harvest of goodness coming from all the hard work in the preceding months. Yet you probably still have at least one goal that lingers on your vision board, right?
I have a couple myself. These are goals that you really want and intended to reach. They just haven’t happened for you yet. Doubt creeps in, and you start to wonder if it’s even possible to achieve.
How do we stay aligned when this happens? If you still want something, the universe wants it for you.
So, how do we keep the faith? Read on for three strategies on how to preserver when you aren’t getting the results you expected.
Check Your Inner Dialogue
What are you telling yourself in your mind about this goal that hasn’t happened yet? Pay attention because what’s happening with your inner dialogue is impacting your ability to act and hit that goal.
Are you saying that you’re not enough? That you’re not worthy of the goal? Maybe you have yourself convinced that it’s just not meant to be in your life.
“Hey sweetie, maybe you set yourself visions a little too high. You got a little too big for your bridges.”
Does your inner dialogue sound a bit like that?
If so, hear the words and then turn them into positives. It’s okay to feel happy right where you are today. Just tell yourself, over and over, that everything is going to work out.
“Everything is going to work out for me! Everything is going to work out for me!”
After all, it always does, right?
Determine Your Desire & Say Yes
While you’re focusing on telling yourself positive things, get honest with yourself.
Do you still really want this goal?
If you decide that yes, you still really want this goal to happen, then it’s time for D&D. Not Dungeons and Dragons, but Desire and Decide!
Determine that this is still your desire, and then decide that it’s going to happen. You may not know how or when, but you decide that it is happening.
“I am all in!”
Say that to yourself with conviction and sincerity. It may seem scary. It may feel out of reach. But you’ve decided that the goal, the vision, is going to become your reality.
You have now said yes. You have recommitted.
Unhook Yourself
Finally, acknowledge how you have hooked yourself on the idea of the goal happening at a certain time or in a certain way. Then unhook yourself from those ideas. It’s the goal your chasing, not the how and when.
You unhook yourself by coming up with one or two, possibly three, things that are good about it not happening yet. That may sound weird, but keep going until you find at least one really good thing that has come from it not happening.
This isn’t about settling. It’s all about being authentic and seeing that there is something good about the delay in success.