Progress over Perfection
Oh my goodness, it has felt like I have had a lifetime of just being overwhelmed with everything.
I’ll share at a later time full details, but several weeks ago I just broke. I felt the weight of being overwhelmed, I had big emotions I couldn’t push through and situations that had me feeling stuck in the sand unable to move.
Nothing I was doing was working to get myself out of my ruts. Selfcare didn’t work, hobbies didn’t work, changing my scenery didn’t work. If I can be transparent with you – I was absolutely stuck and it felt terrible!!
It’s not the time to share all the details of everything, but one thing I will share is that God got my attention in a BIG way.
Everything is being redirected, shifted, refocused and it feels both awkward and liberating at the same time.
BUT I needed this.
I needed a mindset shift. I needed to discover for myself, that I’m building a legacy here, I am not just chasing goals. (Chasing them felt so overwhelming like I was swimming up for air, gaining momentum then diving back down exhausted from trying to keep up with not the world … but myself!!)
All of the things Jamie Zenteno Ministries stands for and has goals for; I do still believe God gave to me. BUT I want to make sure I’m following His timeline not mine. And in that, sometimes we have to refocus so we can go forward. These goals are not small; they are huge and multi layered. I realized the only way to move forward and build momentum is to break these all down more. (You can imagine my frustration, right? As if I wanted to do that. BUT it was needed!!)
I needed to break them down into bite sized stages with actionable steps forward. In doing so, this brings our confidence up. This is something I really struggled with and felt so defeated.
So, here’s to building progress, not perfection.
Reader reflection:
In what ways have you had to re-direct something in your life?
Do a 10-minute reflection and adjustment session with yourself every weekend to see what areas may need improvement?
