Just give me a sec before we start chatting....
(off on my own, lifting the glass window pane up, leaning close to the screen, then yelling...THIS IS INSANNNNNNE!!!)
Oh good, you're still here. My polite self would say "sorry, needed a moment" But you know what...I'm not sorry. And you don't need to be either if you're feeling completely turned upside down, inside out.
What's happening in the world & in everyone's backyard right now is CRAZY!
So let it out!
Go ahead...I'll wait.
The least I could do, after you listened to my belly yell out my window.
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You good? Feels better, right? I know. But we can't stay here. It's okay to revisit every now & then. But if we stay "here" we'll get gobbled up.
So, what can we do to make this better?
Now that there are strong whispers that this is going to be longer than two weeks...let's take a deep breath, exhale and figure out what we CAN do to feel happier.
Shift our mindset from thinking about the things we are missing out on and find creative ways to be connected to each other & maybe even find out new things about ourselves.
I'll share one I learned about myself this past week.
4 years ago I started JBird Fitness. The goal was to work virtually so I could be home with the kids more. But in the beginning I found myself more stressed than happy.
I loved creating the workouts and staying connected to past students. But being in front of a video camera was uncomfortable (which only took time, to get over). Yet solely working online, having to put myself "out there" on social media was hard.
Add on not being able to look my students directly in the eye, give them a form correction or even a hug was the trigger for me to get back in the classroom.
Since then I've said, the virtual business ain't for me. And still isn't completely.
But...
(hold your ears if you need to because I'm going to be yelling again)
I had so much FUN doing our LIVE workouts this past week!!!
Hello...that's teaching in the virtual world, Janine.
I know, but something triggered. Something in me got over putting "myself" out there and was just so happy we could all be "together".
So, in the end I learned that I am & can be a virtual business owner but I just needed to tap back into my in-person teaching self these past 2 years, to figure out how I AM going to do it.
Being inspired but others, but following no one else's playbook but my own.
And now I'm going to do the same thing with home-schooling my kids and whatever else comes our way.
Is the situation we are all in normal? No. But let's continue sharing and then searching inside of ourselves for what's going to keep happiness a part of our every day.
With time, we may even discover a whole new side of ourselves, who was stronger & more inventive than we ever thought possible.
Sending healthy vibes your way & a HUGE virtual 🤗
Janine