Week #2: Making Decisions
Week #2: Making Decisions
My story has always been I can’t make a decision to save my life. I tell myself I don’t have enough information, it might be the wrong choice, someone else should decide...
So I stay stuck.
Last week felt glorious because the weight of making decisions was lifted from my shoulder’s because it was none of my business.
But the fact is - some things are my business and I need to make choices. I need to take action.
In some ways I am overly impulsive, I dive into everything. But in others, I am a stick in the mud, frozen from fear that I might make the wrong choice.
This week, my coach Jennifer and I got dirty and played in the mud. I discovered making decisions is all about perspective. How I look at things determines what inner guidance I get -- or don’t.
Here’s a little game that we played that worked extremely well to help pull me out of the mud to a place of wisdom and absolute certainty in my decision making process.
| Makin Decisions: Gaining Perspective |
Detach from it.
Jennifer asked me to find an object that resembled my desired outcome. Then I was to take a few steps back and look at it. Imagine it exactly as how I wanted it to happen.
Choose Different Perspectives.
My 1st perspective came from a voice rooted in my old prejudices, “I don’t know how to get there, don’t have enough information, what if I make the wrong choice...” Of course I didn’t really feel good listening to this voice and thought it was a dumb game. (You know how much I like going into the dark...)
Jennifer invited me to search my soul for voices of wisdom that form a tribe of support, encouragement and knowing. I imagine myself building my own tribal council of wise women who know, pulling from friends, family members, authors, speakers, icons, spiritual beings etc.
Listen.
As I called on each voice for guidance, I moved my body to gain a different perspective on the object. How would this voice make decisions to get to the desired outcome, what might the decisions be?
Trust.
Some voices gave me nothing but more confusion regarding this particular decision. But finally, we landed on one powerful voice that spoke loud and clear with an answer that made complete sense.
An answer that revealed my true essence, who I am, what I stand for and any other choice became ludicrous when I thought about it.
I had my answer. I made my decision. I hopped out of the mud and walked on with a bounce of joy in my step ready to make it happen.
Image by Gibson Claire McGuire Regester
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About Mom Esteem Michelle Davies, the founder of EverythingMom, is on a 12 week Self-Esteem Journey with Life Coach, Jennifer Pernfuss. Mom Esteem was inspired by the Dove Movement for Self-Esteem. |
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Comments
Wow. Knowing who you are honouring is the tricky part. Who is that self?
Yep.
Thank you for shining the light on this dark space.
xoxo
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