...and when to fold 'em. I know next to nothing about Poker but I love this phrase. When you have the choice to either stick with something and hope for the best or to bow out and move on, it can be difficult. Sometimes we end up believing that we should stick with things until … Continue reading When to hold ’em
Tag: perspective
Another point of view
Sometimes when you encounter an issue you only look at it from your perspective. You focus on how you feel, how you've been treated and you can end up playing the victim (often unknowingly). Sometimes we take the position of the victim because we want to be coddled and we want to be saved but … Continue reading Another point of view
What matters most?
Sometimes the choice you have to make is between taking care of yourself and meeting other peoples expectations. Nobody wants to be considered a let down which is why often people end up putting themselves aside and focusing more on other people. But you shouldn't treat yourself as though you don't matter, you matter just … Continue reading What matters most?
Smells good, tastes bad
Ideas of things are always beautiful and wonderful because we can make them whatever we want them to be. Reality on the other hand is much more rigid and fixed. It's like the ideas are the smell of a cake and reality is the actual cake. You could smell chocolate cake and anticipate it to … Continue reading Smells good, tastes bad
Open to exploring
Who you are does not have to be so rigid that you force yourself to be defined by ticking several boxes and sticking to them. You can be one thing today and another thing next week. So often we go through life trying to find ourselves and figure out who we are so that we … Continue reading Open to exploring
Both can be true
Sometimes we choose to view life in such a simplistic way that we don't even consider that something is missing. You perceive things as good or bad and wrong or right without leaving room for flexibility. But often the truth lies somewhere in between. For example, Robin Hood was a thief which is bad but … Continue reading Both can be true
The problem with being picked…
...is that one day you won't get picked. If the progression and pathways in your life have thus far been based on people picking you, it probably feels pretty fantastic. But, what happens when you don't get picked. When we become reliant on other people determining our fate for us, we end up feeling lost … Continue reading The problem with being picked…
Growth points
It could be difficult, challenging and uncomfortable. But it also serves as an opportunity to learn and grow, if you're willing to be open. If you're a regular reader then growth points is a term you'll have seen me use every now and then in posts such as Bravery and uncontrollable outcomes, Day 183, It's … Continue reading Growth points
There’s no such thing as a stupid question
If you aspire to allow your curiosity to come out and play then this quote is one to live by. Asking questions can be scary and uncomfortable so taking on a mindset that no question is stupid may help to relieve some of those feelings. But after mustering up the courage to ask, if you … Continue reading There’s no such thing as a stupid question
Unideal situations
I recently had an unanticipated situation occur, in fact I'd describe it as unideal. At first I found myself focusing on the situation, all that had occurred and how it had led me to feel. But the more I got thinking about it, the more I found myself zooming out and thinking about this situation … Continue reading Unideal situations
The Daily Gemm 