Hi guys! Welcome to the 10th episode of the Wildly Successful Lifestyle podcast!
I hope this podcast finds you on a sunny day and if it isn’t sunny I hope this episode provides a little sunshine for you!
I may call you out a bit in this episode but it is only from a place of love I promise.
So the thoughts I have every day of how I can best serve you guys through this podcast is actually helping ME so much to feel happy, fulfilled, like I have a purpose driving me every single day to figure out how I can help you as well as myself work through some of these things we are dealing with. I’m an interior Designer by trade but I have been studying human behaviors and self help for almost 20 years and it has been helping me so much this past month and I hope to share some of that with you through this podcast during these unusual times. I had planned out a different series of episodes but it seems like what we need is support right now and so that is what my focus is.
So many of us are worried and concerned about How we are going to get through this without losing our minds. These thoughts are normal and in my opinion it is ok to feel them and even to talk about them to get them out. But dwelling on them and nurturing them and focusing on them is not serving us long term. I have learned that problems make us stronger and very often they help us grow closer and they tell us a lot about who we are.
Since I imagine like me this quarantine and the uncertainty can have you feeling very weighed down and I wanted to share an analogy I came up with that may help. I like visual aids and this is a visual aid we can all use. So here it is……this virus is worldwide and there really is no getting away from it. I liken it to we are all on this great big boat. But our boat has a hole in it and if you jump ship there is nowhere to go. So here we are, we are all on this big boat with a hole that needs to be patched or we could sink. We each on the boat have a role to play. I want you to Think about What your role is based on the actions you have been taking daily and I’m doing the same…Are you part of the problem or part of the solution?
Are you creating more fear by hounding people with your what ifs? Are you policing each person because they aren’t doing their part to maintain the boat? Are you judging the people plugging the hole from the back of the boat even though you have no better answers?
Are you the guy sitting in the back yelling and complaining about the people attempting to plug the hole and how they are doing it?
Are you freaking everyone in the boat out by saying the boat is sinking and we are all going to die?
ORRRRRRRR Are you someone plugging the hole, perhaps a nurse or a Dr or a first responder or someone that is creating new ways to have the boat stay afloat or how to make life preservers just in case. Are you someone that is supporting the people plugging the hole by making their day easier in some way? Caring for their kids, making their meals, listening to their fears or simply just giving them support in whatever way you can? Are you a passenger on the boat doing your part to balance the boat so it doesn’t lean heavily to one side? Are you calming the passengers that are nervous and afraid because they can’t swim?
So I’ve put a list together of some things we can do to be part of the solution and not part of the problem:
1. Is there some way for you to take the weight off your family member that’s a nurse or a Dr or a first responder. Is there some way to lift them up? Be creative. Remember they have a whole other set of emotions we aren’t having because their life is at risk by being in those hospitals.
2. Can you start a book club with different groups of friends…this kills two birds with one stone because it keeps you busy reading (hopefully a positive happy book) but also keeps you connected and accountable for your reading which I love!
3. You could write a book and again share the idea with others so that they hold you accountable
4. You could move your art around your home and share the pictures on social media. So often we keep art in the same place and moving it really changes up your space. Same thing for lamps….
5. Go through your closet and create new outfit ideas using Pinterest or Instagram for inspiration! As a side note if you are having trouble really defining your style and staying track with your fitness hop over to my website…heididawson.com and download the free PDF and instructional video on creating three words that you can use in almost every aspect of your life….its been life changing for me and so many others. Give it a shot!
6. Learn a new skill…My friend in Denver is a designer and she has always been so busy she would hire out her graphic work. She has spent the last two weeks holed up in her condo learning new graphic software! She continues to inspire me every day.
7. If you sew…..Create masks for you friends in cool materials….. I would love to have one of those cool masks…..and so many others would as well.
8. You too could start a podcast..maybe you have a message inside of you dying to get out!
9. Organize one drawer at a time and purge your home of anything that doesn’t spark you joy as Marie Kondo speaks about often in her books.
10. If all else fails……get the biggest hardest puzzle you can find, order it and that should keep you busy until the end of the quarantine!
One last thing on our boat…If you are huddled in the corner of the boat not responding because you’re distraught…You have no-one to talk to or confide in? thinking of just jumping out to end it now? I plead with you when Isay…that is what would be called a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The boat is going to be fine and I am here for you if you and if you reach out to me through my instagram or my email I promise we will get you the help you need in one way or another.
Ok guys so remember The Problems we have experienced to date have made us stronger, they have played a big role in forming us into who we are today and this situation is no different. SO be part of the solution, not part of the problem and remember we are all in the boat together and pretty soon it’s going to take us somewhere beautiful and sunny and hugs will be cool again. Thanks for listening…I Love you guys! Talk to you in a few days.
