Are You Addicted to Progress?

When was the last time you REALLY celebrated how far you have come instead of worrying about how much further you have to go? Are you overly critical of your progress in life? Remember that cheesy saying – “progress not perfection” – Sometimes we mistake our unconscious need for perfection for a healthy and natural drive toward progress.

What if I told you that everyone in life has a different pace at which things are meant to happen for them? Some people get the career of their dreams at 24 only to burn out and have a midlife crisis at 40. Some people have multiple successful careers throughout life and some don’t find their calling until much later. Some people get married at 20 and have a happy marriage until death do they part. Some people don’t get married until they’re in middle age and some people don’t get married at all!

It’s the same with health – what if you stopped giving yourself a deadline – “I must be healthy in six months or else!” and just accept that life unfolds how it is meant to. Life does not abide by our timeline and life looks different for EVERYONE. Our soul came to learn certain lessons and the lessons never stop because that’s what it means to be human. But I’m asking you to RELAX and trust that you are on the right path.

Your worth is not measured by your career or how much money you make or how fast you heal from chronic illness. Only YOU can give yourself self-love and self-worth. Accomplishments are fleeting and are never satisfying for long. Be okay with where you are at today.

Journaling Prompts:

1) List 3 things you have accomplished in the last year – how did you celebrate those accomplishments?

2) Set a timer for 5 minutes and free write. Reflect on how far you have come in the past few years – what have you learned along the way? What has surprised you?

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