Growth vs Grace or Both.
Springtime is here and it is exciting to see the change of seasons and entering into a new space where we start the year fresh with new energy.
We always find that spring is a season that brings a lot of rebirth and renewal. Whether that be in our jobs, lives or personal growth.
As we are three months into 2020, it can still feel like it's hard to get fully into the swing of things, especially if you have created many goals to achieve over the year. I know myself, it can feel overwhelming to keep going, especially when you are putting in the groundwork that doesn't have results until long term.
it can be easy to get bogged down in the details, loose perspective and not see the bigger picture. We are in a space where things are expected to move at such a fast pace, which can also translate to us feeling that we should be progressing faster than what we are doing right now.
For this week’s WF Wednesday Wisdom, I wanted to touch on the theme of progression. Finding that balance between pushing yourself hard, but also giving yourself grace and figuring out where to meet in the middle. To acknowledge how hard it is, but also keeping yourself accountable with what you have set out. To say that you are exactly where you are meant to be and it is okay that you have off days, doubt yourself, not see the progress you are doing. To also encourage you to keep going and to continue to show up and do the work, because the reward is high - even if you can’t see it right now.
In the space of self development, it’s so easy to constantly be consuming and pushing yourself to the next level, but there is also so much power in reflecting and revising everything that you do and figure out what you want to do with yourself.
Here are some youtube talks that have really given insight to the concept of progression and grace, and how they can both exist together.
Hope you all are being kind to your wonderful selves this week and give yourself some grace!
One Tree Hill Actress ON: Learning To Accept Yourself In The Present While Becoming A Masterpiece
Nia Long Talks Producing, Motherhood, New Film ‘The Banker’ + More
Brené Brown — Striving versus Self-Acceptance, Saving Marriages, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show
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