Hey lovelies
I've written another post about my journey on The Chrysalis Effect Recovery Programme called Baby Steps! Baby Steps! Baby Steps! Maybe if I say it often enough I will actually get the hang of it!
Wishing you all fabulous weekends...xx
Friday, 25 February 2011
Baby Steps! Baby Steps! Baby Steps!
Hey lovelies
I've written another post about my journey on The Chrysalis Effect Recovery Programme called Baby Steps! Baby Steps! Baby Steps! Maybe if I say it often enough I will actually get the hang of it!
Wishing you all fabulous weekends...xx
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Baby steps, baby steps, baby steps. Yes, yes, yes!
ReplyDeleteThe more I see of how I and others change the more I see the baby steps.
Nice post. I'm struggling with all of the same issues lately. I always knew I didn't want to return to my old life even when I first got sick. I was trying to retire early and only had a few more years to put in before I could so I was rather annoyed that I got ill. I think the only thing I'm looking forward to when I get better is returning to figure skating. I miss it and I miss my skating friends. As far as housework and job work I could chuck both and not feel deprived in any way. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Evan. That has really hit home - baby steps aren't just for me they are just a good strategy full stop. My rational side can buy into that!
ReplyDeleteHey Miss Baffled. It's so interesting to hear that you are going through a similar challenge. Skating is clearly your passion and how cool that you know exactly where you are trying to get to. (Obviously not so cool that you can't skate right now!) I so hope you will be swirling round that ice rink very soon.
Thank you to both of you for sharing - it's always good to get a different perspective. And if enough people tell me about how great baby steps are it surely will sink in at some point! xx
hello karen
ReplyDeletehow are you?
just checking on you. i will visit the blog/website to read the article.
take care and enjoy the rest of the day
I actually learned the baby steps idea when I was ice skating. It is so difficult that you have to celebrate the small victories. Not falling down when doing that backwards three turn. A well executed forward outside edge. A centered spin. If you didn't do this you would quit after only a few months and I have seen skaters do this. They come on thinking that they will be able to jump within a month when they have never skated before. When they discover it is hard they quit. Those of us that stick to it and take millions of baby steps are rewarded with jumps and spins eventually but these can't be done without a good forward edge first.
ReplyDeleteHi Ayo. I am great! (Have to believe in yourself...) Hope life is treating you well.
ReplyDeleteOh Miss Baffled, I can't thank you enough for this comment. It's such a wonderful example of what an excellent strategy baby steps are - and not just for getting better. I will be keeping this example in my mental filing cabinet and pulling it out whenever I feel overwhelmed. (Too often!)
I love your comments. Thank you for visiting and sharing so often - it really means a lot.
xx
Hi Karen,
ReplyDeleteAs always how very well written! (me with my serious head on) serious subject!
and rather than duplicate your article word for word let me say how accurate it sums things up.
Outside influences have helped me change my thinking over the last months (thanks BG mainly if your looking in).
You stated that you have swapped having a successful life for being successful at being ill, which is exactly what i thought too. A rather depressing thought, but looking at it from another angle I think we are becoming successful at getting better? (he says sitting here with everything crossed!) which is unsightly & quite uncomfortable tbh, so I'm going now for a wipe down with an oily rag ;-)
Catch you soon (well I'll try anyway) x
Hi Rog. I always love to read your comments and hear how you are getting on. It's so great that you are making progress - and yes changing my thinking over the last few years has had a huge impact on my health. I now just need to work on the few final pieces of the jigsaw.
ReplyDeleteOne of my fears is just being seen as a housewife; that does nothing for me. But if I want to move away from benchmarking myself against being good at trying to get better I need to find peace with not caring about what other people think and just focus on being me. And then the rest will follow...(you know writing contracts and the like!)
Hope you didn't stay crossed for too long! Oh - you will never catch me. I am so strong now I run very fast! xxx