What To Do When You're Not Happy With Where You're At
We’ve all been there: feeling frustrated, annoyed, or just flat out angry about the season that we’re in.
I get emails and DMs from gals who ask me what to do when they are not happy in their current season.
3 Things That You Can Do When You’re Not Happy With Where You’re At:
1. Choose to grow instead of grumble.
Tough love time - sometimes you just gotta suck it up and embrace the season that you’re in. We have bills to pay. Maybe you’re in school working on getting the degree for your dream job. Or maybe you’re a new mama learning how to navigate having a newborn.
We can’t change our circumstances BUT we can choose how we handle them. We have to choose to grow instead of grumble. What you’re going through right now is preparing you for what is to come (and for what you’re working toward).
2. Serve your heart out.
When we’re not happy with our circumstances, it’s easy to focus a whole lot of our energy on ourselves. I challenge you to flip that script, though, and put your energy into serving others.
Story time: I started my planner business by complete accident. It all happened because I was serving people with my gifts. I LOVE planning and organization and I whipped up a planner for myself to use in grad school. A few people saw it on Instagram stories and asked if I could sell it online so they could use it too. I uploaded it and then people started requesting specific planner inserts. So I started making those.
I ended up finding my dream job because I was focused on serving others!
3. Give yourself a timeline to make a change.
It’s easy for us to say that “someday” we’ll pursue our dreams. But if we don’t give ourselves specific deadlines and dates it’s all too easy for someday to become never.
Create a timeline to hold yourself accountable to making a change. Break that timeline into chunks and tell someone so they can help hold you accountable. If you don’t create a timeline for yourself, the chances of you staying in the same place are high. Commit to going after your dreams, girl!
And always remember: seasons are not forever. That’s true in the world and in our lives. You cannot have a blooming spring without a dark winter ya know?
If you want to dive a little bit deeper into this conversation, tune into episode 003 of The Hustle Sanely Podcast: