You may have noticed my thought of the week posts have been missing these last few weeks. It was like I just ran out of thoughts.
Seriously, I didn’t, my head is always full of random thoughts, but with all the craziness April brought (good craziness, it was just really busy) I took a little break from some of my normal features.
Anyway, it’s back. This week’s quote is:
“If you don’t change anything, nothing will change”
It sounds kind of obvious doesn’t it?
It’s so easy to get stuck in rut though. You don’t like the direction you’re heading in, you want to go in a completely different direction, but you continue to do the same old thing time and time again.
Sound familiar? I think we’ve all been there at some point.
We all have dreams and ambitions, things we would love to achieve. Whether it’s getting to the top of your career ladder, becoming an actor/actress, ditching the 9-5 and travelling the world – whatever it may be, there’s something we all want.
It’s so easy (at least for me) to sit there dreamily thinking of that day – the day you can say, yes I achieved my dream. I did it. But often, that’s as far as it goes. Because we continually do the same thing over and over again.
Albert Einstein defined insanity as “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different things”. I think we’ve all been guilty of this to one extent or another at some point.
We continue to dream, but continue to do the same thing, waiting for the dream to happen, like it will somehow come to us. Newsflash: it won’t.
If we want to achieve something different, we have to change what we do. It may be a big change, it may be a small one, but we must actively pursue the outcome, not wait for it to magically happen on it’s own.
If you want to see a change, you have to be the change. Embrace it, live it, chase it.
Do you ever feel stuck in a rut? What do you do to get out of it? Let me know in the comments 🙂
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So very true- I think we are all guilty of getting stuck in that rut sometimes! Thanks for sharing 🌸
Yes, we definitely are and the longer we’re stuck, the harder to can be to get out!
This is so true. I’ve been trying to be more proactive lately and make changes, rather than just settle and say ‘that’s the way it is’. x #candidcuddles
Sometimes it’s easy to just settle, but we have to make that effort to go out and get what we want! x
There are days I am crazy productive and others where I sit around and think of all I want to do. I try not to let the latter happen too often.
Yeah, I think we all have those days, but I always think if the productive ones out number them, I’m doing ok!
I have this problem of making these goals, especially with my book, then not following through because I have so many other things going on at the same time then by the time I get around to working on it, I’m too exhausted. I hate that! This quote is such a great reminder to just do it! Popping over from #candidcuddles
I know exactly what you mean. It can be easy to push writing back when you don’t have a deadline, and the more you push it back, the easier it becomes to just think about writing instead of actually writing!
Hmm, thought provoking. It’s tempting to stay in the safety zone, but sometimes it may be better to take a chance. Who knows where it might lead!
It is tempting, but if you don’t try anything new, you’ll never know how good it could be!
Perfect advice, Debbie! I love it! Any sort of change is down to us & there won’t ever be the perfect time to do it. Thanks so much for joining me for #candidcuddles 50!! x
Thank you 🙂 If you wait for the perfect time, you’ll be waiting forever! Thanks for hosting and congrats on #50! That has flown by! x
I do believe we all get stuck in ruts sometimes. There are times it’s all I have in me just to keep the kids alive and other days I could conquer everything in one day. Just depends. But for the most part I just try to take a timeout when I know I need it. Thanks so much for hostessing #candidcuddles sorry for the delay in commenting as it’s been quite the crazy week and the linky commenting has suffered.
I’m the same (without the kids but you know what I mean lol)! Sometimes walking away for a while really does help you get re-focused. No worries, life gets in the way sometimes 🙂