Reset: How To Reset Your Life cont.
Reset: How To Reset Your Life cont.
I’ m not plugging my book. I’ m telling you this so you can realize you have incredible power to take your life back, whether you are stressed in the demanding trailer industry – or at home.
A reset is not a do‐over. It’ s a start‐over. We start things over all the time, but this is different. This is a conscious decision to let go of your baggage by doing something that fills you with life.
If you need a reboot, don’ t do what I did. Do what calls YOU. You can reset your life by juicing for a month or going vegan or eating steak for a week. You can reset at a yoga retreat or spa or a religious tent. In Honolulu or Nairobi or Paris or Peoria or in your basement. You can do it filling your days with people you love, people you haven’ t had time for, people who enlighten you, people who make you laugh.
You can do it by following old familiar paths or by choosing roads you have never traveled. Maybe you will sit on an island, a boat, on top of a mountain, in a cave, by a campfire, on a dock, in a teepee or beside a river.
You could climb stairs in a skyscraper or bungee jump from a bridge. Go skydiving or SCUBA diving. Hike the Appalachian Trail. Rent a Harley. Visit New Orleans jazz clubs. Have a reading marathon. Or a writing marathon. Spend a week in silence. A week without electronics. Or do twenty‐four hours of prayer.
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Make time. Resets can be short or long, but you must clear your calendar and make it a full priority. Make it grand so it marks the end of what wasn’ t working and the beginning of new happiness. Create a challenge. Change your pace. Slow down. Or speed up. Enjoy some solitude. Get physical. Exercise can be the fastest intervention for the blues. Go outdoors. Breathe in some fresh air and elevate your mood.
My reset more than a decade ago changed my life because it gave me the secret to a hard reboot. I needed fresh air and open space. Every time I feel myself going into a funk, guess what I do? I hit the beach again.
For those involved in the trailer industry, it’ s crucial to find a personal reset for life’ s challenges to keep your businesses, mind and spirit running at full capacity. Get engaged with NATDA’ s Women in the Trailer Industry( WITI) to connect and support each other. Reach out the LeAnna at LeAnna @ natda. org to become part of the WITI Mentor / Mentee program today!
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