Focus on the things that you need to be taking care of. For myself, it was finding a place that was permanent for my wife and our kids, giving my children a sense of normalcy. My wife would drive the kids to their school every morning from the hotel or from my in-laws to keep them in a familiar routine and to remind them that this situation didn’ t define us.
Taking Action in Order to Move Forward You don’ t want to dwell on what was. It creates depression, it creates negative feelings. You’ ve got to move forward, you’ ve got to go ahead and not live in that past, that moment in time. My family and I could have easily dwelt on the fact that most of our possessions and remembrances of the past were gone. Yet we chose to begin anew. Where are you looking to take it, moving forward or simply looking backwards?
You have to take one step, even if it is a baby step forward into the next course of action. That’ s the second part of this last step, putting one foot in front of the other with purpose. For us it was taking control of the situation. Realtor, check. Insurance, banking and mortgage, check. Wife and kids in a home and resuming normalcy, check. We put one actionable task in front of the other, until we found our desired outcome.
Looking back, those four things helped with dealing with a negative situation in my personal life. I’ ve used the same four items for my professional career as well and they’ ve made all the difference.
Does one of these four resonate with you?
Focus on the things that you need to be taking care of. For myself, it was finding a place that was permanent for my wife and our kids, giving my children a sense of normalcy. My wife would drive the kids to their school every morning from the hotel or from my in-laws to keep them in a familiar routine and to remind them that this situation didn’ t define us.
Taking Action in Order to Move Forward You don’ t want to dwell on what was. It creates depression, it creates negative feelings. You’ ve got to move forward, you’ ve got to go ahead and not live in that past, that moment in time. My family and I could have easily dwelt on the fact that most of our possessions and remembrances of the past were gone. Yet we chose to begin anew. Where are you looking to take it, moving forward or simply looking backwards?
You have to take one step, even if it is a baby step forward into the next course of action. That’ s the second part of this last step, putting one foot in front of the other with purpose. For us it was taking control of the situation. Realtor, check. Insurance, banking and mortgage, check. Wife and kids in a home and resuming normalcy, check. We put one actionable task in front of the other, until we found our desired outcome.
Looking back, those four things helped with dealing with a negative situation in my personal life. I’ ve used the same four items for my professional career as well and they’ ve made all the difference.