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Sep 8 (edited) • Yvonne’s Crazy Adventure

Day 10: Ready, Re-Set, Go

Today is a new day, and a reset is in order. With the huge stress of having to book my plane ticket removed, I now need to get my interviews for my summit completed, and the rest of my stuff sorted.

They are both priorities, necessary, and completely non-negotiable. The day is starting off somewhat well, but I really do need more than four hours of sleep. I did that to myself. And now I’m going for a morning walk.

I really need to contact my list and book the interviews, so that will be the first task I do when I get home. It cannot wait as it should not be last minute. I don’t know what the delay has been in my brain, but that is of utmost importance. Explaining how the summit worked to my sister yesterday made me realize just how profitable they can be. Summits are going to be my bread and butter.

I found out a couple things yesterday. Always trust the universe, which was just more of a confirmation. And although something can seem big and scary because it’s new, we’ve all already accomplished scary things in our lives. We are fully capable.

I also found out Ian was right about the United States refusing you entry if you cannot prove you can financially support yourself. It’s a new thing where they can reject you at the border if they feel you will be a financial burden to their country. It seems to be more if you are driving across the border - I doubt it will be an issue going for a three day mastermind. However, it’s going to be an issue if I’m driving across the border to go to Alabama and I do not have a steady income. They will reject me at the border. Also, if I stay more than 30 days, there’s different rules, so I need to figure all that out.

But the truth is, I’m not going to be going to the United States if I do not have a steady cash flow of income, and the only way I’m going to manage that is to get my Summit going.

I have a few ginormous tasks on my plate, each one by itself is a lot. Altogether it’s overwhelming.

I have six days until I leave for the mastermind, and I have a certain amount of things I need to accomplish in each of those days in order to get done. There is no time left to ponder around.

Each step along the way is part of my story. If everything that happened yesterday is an indicator of what happens when you get out of the “messy middle” on your healing journey, I’m all for it. But it is up to me to make sure everything continues with that kind of success. If I could come up with exactly the amount of plane ticket money I needed in one day, I can do anything that I set my mind to. There is no doubt.

So let’s get ready, reset, and go…

… And I failed.

How many of you can relate to this? You know exactly what you needed to do, you know time is very limited, you know the consequences for not finishing are enormous, and yet another day passes without much progress.

I feel like I’m failing, and breaking promises to myself.

So now I have to step back, and remind myself of what I did accomplish today:

Had a wonderful walk with my friend this morning
Sold two shelving units out of the storage locker, and also gave the family the two jewellery boxes for their little girls
Cooked up some chicken, so meals would be easy over the next few days
Wrote and posted my Sunday Short Story
Attended a get together tonight at my friend’s house, complete with live music
Caught up with my goddaughter, and my friend - the music was amazing, and I really enjoyed myself
Had a few more insights about healing from trauma: Always believe actions over words. Becoming happy is often about removing things, not adding things. We need to rebuild our lives from a solid foundation, or it will continue to collapse under us. The biggest challenge healing from trauma is finding self-worth, and until you feel worthy, you will accept less than you deserve.

Let’s get ready, re-set, and go… Tomorrow is a new day.

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