I have gone through many years of my life with anxiety that most may not have even realized was there. Just because I may hold myself one way on the outside doesn’t mean that I feel that way on the inside. At one point in my life I had to walk around with a heart monitor for 2 weeks so the doctors could monitor the chest pains I was feeling. After 2 weeks of wearing this monitor I was told that the chest pains were likely due to anxiety.
This was years ago and I did work on this, but not in the capacity that I really thought I had. As I venture into this new journey I am reminded yet again how anxiety can sneak up on you unexpectedly and mess with your body and mind. I am grateful to be in a much better mental state that I can now recognize these patterns and behaviors anxiety brings and work through them easier.
Not to say it goes away completely, now I just know how to flip my mindset and turn anxiety into excitement. Before I would get overwhelmed by having to navigate all of the new I am learning and going through with starting this blog and all that goes with it. This is all so new to me and the learning curve has been fun at times. The key I have found is to shift my mindset to how “Excited” I am to be learning so many new things.
It is exciting to see the inner vision start to come to fruition. It is exciting to learn new things. It is exciting to now know more of how all this works. It is exciting, it is exciting, it is exciting. This is what I will tell myself when I start to notice that anxiety creeping up. I turn all of it into excitement for what is to come and how many people I can potentially help along the way. As I go along this journey I am finding more and more it truly is your mindset.
The mind is such a powerful tool to utilize, especially when you use it to create instead of destroying. As in the past, I know this too shall pass so I hold that with me as well. I choose to take the time and sit with my anxiety and reshift how it plays a role in my life. Before my anxiety would rule what I did or didn’t do and clearly at times stop me from moving towards my goals and dreams in this lifetime.
Some days I am a frickin' rock star at this, and other days I am human and just have to let it move through me and just do what I can until it moves its way out. If you are going through something right now that is bringing up feelings of anxiety, try to hold focus on the positive of whatever it may be. Hold that positivity and focus solely on that and the feeling it will bring to you once you are through whatever it may be.
Always remember you are stronger and more capable than you may realize at this moment. Keep going and don’t give up on yourself and your dreams. You and they are so worthy of all of it!
Much Love & Light Always!
