By Charlene M Brown
Have you ever said to yourself, “Gee, I wish I could change this”?
Exactly what is stopping you?
I’d bet you answered this question with some sort of excuse; it might be your schedule, your partner, your kids, your job—something outside of yourself.
Do you think you could do more, BE more than what you are?
The reality is that whoever you “ARE” at this very moment is the result of all of the decisions you have made in the past.
But here’s another reality: The decisions you make NOW, will determine your future self.
So yes, I am talking about Renaissance Women here, except the only difference is that this time, I AM TALKING ABOUT YOU!
Yes, you read that right.
YOU! Y-O-U! You are a Renaissance Woman in your own right.
Think about how many people you know who are complacent, doing just enough to get by, always overwhelmed, but never speaking up about it.
The squeaky wheel is the one that gets the oil!
Most people, especially bosses and significant others, are not mind readers.
Complacency is fine for the very few who are literally not able to do any better. But I’d bet that’s not you!
I’d bet it’s not you at all. I bet you have dreams of doing, being BETTER than who and what you are now. I bet you want to live big.
Living BIG is, of course, different for everyone.
But let me tell you this, for all the wishing and hoping and praying to live big, it’s not going to happen unless you take ACTION!
With the rare exception of lottery winners (and the odds of winning really big money are like, what, 1 in a gazillion), you are probably not going to all of a sudden come into really big bucks that will allow you to do all the things of your heart’s desires!
But you can indeed still be a Renaissance Woman! But you’re gonna hafta do something about your dreams! You’re gonna hafta make a move!
Instead of running from your dreams, how about moving TOWARD them instead? Just one step will start you on that path. Just one step will take you from wishing and hoping to doing something about it.
And I am not just writing this to you. I am writing this for me too. Finding courage to move forward into the BIG Things of my own dreams!
So instead of making excuses about why you are not pursuing your dreams, try taking action instead. For example, instead of listing all the reasons you can’t go back to school, name one thing you can do to start you on that path. It might be defining a specific course of study or looking into financial aid or even checking out alternative working options with your job.
The key is that you start taking those steps. Sometimes they will come one at a time and other times they will come in a stampede. So what if it’s never been done before! That’s how you become a Renaissance Woman in the first place!
Ask! Go! Do! Be!
Do You Love Your Life Now!? I Do (because I am trying to do something different that makes me a Renaissance Woman!)
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- The New Woman Leader: Expectations and Support in the 21st Century!
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