Am I doing enough, too much, or am I doing the wrong things?
Today, one of my gorgeous clients had a big aha-moment.
As she felt bored with life, my client, let’s call her Lisa, was suffering from a burnout (or perhaps a boreout). Lisa is a brilliant, energetic woman who thrives on the thrill of starting new projects. When allowed to explore, play, create, and discover, she is flourishing. Creation gives her energy, joy and this is what she excels at. She is like a starter engine.
When she needs to be consistent, when she needs to follow routines, and when she needs to execute things on repeat, Lisa secretly feels bored. When something is no longer new and just needs daily upkeep, she loses her spirit. It’s when she has to become like a diesel engine that she feels so demotivated.
Not good enough
However, Lisa started to feel that being a starter engine wasn’t good enough. As she felt criticized by others who claimed she was unpredictable, not following through, and not persevering. Lisa started to believe that she had to be a diesel engine too. So she made herself stop creating more and limited her efforts strictly to routines and maintenance.
And she became so incredibly bored. This was draining her energy and lust for life.
Lisa became so tired and pretty lethargic. She, therefore, concluded that she had done too much and that she had to rest, free her agenda, and basically be in winter-sleep mode. But without any new exciting projects in her life, she fell into a vicious circle.
Eye-opener
In our session today I told her she probably experiences this burn/bore-out not because she is doing too much, but because she is doing the wrong things.
As starter engines don’t have to be diesel engines.
This was a complete eye-opener for her!
Lisa felt so relieved she unapologetically can start new projects. And when it becomes routines and she starts to get bored she can just hand it over to her team.
After this eye-opener …
After this eye-opener, Lisa started to embrace her creativity, her playfulness, her curiosity, and her eagerness to start new things. She came back to herself. To the person she truly is, behind what other people think she should be, behind expectations, self-doubt, worry, feeling not good enough, and inadequate. She saw it was not a burn-out she was going through, but that she was merely living a life that was not fitting her. That didn’t spark joy, and that was not aligned with her wellbeing and highest good.
And that changed everything for her. And for the people around her.
Her romantic relationship started to flourish again. Money started to flow again. And Lisa started to feel creative, empowered, energetic, soulful, and free again.
This has led to her setting up her own company. She inspires other women with a new zest for life. She makes her own rules. She ditched boring routines, and adopted exciting challenges.
And you know what, this could be you too! Are you living a life that is not fulfilling? That doesn’t make you happy? That feels boring? And that is just not YOU?
Do you compromise? Because you are afraid of what other people think? Because you don’t want to disappoint?
Are you also not doing too much, but are you doing the wrong things?
Then just schedule your free Game Plan call with me. We will map the gap between where you are right now and where you want to be, and create a Game Plan with assured results. Schedule your complimentary meeting by clicking this link:
