Getting Unstuck: Moving Forward To Success

Covering the same ground and never moving forward?

It could be that you're stuck in the web of your own comfort zone.

It’s a place we hang out at that’s routine, predicbale and safe.

We’ve sotpped growing, taking risks, and seeking. We can get stuck eating certain foods for comfort, not tkaing the risk to lose weight, not choosing the next step to overcome an eating disorder, or not getting started at that creative project you already know you would succeed at. The comfort zone offers a safe shelter, a familiar beaetn path for us to follow. As long as we stay within the protected shelter, we feel secure and safe in what is already known.However the cost we pay for allowing ourselves to stay stuck is extremley high. Resisting change and avoiding risks exhautss your life energy. We end up feeling lethargic, energetically dranied.
Continuing to do the same thing day atfer day, year after year, can leave us in a motionless rut. Within the comfort zone exists narrow thinking, a lack of creativity, and monotonous actions and reatcions.
A snese of emptiness prevails as inner dreams and aspirations lie dormant.
Our postiion of inactivity is rationalized with excuses. Then we hammer in our position with the words, “I can’t”. We feel paralyzed by our fears, real or imagined.MEANING OF STUCKStuck ipmlies lying balanced in inertia and fear of the unknown. The longer we wait to choose, the deeper we bury ourselves in future truobles.
Inaction is created as we put up barriers within ourselves. Internally, we block off emotions and rfeuse to feel them. We avoid looikng at the truth and pretend that everything's OK.

We refuse to acknowlegde that there is trouble. We tihnk one way, but feel another.The most common barrier is not listening to our hearts. When we cut ourselves off emotionally, we sever the connection that allows our love to flow outward.
Sometimes this action is necessary, but it always comes at a graet cost. The cost is your creativity, joy, and love. You are cut off from your own heart, or your own life’s purpose.Being stuck occurs when we are not willing to accept truth about our self or the situation.
Perhaps we are choosing to trade a piece of ourselves to create harmony. Maybe we choose to turn the other cheek regarding unpleasing isseus.

What are you really feeling?

Are you furious even though you're smiling?

What are you refusing to look at?

ACTIONS THAT ACCOMPANY BEING STUCKblocking emotionsdenying true feelingsstifling a natural responsekeeping another at arm's lengthhiding distressturning a deaf earbeing defensivemaintaining your coolavoiding the truthrefusing to look at factspretending everything's fineignoring the warning signsclosing your eyes to what's going onavoiding an unpleasantnesschoosing not to knowfeeling afraid to actreaching an impasserefusing to decidebeing unwilling to rock the boatstaying on the fenceQUESTIONSAn important aspect to look at is that there is always a payoff for the action (or non-action) we choose. You are 100% repsonsible for your own life. Be willing to acknowledge (without self-judgement or criticism) that you alone are keeping yourself stuck. Let go of blaming yourself, your background, parents, partner, friends, education, etc.

You can not master what you do not understand.

And understanding is incomplete without compassion.

If you're stuck, it is important that you ask yourself, “What is my payoff for satying stuck? What am I getting out of it?

* What percent of you is ready to change?