The next time you think you have failed, or things are difficult remember this.
It’s okay to take a moment.
It’s okay to ask for help.
It’s okay to try again and reinvent yourself!
There is always time to change and always time to grow into a new version of ourselves!
But that takes courage…
Sometimes you have to do the work you have been avoiding…
there have been 2 INCREDIBLE and INSPIRING examples of this this week!
Simone Biles (watch the documentary on Netflix if you have not already!)
… she knew her limits and controversially pulled out of the Olympics 3 years ago.
She bravely knew she needed to stop and process everything that had happened to her in the past.
She owned this and took control of her mental health.
She didn’t give up, she has come back and smashed it.
It wouldn’t have mattered if she didn’t win because she has shown a whole generation of people that its okay to be broken for a bit, its okay to stop and it’s okay to take the time to reset.
Luckily she has people around her that supported her to do this. Seeing the best in her even when she couldn’t see it in herself!
Secondly – Adam Peaty.
He didn’t know who he was without winning…
3 years ago he was controversial because he seemed so seemed confident and angry!
He went away and he did the work. Openly sharing his battle with depression and alcoholism and confronting it head on.
He came back … and came 2nd.
It didn’t matter. He did the work and he knows who he is without winning. He is somehow calmer and more relaxed.
Just remember we all have bad days.
It’s not how we fall it’s how we rise that defines us…
Ask for help. Change your job. Retrain. Take control.
Always time for a new chapter and only you can keep writing your story.