Here’s The Problem With Waiting Until You Are “Ready”

Over the weekend, I just finished reading “Playing Big” by Tara Mohr, a new book about taking bigger leaps in our lives and not allowing fear to derail us from pursuing who we want to be. In the book, she has an entire chapter on “hiding,” which is what we do when we’re scared of our own possibilities. We hide, we run, we delay—in short, we do everything we can to make sure we don’t have to take any leaps.

We all do it.

Heck, this blog was started because my unplanned pregnancy thrust me into motherhood before I was ready. And while I was convinced that my “surprise baby” was the worst thing that could have happened, I now know that I am stronger, more capable and more understanding than I would have been, had those two lines not showed up on the pregnancy test.

Conquer a small challenge, build confidence, tackle a bigger challenge, repeat. That’s all life is. Just a series of challenges that can either make you or break you. Once you have the confidence in yourself, you can move mountains. But you only get the confidence when you pursue something that’s a bit out of your comfort zone. See how that works?

Check yourself: What have you put off because you were scared you weren’t ready? What do you want to achieve that you are nervous about? What would you do if you weren’t scared of failing?

As an extra accountability measure, let’s identify one small step you can take to move on a goal that has scared you for too long. (If you’re feeling brave, you can tweet it, using the box below!)

Today I’m going to ___ as a small step toward my goals. @TheYoungMommy gave me a push!

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