Sometimes I use my blog as a landing page for my studio, but today, its personal. I could have 2 blogs to separate biz from personal, but my business is all personal anyway.
As one of the most non-perfect people I know, I don't talk about my faith journey much. For one, like me, its pretty non-perfect. It may "slip' out in a conversation or a FB post here and there but for the most part Im not prepared to discuss what I am still so much figuring out. But also, people who talk about faith tend to seem to have things way more figured out than me, do more good than me, and have walked a straighter path than me. But I find that without faith, life just doesn't make ANY sense. But life with faith is no cakewalk of clarity, either.
And I look around and man, people have REAL problems. I have no real problems, this post's issue included. If anything, most of us don't have any real problems, unless we are in the midst of one of life's crises. Im hoping that this new technique will at least free me up to a) handle my next crisis better b) help free me up to be of some GOOD, NO, GREAT use to those who do have real problems c) inspire some one else to do the same.
Lately, I am all but uninterested in the things that once occupied EVERY.SINGLE.THOUGHT. My mind is unfortunately like a mental medusa with zillions of snakes chasing in millions of different crazy directions after anything that instigated a curiosity, a question, a desire to complete, a riddle to solve, a person to please, and that made for some fatigued years!! It definitely weighs one down. In some cases I felt thrilled to care so much about so many different things, because being apathetic seems sad to me. I want to be excited and challenged by life, not numb to it. Yet this year, while I wasn't looking, something under the surface changed and it caught me off guard.
Maybe this is what it means to be "led"? As in...before, the things I was convicted I need to do, accomplish, and complete, now are not so important. Was I led to do those things and now Im being led to others? Why the sudden change of tide if I haven't, at my core, changed? But a new set of "things" is on the horizon. Only problem is I don't like leaving things or people in my rearview mirror. But you can't move to the next town and stay in the one you are in. As you move forward, some things and people will not come with you. So if they are still important.... how can that be?
And then it hit me. It is because it all -everything- feels like my job. The mental medusa in years past was me solving everything. The inability to feel free to move forward is me feeling like everything in my rear view mirror is my job. Well, it makes no sense to me either but that is the best I can do.
So with lots of prayer, I've been handed a phrase... a phrase I've adopted in the last few days that I think is going to see me through the rest of the year and completely explains being led forward.
Its not my assignment.
Something needs to be changed - not my assignment.
A person disagrees with me - not my assignment.
Someone absolutely loves me - not my assignment.
A problem needs to be solved - not my assignment.
An injustice needs to be righted - not my assignment.
A need needs to be filled - not my assignment.
What that means to me, is that if we believe that we are all here for a purpose, and that people come in your life and opportunities, etc are to help you find your purpose, then I have to understand that not everything is my assignment. All of these things are my assignment but NOT EVERY TIME.
So to trust this intuition and vision I have, means to let a lot of things an people go, and knowing that its OK, those things just aren't my assignment, has been a weight lifted. A breath exhaled. And I wish anyone who struggles with needing to solve everything could discover the peace that comes with trusting where you are being led and being able to discern for each temptation to solve/think/launch/act/complete/please what is our assignment and what is simply, not.
- Anna Smith, MSA, NASM CPT
- In my professional and personal life, I have always sought to lead people, teams and projects with one mission: positive influence and impact. As founder of Revolution Personal Training Center, I lead an award winning private studio to impact thousands of lives using the concepts I still teach today. As President of Elevate Your Life from 2016, I switched into a consulting role providing mentoring to those seeking to build a business in the fitness industry. I have effectively taught thousands of people on sales and leadership, generating millions in sales in the fitness and wellness space, as well as multiple award winning and recognized top producers in nationwide companies. Today, I am focused on writing and sharing what I have learned along the way. Uncommon Optimism is the underlying theme of knowing that NO MATTER what life throws our way, we are always able to focus on what we can control - ourselves… Join me on the journey as I share what I've learned to help you elevate your self, your business, and your life.
