Something we all tend to talk about easily but not always “do it”. It’s easier to tell someone else that they should push their boundaries BUT when it comes to yourself, we struggle…. Well sometimes I do.

The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.-~Pema Chodron

 These past few months, I’ve been focusing on educating myself more to be able to do my own thing. When I left my full-time job to be with my son, I had this mind set of where I wanted to be and what to do other than must being a stay-at-home mom.  Life happened and things didn’t turn out exactly as I wanted but I’m okay with it, I am happy. I still haven’t educated myself as much as I expected…not at all.

At first this wasn’t so easy, I was scared – I mean, I was in a comfort zone. I had a stable job, stable income and left it for the exact opposite.I left all of this to do what I always dreamed of for a complete unknown territory.  This would be the second time in my life I had this opportunity.

The first time I was too afraid to do something on my own, to step out of my comfort zone, so I said no. It was a year later where the opportunity approached me again, and I realised that I had to step out of my comfort zone. I had to give it a try, or I will regret it for the rest of my life.

After a few weeks passed I realised that, my new “environment” had so much more to offer. AND that yes, this is unknown and completely out of my own comfort zone,  that I might not do everything I planned but that whatever I get done will be good enough.  It was only two weeks until I had enough clients/projects lined up to be more than okay. My son was happy & healthy to be with me at home.

I suspect I didn’t do as well as I wanted to with studying and educating myself because my head wasn’t in the right place.  However, my mentality has since changed, and I now find my success from setting my own boundaries – or to set fewer boundaries.

I found that defining to large goals and targets detracts from what you really set out to do.  The goals I set for myself in this unknown world – to be a full-time mom, to work all day, be a homemaker AND to study – weren’t achievable.

So, today – don’t set “permanent” goals. I have a rough idea in mind, the results to be outstanding. “There are no limits to your potential achievements.”

In my opinion, push the boundaries, by not making any OR if you have them – they need to be flexible in changing circumstance. Just put in all the energy and effort you can without exhausting your other responsibilities. You will create a sense of inner self-satisfaction AND never be too hard on yourself.

You will regret not trying something, but you will never regret doing something out of your comfort zone that can be good for you!