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Keep Going and DO NOT Give Up!

 

Just some words of encouragement folks! Never give up on your dreams! Keep going and DO NOT give up! Sometimes it gets hard (life does) and things do not always go the way we want it to go but the effort is worth it! Your passion is worth the perseverance because it's what you love to do!

To Coach Or Not To Coach?

I have been thinking a great deal lately and I suppose that's nothing new.... but it's more about securing a better future/life for myself and my potential family (meaning children). I often kick myself, asking why I don't have anything to show for all of the hard work in my life. I have fallen into the trap of measuring my own success by the standards of the world we live in. I criticize myself, asking myself why I can't be better? Why can't I get clients? Am I too honest in my work and online? Am I driving people away? The list of insecurities goes on and on and on..... I keep coming back to the conclusion that I should not be in this line of work (life coaching) to make a living. True, some people just have that gift, whatever it is I don't know but they just have that extra something in their personality that makes them super successful in the life coaching arena.
For me personally, my transparency can actually scare people off, lol! :) I am constantly trying to do a balancing act so I don't do that to people because that is not the energy that I want to send out into the world! Yet I come back to the conclusion that I can not pretend to be something that I am not! I have to be genuine and REAL because this is simply who I am. I also have to accept that I am not the right fit for everyone! There are many coaches out there right now and we all have our own unique personalities.
So I ask  myself, is this something I want to continue to invest in when I have no clients and am making $0.00? That's right.... I don't make a single cent doing this but I think my heart is in the right place. It can be frustrating because life is expensive and I am tired of being broke but.... it's ok because I LIKE this line of work. I write my blog and do my best to keep up with all of my social media and other sites to share with all of you and possibly help someone along the way. I am accepting that life coaching will NOT be my main source of income and that I will have to choose another career path to make a living. I am not giving up on my coaching business but I have to be realistic. The hard part is feeling that I have failed and people do the, "I told you so" thing, which is hard to take. Still... I am trying to make some kind of a difference in this world and I want it to be a GOOD thing. I want to do something good for people and this world we live in.
I think of people who strived for many years to reach their goals and to see their dreams fulfilled. The ones who actually make it don't give up, even when things seem hopeless and the strong ones know when it is time to move on and pursue something else. Thankfully I have not reached that point and I hope I don't but if I do, I will allow change to unfold with God's grace.
The Lord grants us grace when we ask for it. I am grateful for that. After all, where we would we all be without the Lord's grace? I have been praying to God about my life and asking Him what He wants. I feel that God is nudging me to keep going with this business but to find a reliable and stable source of income. One thought was possibly getting training to be a pharmacy technician because there are jobs available and people need their medications! Lol.
Anyways, I suppose my point is to keep reaching for that goal; for your dream. Work at it for as long as it feels good. If you need to give up on that dream and strive for something else, then do that and don't beat yourself up for failing. It's a part of life and life always goes on! Life never stops because we fail or because something bad happens. Sometimes I wonder why the world keeps going when terrible things happen but it does! It doesn't stop to pat us on the back. Nope! We just have to keep pushing on! :) Thankfully God is there for us to lean on in our time of need. God gives us refuge and a place of rest, peace and comfort in a cruel world.
New Living Translation: 2 Corinthians 1:4
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.
I figure that I can do just what this bible verse says. As God comforts us, I would like to comfort you. I know this world can be a hard place to live in but life itself is worth living when you have God at your side. I will continue to be here to build you up and share the gospel with you. Take care friends. Keep dreaming and striving and keep the faith in our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. With God all things are possible.
Love,
Chrystyana