Fear and Commitment

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” Mario Andretti

Commitment – The Struggle is Real

So let’s get real. I started this blog over 2 years ago after leaving my job to travel the world. I figured that I would just magically put together posts of all the beautiful places and cool adventures that I saw and did. As you can see by the lack of posts on here, it didn’t exactly happen that way.

Instead, I would brainstorm about how to put my experience out there, trying to be perfect, to the point where it no longer seemed fun. Or I would begin to sift through THOUSANDS of pictures and then again, get overwhelmed and stop. Or I would Pinterest until my eyes turned red, trying to get ideas for how to display the content and then have to catch a bus and not come back to it for a few weeks. It just kept happening like this over and over. Great ideas and plans, but a huge lack of commitment.

I find myself very frustrated at times. Lately, I have been focusing lots of energy, yoga practice, and meditation on why I have such a hard time committing. I kept coming back to one “feeling”, one overarching thought.

You know what it is? FEAR. Silly and totally consuming fear.

Did you say FEAR?

Yeah, I sure did say fear. Here is a little breakdown of why.

F – Failure  …Fear of Failure. Because failing sucks, duh!
E – Expectations …Fear of my own and others expectations. Am I good enough? Can I do more before starting so I am better? Will I ever be good enough?
A – Anxiety …Fear of the Anxiety and those nasty feelings that are associated with it. Yeah, anxiety attacks are crippling.
R – Reality…Fear of Reality (consisting of money, jobs etc.) and whether I could actually make it in the “real” world working for myself.

Can anyone relate? Do you find yourself struggling with commitment? Is there a chance that fear is playing a part in your life too?

If your answer was yes, then I ask you to hone in on the warrior that YOU are. It is time to toss fear to the side. Commit. Fully commit. If we fail, so be it.

We will begin again. We can always start over.

So here I am today, writing to you to let you know I am committed. I am over fear. I am ready to light my determination on fire and work my @$$ off to achieve the life and success I want.

Here are a few motivation quotes about getting committed despite fear.

• “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” Paulo Coelho
• “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”  – Jack Canfield
• “Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.” C. JoyBell C.
• “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel
• “Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dali
• “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
• “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” – Denis Waitley
• “When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.” – Eloise Ristad
• “It’s failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.” – Ellen DeGeneres
• “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison

What can you commit to this month or this year despite FEAR?

WE ARE POWERFUL! We have got this!!!

Lots of Love,
xoxo – Kahla