I’ll keep this one short and simple. Here are a few lessons I have personally learned on this journey of achieving an impossible goal. Many of these may sound like I found them in a motivational or personal development book, and you may be able to find these in many books, but I assure you I have found these to be true for me even in just this first quarter of the year.
Author: Paige Bowman
I guess before I tell you to stop overeating, I should explain why I’m writing this and what this has to do with you. In my own terms, overeating is eating past the point of being full or eating when you’re not hungry. There are many reasons why we might overeat, and in this article, I’ll dive deeper into why we overeat and why you might consider stopping. I will not be going into depth with medical diagnoses. Here, you’ll find information to manage your mind. Please see your doctor for medical questions or concerns. Now on to the fun brain stuff!!!
We’ve talked about the possible before. I’ve used it in comparison form to discuss the impossibility of things. Today I want to dive deeper into what is possible and how you can create your own possibilities to achieve whatever it is you want to do. Even the i m p o s s i b l e…
In a previous article I talked about how much I love the question why (see article: Stop Procrastinating). I’ve been told in the past to shy away from the question, but no more! In fact, this entire article is based on that very question. Why do you do the things you do? Why do you want to do the things you want to do? We’ve covered the impossible. We discussed how to choose the impossible goal you’re going to go after. We even discussed what failing has to do with achieving success. But then I realized I was missing a crucial component to doing the impossible. I failed you dear readers! You’ve got to figure out your WHY, your c o m p e l l i n g reason.
Failure Is…
A form of measurement. As is success. One means you did not meet your expectation and one means you did.
You set out to run one mile this afternoon. If you ran one mile then you succeeded. If you did not run one mile then you failed. Simple.
There are two types of failure. Escape failure and epic failure.
Well Not Yet Anyway…
I’d like to address a topic a lot of us are familiar with: procrastinating. We push the inevitable and uncomfortable to the future for some present peace of mind. But does it really bring peace to put things to the side? Can you really forget about what you push to the back of your mind? I’m going to guess most of us will agree that’s just not the case.
But before we get into the actual how-to of stopping the procrastination (which, yes, I’ll be recommending that you stop), let’s dig into the reason why you procrastinate.
This will be more like a “how to” with wisdom sprinkled in. I chose this topic to write about because I think there are some important things we need to go over to help you start your impossible journey. Namely fear. To make it simple, I’ll outline the steps and then we’ll go through each.
- Brainstorm an impossible goal you’d like to go for.
- Visualize the one you’re considering.
- Come up with reasons why it’s impossible for you.
- Ask yourself what you’re losing out on by not going for this impossible goal.
- Take all this previous information and decide if you will accept the challenge of going for the impossible.
See? Simple!
My Impossible Goal
I am well aware there are lots of things I don’t do in my life because I believe them to be impossible for me. I haven’t signed up for the American Ninja Warrior competition, wrote a book, bought a Corvette, or spent a whole day doing nothing, because to me those things are impossible. But if I’m going by my own logic (see article: What is impossible?), then anything is possible for me if I believe hard and take action. [Side note: when I say a n y t h i n g is possible I am not referring to things like growing wings and flying or turning my dog into a cup with a magic wand.] I decided to try my own impossible journey in December 2018. I brainstormed those impossible things I have yet to venture into because, well, they’re impossible, but that I would love to accomplish one day. I set my goal and here we are today, 2 months later and I’m chuggin’ along on that journey.
What’s Possible?
Take a look around you and you’ll see exactly what is possible. I’m currently staring at the blue, blinking light of my wifi router, proof of the realized possibility of technology through air. Food is available at my fingertips, contraptions to heat and cool air, the ability to write and form sentences to speak, houses, apartments, skyscrapers. All are possible because they all exist. The possibilities seem so endless. It makes me wonder why I’m even writing an article about the impossible. I’ll get to the reason for this soon enough. First, let’s bring ourselves into the equation. Yes, you and me.