Mind lacking thought process Monday

So today I decided to try something new at work. It’s something I have always heard about but never really got around to trying out. Before I get in to it, let me tell you how I got there. You see I had a very eventful weekend that made my Monday a serious drag. I could have just given into saying that it is a blue Monday. The King does not go down like that. I have to find a way of making my day and work productive despite what the environment throws at me. So as I felt like Monday was taking it’s toll on me and I was feeling like I have the weight of the Monday on my shoulders. I decided to revive myself by getting myself a standing desk. This is a very simple idea but believe you me this sh*t works. I mean try working standing up and fall asleep while doing it. I know some of you can as you are lazy AF.

So as I was standing and feeling the life being sucked back into my veins a thought crossed my mind. What else can one do in case they need to overcome a similar knock down from life. This is not limited to feeling tired (sleepy or whatever) at work. This spans to all things that you might be doing and somewhat leave halfway because it is easy to fall into an excuse. For example, I could easily fall into distraction right now and actually go off topic and not continue writing about not making excuses and just start talking about why the ocean never overflows. I mean think about it, Cape Town is running out of water and they are by the sea that never overflows. Okay no relevance but who cares?  So there are constant storms in the sea but it never overflows. Does it never overflow though? Actually maybe it does, I mean Tsunamis could be a way of the sea to shed off some excess water. Yeah, actually that could be it.

It is evident that there are many things that we should be concerning ourselves about other than when will Zuma be done with his term. I mean as far as I am concerned there are a couple of things that you could do in order to make you life a little better in terms of getting things done on a Monday without having to deal with the tiredness that you caused onto yourself over the weekend. This is all about being productive people. As a nation we have accepted laziness on certain days of the week because we have it in our heads that it is okay to slump on a Monday (the whole day) and on a Friday afternoon a couple of hours before we knock off. I wonder if Julius Malema is going to get more votes in 2019 given his war approach to the current affairs. A friend once broke down what is happening in the current political climate.

My friend said that in the apartheid era, blacks mobilized to make the country ungovernable however when democracy came, they forgot to tell the same black people to stop making the country ungovernable, hence we have the violent protests and it is easy for the likes of Julius to mobilize for destruction of property. I think that Cyril Ramaphosa must seriously consider this which I call a fact and filter it into his strategy going forward to encourage the governability of the country. That will surely make a difference in how things turn out. I mean I would really like to see our economy pick up that we pay less for fuel and food. I am sure I am not the only one. Can somebody tell me again why it is so expensive to remove the salt from sea water (desalinate) so that the Capetonians can get relief from the water shortages?

This is what happens on a Monday when your mind is just out there and all you can think about is no specific thought in particular and you just go on and have your say because it is your blog. Well I hope that yáll are having a productive week because otherwise you would be pointless.

The King

Kick fear in the butt from day 1

So, it is the new year and I am experiencing that new me thing. I have moved on in my career and today I am starting a new page in that regard. I had a lot of anxiety about today, many feelings to deal with. I mean this is one of those big steps to start something new. I guess this is the time that fear takes over, the fear of things not working out the way I would like them to. If you are wondering what my new career move is, don’t, that is not what this post is about. This post is about starting and the fear thereof. It does not matter what it is you start, as long as you are starting. It could be a new diet, a new relationship, a new job or even a new religion. Again, as long as you are starting.

Now as I am having my day 1, I am flooded with thoughts and emotions. I mentioned fear and I guess I am not the only one who experience that emotion when it comes to starting something new. It might not be the same fear as I have, fear nonetheless. Now I have been on this journey of self-mastery for a while now and because of that I am recognizing this fear and I have spent the good part of today wrestling to put that fear behind me so that it pushes me from the back instead of standing in front of me. I have come to learn that getting that right is a powerful thing. What I am doing to wrestle that fear is answering a couple of questions. And some of these questions are;

Why is this important to me? What will I lose or gain? What will happen if I don’t get it right? What support do I have? What don’t I know? Who will help me find out? What will success look like? How will I measure it? As I continue to ask and answer these questions I started to scribble notes as I went on. This first day anxiety has disappeared now and I am getting excited about my new venture. There is a lot of work that I still need to do within myself to ensure that all these question, and more others that I am going to ask myself, are answered. I think that I have just uncovered a little insight into my fears, I am going to make fear my little female dog from now on.

Think about this as you start your new and you are feeling anxious and afraid, what are you afraid of? If it’s a new thing you are starting, you don’t know how it is going to go so you have every opportunity of making it go your way. We always have ideas about what we want and I believe that one of reasons we hardly ever start is because of ourselves holding us back and fear is a culprit in most cases. We want to succeed, we want to get to the top, and as someone coined it some time ago; “the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step”.

It’s a new year, unfortunately it’s still the same you. I don’t believe you can change you, but I believe you can change how you do things. So, whatever it is your day 1 is about, think what makes it important to you and if the reason is good enough for you, get out the and kick fear in the butt and take names. It is always time for you to shine, now all you need to do is freeze that one moment when you actually do shine.

“I am succeeding and that success journey is continuing with the new I start today” ~ Coach H’s daily affirmation.

The King AKA Coach H.