Cold Toast and Lost Keys!

Have you ever experienced the frustration of losing your keys?! I have! I've been locked out of my house, my car, my office and even my phone! Ugh! There are very few things more frustrating than running out the door (already 5 minutes late!) jump in the car and realize you don't have your keys! After running back in the house, turning every room upside down, ransacking through drawers, coat pockets, pant pockets...yeah, pretty much EVERYWHERE! You ask your roommate if they have seen your keys. They smile and say, "Oh, do you mean the ones sitting next to the toaster?" Yeah, that toaster, the one with two cold slices of toast still sitting in the toaster waiting to buttered and eaten! Palm to the forehead, and a muttered, "Doh!" You shake your head, internally berate yourself and outwardly thank your roommate for their keen observation! You snatch up your keys and head back to the car to try again! This time you are able to start the car and drive away! Now you are less frustrated. In fact, you are actually feeling relieved, feeling pretty good and ready to start your day! What changed? How did you move from feeling frustrated and berating yourself to relieved and ready to move forward?

(If you are reading my blog because you know I am a Life Coach you probably know where I am going with this little scenario...)

Life can be a wondrous delight! WHEN we know what we want and we have a plan on how we are going to get there. Life can be complicated, confusing and overwhelming when we don't know what we want and we don't have a plan. In fact, we can't even come up with a plan because we don't know where we want to go! When that happens, life can feel downright dull, lonely, unfulfilling and lacking.

However, it doesn't have to be that way! It is possible to change your life and take it from unfulfilling to joyful! Like the roommate in the description above, a Life Coach can help you! Your Life Coach can ask you questions that guide you to finding the answers you are looking for! In the "Lost Keys, Cold Toast" scenario you knew you set the keys down by the toaster, it was a conscience thought. But somewhere between toasting the bread and walking out the door you got distracted, maybe a text message or running into the bedroom to find your shoes, whatever it may have been, big or small, it distracted you enough to lose sight of your plan. That's what happens in life! We have big ideas, and great intentions. We have a deep seeded desire to feel fulfilled in our life. We know we have passions and a purpose but we have been distracted with day to day life that we lose our vision. We find ourselves going through the motions of life but not really LIVING life!

I have worn a variety of hats in my life. I've been a teacher, a case manager, a flight attendant, a hospice volunteer, I've helped at food banks and assisted the homeless. Some of these are paid professions, some are not. Some of them are glamorous. Others not so much! There is one thing they all have in common, they are all acts of service. I have always been driven by helping other people. It is something that comes easily and natural to me. In fact, I can go as far as to say I believe I have been given a gift. A gift to serve other people, to make their life a little better because I was a part of it. Discovering my gift and unlocking my potential has brought me tremendous joy! As a Life Coach that is what I want to do, and can do, for you! If you have been considering working with a Life Coach stop considering it and take the next step! Book a complimentary session with me and we can outline your goals, discover your passions, ignite your enthusiasm for life and begin a wonderful journey together.

Leave a comment below and let me know a little bit about yourself and I’ll let you know how I can help you!