by Mardi Allen, Life Coach
mardi@CoachMardi.net
www.coachmardi.net

Are You Stuck and In a Rut?

Are you feeling depressed because you can’t find a job?  Do you feel like you’re in a rut and just unhappy in your life?  Do you just feel stuck?  Well, you are not alone.  There is hope!

Newton’s first law of motion states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest; and an object in motion tends to stay in motion.

When we are depressed or feeling down, we often become isolated and paralyzed.  Newtonianly speaking, we’re at rest, and we will stay at rest until a force is applied.  We must create a force to change our state from rest to motion.

Get yourself into motion – any motion.  It does not matter what you do as long as you move.  It might not be an action that will take you directly to your goal; however, simply being active is one step closer toward achieving your goal.

Start by changing the words you speak.  I had a client that said, “I don’t know” about 50 times in one session.  She felt paralyzed and unable to see the answers because she had been at rest for so long.  Starting with the affirmation, “I do know,” will provide an amazing change in mindset – a force, if you will – that will get you into motion.  Here are other examples that can get you unstuck and out of your rut.

•  Get together with a friend
•  Take a ten-minute walk
•  Do volunteer work
•  Make one networking call
•  Go to the library
•  Make a vision board
•  Reach out to others in need
•  Go to a networking group
•  Get a part time job
•  Go to church

Just do something!  Get into motion.  You will see an automatic shift in your energy.  Negative energy creates negative energy and positive energy creates positive energy.  Get moving and take a step today toward your ideal life.  Apply a force and get into motion.