Back on track...

It has been a long while since I last posted any comments on this blog.  Since that time I have had a bit of a wobble, nearly pulled out of the event entirely and then regained my focus!  For a while a few weeks ago I was seriously contemplating withdrawing from the DIUK because of some stress I was feeling in my personal life.  In essence, I started to get a little spooked by the amount of jobs that seemed to need my attention and the lack of time I seemed to have to do them all.  I started to get very frustrated at the enormity of what I was facing so decided that if I withdrew from the DIUK then all would be well.

This is a common mistake most people make...

Let me explain.  When things are going along just fine, life is very easy to deal with and you feel that you can take on anything.  When life starts to get a little hectic, we tend to withdraw to the safety of what is comforting.  For some, this involves chocolate and for others it means getting stressed out and complaining to anyone that will listen.  I found myself doing a little of both and not liking what I was seeing.  So, I decided to examine from a detached perspective what was going on with me on the 'inside' and how this is affecting my 'outside'.  Or to put it another way, how was my internal reality affecting my external reality?  When I did take a step back I soon realised that giving up is not what I do and that even though I had a lot going on in my life, nothing was going to change just by cancelling my place at an event.  I also gave myself the chat about feeling a little scared of such a big event and that I would not be the only one going through this in the run up to August.

So, what is the lesson to draw from all of this?  Quite simply, that life is full of challenges which we all have to face.  Those who are successful in life become successful not because they have less challenges to face, but in fact that they have learned to overcome those challenges where others give up.  I'm not about to join the latter just yet!!