Have you ever been on one of those journeys whether it's personal or professional , that you just don't quite know where you're going , but you know you're on the right path , or you're pretty close to the right path ?
This week , guys , that's what I wanted to talk about is I've been on this journey for several months , if not longer , and it feels like my path continues to change , but it winds , but I stay on the path .
And I wanted to describe and tell to you excuse me , describe and share with you , guys , that if you are struggling in any aspect of your life , your business , you have to stay consistent and have a heart of love . And when I say love is , I'm pushing myself to be free of anxiety .
And that's probably the biggest challenge I've had on this journey is as my path you know swerves and moves and changes and so forth , half you know swerves and moves and changes and so forth I don't know what to do . I mean , I just have to have faith , yes , in God , and push myself forward . And I'll give you an example .
Last Thursday it's been cold , as you know what , in Evansville and one of the houses we sold almost a year ago , the stop valve busted and the homeowners called and said you need to cover this . And I'm like they called . They want us to actually cover the cost of the plumber to come out .
I'm still reviewing it , but it is not required for us to do a water tap on that property and they've had negative temperatures and there's a bunch of people having pipes break , pipes frozen . I don't know what to do at this point , so I'm going to share some information .
Let them know that we didn't touch this part of the actual plumbing I mean , and then go from there . But I really am struggling with being anxious at times , one and two , really finding my calling , my path . And my path continues to maneuver , like I said earlier , but it still is leading me back to where I am , you know .
It's leading me back to we're going to finish Baird Park we're going to work on . We have another project we're working on in the background with another city . We're continuing to do those things . But I'm still struggling with my past and I have this saying that I put in my daily journal is keep my past off of my daily plate .
I don't want my past to continue to really reside in my mind at all . If things come up I need to be able to address them , move forward and keep going .
But last Thursday I spent almost all day on making phone calls on this water valve , this stop tap that happened on this property , to figure out what happened , one , two , where's the responsibility and where's the lines to be drawn and so forth and that's still to be determined TBD .
I spent most of the day working on that when I could have been focused on another task or tasks that could actually be making me money today , in my present Now . How do you guys handle that in your business ? What do you do ?
I am a solopreneur , so I mean I really have to do everything on my own , but I really don't have any other options other than to a fault . I need to make sure that we're doing the right thing .
If we didn't touch this , I mean , excuse me , that is here and that's nowhere there , but I'm trying to do what is right in everybody's eyes , especially by doing right by God in everybody's eyes , especially by doing right by God .
But at the same time , it really stresses you out because you have multiple competing deadlines and these deadlines are from my past that really I can't do anything about Other than , as they pop up , I have to resolve them . In my mind , I'm asking is this fair ? And I don't know . There's a lesson in here somehow .
And what I want to tie this all back into , guys , is having faith in what you're doing , in the path that you're on , being consistent in your actions on a daily basis . But the thing that comes to my mind when this all happens , or things happen from my past , is doing the right thing when no one's looking .
That's what I really want to convey in this message is doing the right thing when no one's watching or looking . However , you want to say that Because , ultimately , we're only here for a finite amount of time on the planet and I want to be able to treat others as I would want them to treat me .
And I know this is all getting spiritual and so forth , but it's where I'm at today , guys . It's where I'm at in my life is peace . Love in my heart , and being focused on the passions that I really want to be part of is my calling , and it's what I'm wanting to do .
I just continue to have some of these items pop back up in my past , and it's a struggle , it's a total struggle , and I sit down and I just have some quiet time , five to 10 minutes of just figuring it out and I know I don't have the answer the man upstairs does .
But in the end I still have to be able to handle it and deal with it and have the strength to move forward . I'm just trying to figure out . How does this all play into my life ? I'm sure there's some type of lessons to be learned here . I'm learning more patience .
I have a colleague , a friend , that is helping me learn how to be more loving in my approach when I'm talking to people , because sometimes I can be too direct , and I'm working on that . But in certain situations I need to be direct so I can get my message across . Can I do it a better way ? I think so and I'm working on that .
But when you're trying to communicate with somebody else or others and you can only communicate through specific channels , it's tough because you're not going to always get an answer in the time that you want it , and for me that is a stress point , because then I'm like okay , how much time is it going to take for this person to respond back to me ?
How much time is this going to take for this person to get the information I'm looking for . I guess , from my perspective , when someone reaches out to me for information and it's something I have and I can only control it I want to make sure I respond back to them in a timely fashion .
And that just puts me in a place to where I just want to make sure that I'm effectively communicating , understanding whatever that person is going through , and be able to get the information I'm looking for .
But it doesn't always work out that way and I get frustrated and it wears on me and I'm learning that if I just get up , walk away from it but then figure out another way to address it , it starts to be able to come to fruition . I'm having to be and I know we talk about it as being consistent , but the other thing is it's being nurturing .
There's got to be a little bit of nurturing in that consistency to make it all work and play out . And I struggle with the nurturing piece . I know that . I'm very open about it and I'll tell you guys that it's a problem , but I can get better . I know I can improve , but I can get better . I know I can improve , but at what extent does that ?
I don't want to . It's , it's not . It's , there's no hurting , but it seems like it slows down . The items that I'm trying to resolve from my past and items from your past tend to weigh you down more than anything that you're currently working on . I'm not trying to worry about the future because I don't have the future in tune yet .
I'm just trying to work on present day and as I work on present day , I'm getting hit with the past , and the past then gets me stressed out about that because I can't do anything about it . It's already gone , it's toast .
Then , if I start worrying about the future , then I'm starting to worry about all the things that haven't even happened yet and I'm already starting going crazy . It just doesn't work .
Staying present on my path , even though it's moving left or right and swaying and so forth you know , left or right and swaying and so forth has been tough , but some of it I understand .
Of why it's happening , because there's learning experiences in it and I've learned some things along the way of , like I said , being able to change the way I effectively communicate with people , also having love in my heart and making sure that I'm helping others .
Even though I'm in a bad spot , there's always somebody else unfortunately that's in a different spot than we are that might be struggling more and you see him or her .
Help them out if you can , whether it be opening the door , going into the grocery store , helping them change a tire on the side of the road , buying them a cup of coffee and sitting down and just having a conversation , I don't know .
I just know I have to do better in that aspect and that will help translate into every aspect of my business and my personal life . But it's a struggle because I'm stressed about what is on my plate today , and what's on my plate is stuff from my past that I can't seem to get rid of , and love to hear your guys' comments on this .
How do you guys handle things that come up from your past that you need to resolve ? That's that's my struggle . I don't know how to put them in a place to where they don't eat at me on a daily basis , because right now they do .
Because I'm trying to get this resolved and I want to make sure I take care of everybody , but at the same time I need to make sure you know what the what happened , what's the responsibility and then how to be able to have that conversation to move things forward . That's the struggle I'm in . All right , guys , hope you have a great week .
Thank you for listening to this week's podcast . I know I was a little all over the place , but at the same time I just like to be transparent . I like to be raw and just tell you guys what I'm feeling . Have a good one .