Consistency In New Beginnings

Sometimes a new beginning can mark a bigger shift, from the old you to the new you.

“Wait a minute. I changed my mind. But I’ve always done it this other way. Won’t I be labelled inconsistent, erratic, unpredictable or unreliable, if I suddenly change?”

Sure, but it’s your life. You get to make your choices.

It makes sense that with new information may come a change of mind: knowing what we know now, this is not taking us where we thought. What’s actually important is this other thing. We’re going to shift direction.

You choose. To either continue, because it works, or to make a new beginning. As big or small as is needed. Because you realise there’s something else that’s more important. That’s what helps you step into that new beginning calmly and confidently, in a grounded way.

Moreover, it is empowering to own and name the shift, the change.

There are other things that are always a part of you – that is what grounds you.

They are the values that have consistently been a part of you. Deeper, quieter, longer-term values. The consistency that is the core of you. Along the lines of what you care about, rather than the external “it’ll make sense to other people” or “it’s what others want me to do.” The bigger picture vision is about where you want to go in the long run.

The change and the consistency are both part of the total picture.

Life doesn’t sail in straight lines. Adjust course.

And celebrate your new beginning.

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