“Yes, but…”
I hit my 250th Orange Theory class! 🎉🏆 I celebrated myself with a self-high five and mental acknowledgement that I was proud of me.
It had me reflecting on when I hit my 200th class late last year, and I didn’t celebrate myself. At least not initially.
Here’s what I shared when I hit 200 last year:
I had no idea I had hit 200 until they made the announcement at the end of class, and I got a (very tired) round of applause from my classmates at the end of class. They even decorated a white board for me, and we took a class picture.
My immediate reaction was to make a joke about how 193 of them were pre-pandemic.
To minimize the achievement.
Because in my brain, I had started back at zero when I started going again a few weeks ago.
Yes, I’d done that, but…
Those first 193 didn’t count because I stopped going for over a year and a half.
But that’s just my brain doing brain things.
Reflexively minimizing myself and the things I have done because that is what it is used to doing.
When I decided to challenge that thought, I realized I’m now always going to be a person who has done 200 OTF classes.
Regardless of whether I took time off during the pandemic.
Regardless of whether it was harder to start this time than it was the first time around.
Regardless of whether I stop again at some point in the future.
If you are a person who constantly minimizes yourself, you will always stay in that habit unless you actively retrain your brain.
Your brain is going to try and minimize your accomplishments.
It’s going to try and minimize your contributions.
Your worth.
Your talents.
Your gifts.
So here’s my invitation to you today.
When you see it happening, stop.
Take a second.
Interrupt that go to thought pattern.
Remind yourself that you did that thing.
Whatever it was.
Without minimizing it.
No “Yes, but…”
No self-deprecating joke.
You will always be a person who did that thing.
Give yourself a high five.
A ❤️note to you: If you are reflexively dismissive of your accomplishments, it impacts the way you show up for yourself and your willingness to show up for yourself. When you are willing to celebrate yourself… When you know how to celebrate yourself… When you know how to create pride in yourself and your accomplishments… You are more likely to do the big things you want to do. To create the life you want to lead. To enjoy the things you already have created and accomplished and the things you are currently creating and accomplishing. I can help you be that person. Send me an email or sign up for a free call with me at jenndealcoaching.as.me/consult, and I’ll tell you how.
