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A Year on – has following my dreams worked?

07 Friday Jul 2017

Posted by Tracey Marie in Weekly Blog

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Do you Dream Big, Let It Go, Ringing the Changes, The Comfort Zone

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It was a year ago this week that I said goodbye to the corporate world. So how has it been?  Below I talk about the ups and downs.

I’ve not taken a holiday, I can no longer afford to buy what I want when I want and thought has to go into everything I do, BUT and this is the very important bit – everyday feels like a holiday to me and life is just so much better for it.

I’ve enjoyed good health. I was able to spend lots of time with my elderly dog, Alfie, who has now sadly departed this life. I have been able to ride most days as I manage my own diary and appointments. I have had time to catch up with friends that ordinarily I wouldn’t have had time for and I’ve made many new friends along the way. I have been able to dedicate my time and all my effort into doing something I really wanted to do which is homeopathy.  It has been hard work, generating new business when you aren’t known is not an easy thing to do, but I have been dedicated and persistent.

My practice is growing from strength to strength with people recommending my services. I’m even “international” as I see people all over the world using Skype and this works really well. I absolutely love helping people and I can safely say that I have helped many people with their health ailments (both on a physical and emotional level) over this past year.

I LOVE my job but there are tough days too. For example, last week someone decided that they no longer wanted to go down the homeopathic route and were going to take anti-depressants after all. For a short while I felt completely useless and that I had failed, but then I looked at the list of people that I have helped and realized that each person has to do what’s right for them. So after spending far too much time wondering whether I could have done this or that differently I decided to let go of that particular situation.   We can’t always help everyone and this is something I am learning.

Anyway enough about me, are you still struggling with a decision or wondering whether to start something new?   Nothing happens over night, we are all on a journey but tap into the true you and your true dreams and you may find that you start your journey sooner than you think. Maybe you’re not sure where you want to go, play with ideas, brainstorm with friends, shout out crazy ideas and from there a seed might just be born.

I would love to hear from you especially if you are thinking of making any changes to your life. My advice would be don’t be afraid. What’s the worst that can happen? At least you can look back and say you tried.

Wishing you a happy and love filled weekend.   If you would like to find out more about my homeopathic practice you can find me here:- http://traceycampbellhomeopath.com

 

 

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Taking on Challenges

02 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by Tracey Marie in Weekly Blog

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Do you Dream Big, New Beginnings and Creations

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It appears that we’ve become a nation of people who love a challenge, especially ones that involve charitable events, anything goes, from taking part in bike rides such as Lands End to John O’Groates, trekking in the Himalayas, skydiving, parachute jumping, triathlons, midnight walks, the list of challenges available to us are endless. The best thing is that people usually take part in these challenges to raise money for charities that are close to their hearts or even just for the sheer hell of it.

Do you enjoy a challenge and pushing the boundaries or do you tend to shy away from anything challenging? By nature I think we all like a challenge at some point during our lives, we’re not designed to stand still and become stagnant.

Not all challenges involve jumping from planes or running marathons and November brings me a fresh new challenge of my very own – the Nanowrimo Challenge. Regular readers will recall that last November I also took part in this challenge for the first time, basically it is “write a book in 30 days”.

The idea is to encourage budding authors to put pen to paper rather than talk about the book that one day we are going to write, when we have more time, more money or whatever excuses we give ourselves. Whilst most books are usually more than 50,000 words , the idea is it encourages all participants to start writing and getting into a writing habit. It is a worldwide event and various groups and forums come together to chat and give encouragement and inspiration to each other. I think it is a fantastic idea and it certainly got me writing last year completing the challenge successfully.

Like many, I lead a busy life so I find that if I write everyday it is achievable and means I only need to write 1667 words a day. I find this manageable and not so overwhelming. I know some participants prefer to write larger chunks at weekends or on certain days the key is to find what works best for each of us and then to stick to it. For me, when I write each day it also gives me thinking time in between so I can develop and create the story in my head and I usually do this when I’m walking my dog, horse riding or commuting. Last year my story took a very unexpected turn as a result of giving myself this extra thinking time.  i tend to work with a very vague plot line.

This year, I’ve dithered about what to write and finally decided to do an experimental piece of writing based on both fact and fiction in a style I’ve never tried before.  Initially I had two ideas but the one I have chosen is by far the most difficult one but I quite like a challenge and I have decided to push myself, I may well regret my decision in a few weeks’ time. It is a story that is unfolding in my mind and I feel really excited about it.

The other great thing about Nanowrimo is there is no going back and editing, you just write, then once completed at the end of November, you then have something to work with and to edit. Okay, it certainly won’t be perfect but at least I will have something to edit and develop. On completion of the 50,000 or more words at the end of November the participants become a “winner”.  Friends have asked me “what do you win?” Well actually there is no prize other than the sheer satisfaction that I have completed the challenge. To me the prize is completing the challenge that I set out to do and more importantly I will also have a manuscript that I can start developing and editing.

The key with any challenge that we set ourselves is to make it achievable, breaking things down into small bite size chunks, this method always work for me and it keeps my mind fresh, happy and enthusiastic about the task in hand. By breaking things down into baby steps we don’t find things so overwhelming and our goals can remain within our reach, after all we wouldn’t go and run a marathon without any training, it would be utter madness.

I would love to hear from you about any challenges that you set yourself and had success with, do you like challenges or do you tend to avoid them?

Wishing all my wonderful readers and Nanowrimo participants around the world a very happy and successful month.

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