Scrap Your Trip Let It Go…Let It Go…Let It Go!
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I am a voracious reader. I have purchased over 60 books so far this year. I also read at about 1400 words per minute, so that helps.
. I was thrilled when I bought myself a Kindle, but I haven’t even touched my Kindle since I got the Kindle App on my iPhone. (My friend Steve told me about this and said he hadn’t used his Kindle since he got his iPhone. Read a book on that little screen? I thought he was nuts. Okay, okay, you were right!) At the Inc. 500/5000 Conference, I saw a dynamic speaker named Keith Ferrazzi. He was absolutely amazing and I bought his book “Who’s Got Your Back” and was able to have him sign it.
One of the things I love about reading is that I believe that a single sentence can change your life. I devour books, waiting for the next sentence that is going to have a huge impact on me.
I found it on page 46 of Keith’s book. He was talking about attending a Tony Robbins (well-known self-help guru and peak performance coach) seminar. Then I read the following paragraph.
“But as Tony explained, all of us have a dominant question in our lives – one that’s always there in the background, filtering our conscious and unconscious thinking. Among the questions I heard from others were “What have I done wrong?” “Why would anybody help me?” “Why am I not good enough?” “What do they think of me?” “What did I do to deserve this?” and “When does life get better?” Whatever our question is, Tony told us, it drives our emotions, our behaviors, and our reactions, and arguably defines our very identity.”
When I read through this and read the question “Why am I not good enough?” it was like I got kicked in the stomach. It was such a physical reaction; I knew I had just read my dominant question.
I’ve been telling lots of people about this dominant question theory and a friend said “I just love Tony Robbins! If you ever want to go to one of his seminars, I am SO there!” Well, I looked it up online and it was two weeks away and long story short, I am leaving tomorrow to attend the “Unleash the Power Within” seminar.
Now, people either think Tony Robbins is “cheesy” or “amazing”. I fall into the amazing camp. The seminar starts off on Thursday with a fire walk – a 12 foot barefoot walk across 2000 degree coals. It’s used as a metaphor for overcoming your fears and your limiting beliefs. If you can do that (when you thought you couldn’t), what else can you do that you think you can’t?
So, let me tell you…I AM SO EXCITED I CANNOT STAND IT! I am ready for a brand-new Julie to emerge from the ashes of my divorce and my old life. This is one of my first steps. I have lots of old “stuff” to let go of and hope to replace it with a new, whole, healthy and healed me.
I will be posting updates to my personal Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/julie.swatek) as often as I can and will give you the full details of my fire walk on Friday. Let the unleashing begin!
Speaking of letting go, it’s time to let go of some scrapbook product! (How’s that for a great transition?)
Our paper racks are full…our embellishment drawers are stuffed…so that means we either stop buying new stuff or make some room. So, let’s make some room!
There are over 1600 items on clearance. 1640 to be exact. There are so many, I had to split them up into four sections. And since we really need room in the warehouse, I am really motivated to give you a great deal! All the clearance products are marked down 25%. But, the more you buy, the more you save! The following are coupon codes that can be applied ON TOP OF the 25% off clearance prices:
- EXTRA-5 Spend $200 and get an extra 5% discount – 30% total
- EXTRA-10 Spend $300 and get an extra 10% discount – 35% total
- EXTRA-15 Spend $400 and get an extra 15% discount – 40% total
- EXTRA-25 Spend $500 and get an extra 25% discount – 50% total
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8 Comments
1. Emily&hellip | October 21st, 2009 at 8:26 am
Thank you for sharing this Julie, just what I needed to hear today. Look forward to hearing how your firewalk goes!
2. Sue&hellip | October 21st, 2009 at 8:45 am
Your stories/thoughts really hit home. When you talk about feeling like you were kicked in the stomach by your dominant question…you do that for me with the things you share about yourself and your life. Not good enough? Ha! You are just as inspiring as any self help guru!!
3. Martine Hamilton&hellip | October 21st, 2009 at 9:01 am
Hi Julie, I just love your blogs every week. YOU inspire me so I can’t wait for you to be inspired, how inspired will I be then??? Partly because of your blogs recently I have looked at my own situation, I am in a job I used to love until we got a new boss, 5 years ago! I feel I’ve given him ample time to ‘get better’ and on reading some of your stuff, in particular about starting your own business, I have finally made up my mind to do the same, not in scrapbooking you’ll be glad to know, but I intend to open my own shop in 2010 and leave my destructive boss behind. Thanks in part to you. I hope your coal walk is as successful as you hope it to be, my coal walk will be leaving a secure job I know inside out for the uncertainty of self employment in a recession!!! I have requested you as a friend on facebook as I consider you to be my friend. I wish you all the very best for your ‘new life’. x
4. Elaine&hellip | October 21st, 2009 at 9:02 am
“Not good enough?”?? HA! Not only are you more than good enough, you are awesome! The way you run your business is a pretty good indicator of the *you* that lurks beneath the surface. Enjoy your seminar and the firewalk.
5. Barbara Smith&hellip | October 21st, 2009 at 10:11 am
I do admire your” searching”–BUT I think looking to Tony Robbins is a mistake. Get to a good Christain Bible believing church-they have the answers you need there. Christ is the only way to fill the hole in your heart.Trust me, I know firsthand.
6. Judy Patrick&hellip | October 21st, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I agree with Barbara, Julie. Don’t know when I’ve ever seen anyone search so hard for answers to this life when we were left a handbook with all the directions. I often wonder how people who don’t have Jesus Christ in their lives manage to get through it. There is no peace like that available on tape or seminar. I read “The Secret” and all the way through, I thought, “I know this. I can just substitute His name.” I was divorced six months before our disabled only child died. When I walked away from the cemetary, I had nothing left. Without the Lord, I can’t even imagine where I’d be today. He restored my soul just as He promised. You will be in my thoughts as you continue to heal. I pray the very best for your life.
7. Lisa&hellip | October 21st, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Julie, I can so understand how you feel. I do pray often and do feel God helping me, but I too feel like everything is just falling apart. I have been happily married for 35 years but bad health for my husband has turned my normally rock of a husband into someone who is thinking of not being able to work. I am 7 months from when I thought I was going to be able to retire, and now know I will have to continue to work until whenever to keep our health benefits. I have a serious case of the Why Me’s? and the What did I do Wrongs? I am looking forward to seeing what answers you find. And well….I guess shopping at the website and scrapping some of the happy times can’t hurt either!
8. Crystal Miller&hellip | October 22nd, 2009 at 7:56 am
I want to tell you that i do not comment very often on blogs nor do i read them very often. just not my thing i quess. I did read yours today and maybe it was a blessing….. i too just finished a book by Nicholas Sparks called Last Song. It was a book i finished in 2 days. that is good for me considering that i am a mom of 3 and a daycare mom along with PYA president… i shall not go on we are all busy. lol But this book touched home for me, and i highly recommend it. I laughed, cried and sighed with relief. In this book it talks of forgiveness and as you said a kick in the stomach this was for me a kick. I held ontop anger for years over my childhood and this book made me realize there is no good reason for this that forgiveness needs to come before it’s to late!