Smash down the walls in your head.

Whatever your goals are in life, chances are there are things you aren’t considering because somewhere along the line, you’ve convinced yourself that they are outside of your realm of possibility.

We all put up walls in our brains that define ourselves a certain way. But guess what? Walls can be moved. Smashed, even.

Of course, not ALL walls are mental. Some are physical. But the ones that are just made of stories and labels inside our heads are the ones that need to be broken.

For me, one such wall was “I am not a runner.” When, in May of this year, I sat in a room full of people talking about running the Brewers Mini Marathon for MACC Fund, my mind’s instant response was “Not possible. I’m not a runner.” Then I immediately went online and looked at half-marathon training programs, finding out that they’d require me to quickly build a base of 10 miles a week, 2-3 miles at a time. At first that didn’t seem possible either.

Then, four months later…this happened.

Six months ago, I would never, EVER have believed this possible.

How did this happen? The conversation in my head changed from “I’m not a runner.” to “I can and will do this.” That’s it.

Sometimes, it takes a friend doing what Katie Klein did for me, calling bullshit on you and reminding you that you can do things, to change the negative conversation in your head. So maybe, just maybe, I can do that for you.

What are you thinking about wanting to do right now, and stopping yourself?

What would happen if, instead, you believe it to be POSSIBLE?

  • http://twitter.com/sunshinejess22 Jess V

    Awesome Sue. One quote that is always in my head, “What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?” It keeps me going. #HighFive on the running. You rock, my friend!

    • http://www.spaighttalk.com Sue Spaight

      Jess, thank you, great quote. *HighFive* back!

    • suespaight

      Thanks, Jess! *HighFive* back!

  • Linda Neff

    Great post Sue and I love the question. Have been working on the answer to that question for quite some time. Here’s to you smashing down the walls!

    • suespaight

      Thanks, Linda. True that sometimes just choosing the wall is the hard part. There are so many to choose from. :]

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=556061772 Erin Reising

    So true. Thanks for your inspiration. As a friend told me over the weekend when I mentioned that I’d been considering an Olympic distance triathlon: “Stop thinking about it; just do it.” It’s this approach that’s propelled my friend to conquering numerous Ironman Tris. So, here’s to DOING Tri-ing for Children’s Olympic Tri next July. And to smashing down walls!

    • suespaight

      Yaaaaaaaay you!!! I am in awe of people like who can swim long distances. You will rock it! Oh…wait…maybe I’ll break the “I’m not a swimmer” wall too. But for now I think I’ll stick to marathon training. :]