Motivation Monday – How To Approach A New Season
“This lesson is true for me for most life changes... and transitions... and growth - the anticipation is often harder than the actual change.”
Today you woke up and realized that summer is officially behind you – and you are looking at the launch of a new season with a bit of anticipation and possibly a bit of trepidation.
There’s something about the transition from summer to fall that always feels a little intense - full of mixed emotions and physical manifestations of change.
This year in particular that transition is bringing additional layers of pandemic-related emotions – will things be better, or worse? How do we create the rhythms that will enable us to be confident in what lies ahead?
This transition usually lasts a week or two and by now maybe you and I know to just let it BE. To expect it. And to respect it.
This lesson is true for me for most life changes... and transitions... and growth - the anticipation is often harder than the actual change.
So, for now – perhaps you and I can lean even more heavily on routines and daily rituals to help ground and calm us [and remind us to be kind to ourselves and just stay in tune with what our bodies and minds need right now].
As the season changes, what doesn’t change is to always simply be intentional of where your time and energy are going. To stay focused on the things that truly matter to you, including those that inspire and light you up, no matter the weather or other transitions taking place around you [many of which are completely outside of your control]. To understand that God is the one who is still sustaining you and propelling you forward, despite the craziness around you.
This season’s change is also a natural time to just check in with yourself too. To remind yourself of your big values in life, your intentions and goals, and how you want to feel and show up daily in your life. To go back to your core values and recommit to living them out in the new season ahead. To restate your personal mission or vision statement for kingdom service and renew your commitment to moving it forward a little every day.
You might be tempted to make super big goals as you see others on social media announcing launching of fall projects. But consider keeping your rhythm, your intentions, your commitment to developing what God has placed in you, steady and cadenced.
Stay in the lane that is unfolding for you and you alone.
The best way to approach anything new is with confidence that the God who brought you to this new season is the same God who will take you through to the next one. And the one after that.
Welcome to a new season! I can’t wait to see you walk with strength, courage and confidence right into it! To encourage you, I am sharing with you my life verses from Psalm 84:5-7:
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
They go from strength to strength,
till each appears before God in Zion.
I believe in you!
Cathie