Sometime ago, I went shopping and I saw a skirt I really liked. It was very different from what I normally wear, so I immediately thought “I like it, but it is not really “me”. It doesn’t really fit within the self image I have of myself”.
So I got insecure about whether it would look good on me. But then I thought “But that is so silly! I really like it, and I would actually like to be someone that wears something like that”. So I bought the skirt, and you know what?! It has been one of my favorite items to wear and I received a lot of compliments as well 
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This really got me thinking about the boundaries we so often seem to create for ourselves. Clothes we don’t buy, activities we don’t start, dreams we don’t make a reality… just because it doesn’t fit in with “who we think we are”. How often do you choose not do something because it isn’t “you”? Because it might not seem compatible with what you think “fits” you? For instance, would you really like to start a business but are stopped because this is something for “other kinds of people”? Who decides who you are anyway….? The beliefs you have about yourself are all self created!
What if we could disappear the boundaries we create for ourselves and do or have the things we desire?
How powerful would it be to just go for the things we (secretly) wish to do or have? Without having to consider whether it is a fit with the image we and the people around us have of ourselves? This week, I challenge you to consider this when making choices in your life. Forget about the restrictions you have created for yourself in everyday situations. Go to a concert of a genre completely different from your “normal” choices. Eat something you have never eaten before, just because you can. Buy clothes in a color you normally think is “not you” even though you like it. Talk to someone you have been meaning to talk to but never dared to do. Start a hobby you have thought about starting for years but never dared to pursue. Dare to stretch yourself! By doing new things you normally wouldn’t, you change the beliefs you have about yourself, which then creates a “new” you.
TIP: Keep reinforcing that new “You” by created a matching affirmation, like “I am a successful and confident business woman”.
Have a powerful week!
Linda Boertjens
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