Today I share some of my personal reflections from the challenge this week.
What did I learn?
Having a clear intention to what I wanted to achieve kept me on track and when the little in voice in my head popped up, I connected back to my intention.
It’s not that bad once you start! The first step is the hardest, its unknown and your inner voice is screaming at you ‘don’t do it’. But when you do, your perceptions around your fear begin to shift, one small step at a time or in my case one post at a time!
There is a lot of support in the virtual space and it has been great to connect with familiar and new contacts. In reality most people want you to do well and enjoy supporting others, they get something out it too! Take inspiration from others and learn from those who you perceive do things well.
You’re not alone! Over the week I have had lots of conversations in my network about fears around social media and what is holding them back. Its great to know you are not the only one and show others they can face their fears too.
Stop over thinking it! At the beginning of the week the posts took ages to write and re-write, I procrastinated a little, filling time with chores around the house, then re-write again! Sound familiar? We come up with excuses why we can’t do something and hide behind these. For me it was ‘I am too busy with clients to be posting on social media.’
Keep at it! Don’t give up it does get easier the more you do it! I have experienced a shift for myself the more I have posted. The challenge now is to continue to build on this and not let my fear rise up again!
Accountability. At the beginning of the week, I publicly shared my fear and the challenge to post every day. I set out a goal for the week and by posting this created accountability to do what I said I would do and I did it!
You can’t please everyone – I had some great advice before I shared my fear to take away the emotion about the posts. This was important as my fear was wrapped up in caring about what others think. ‘You can’t please all the folk, all of the time!’
Stop checking notifications every 5 minutes it will drive you mad! 😊 Whilst social media is great for keeping in touch, it is also instant so there is a temptation to constantly check your notifications. As the week has gone on, I found myself checking it less and less. I am still not perfect with this and have set myself a challenge to check in for 10 minutes at the beginning, middle and end of the day.
I felt proud of myself instead of frustrated and annoyed. This one was interesting as I hadn’t really thought about it until I noticed a shift in how I felt about posting. It wasn’t dread or frustration at what to write anymore, I felt energised and focused. Motivated to show up again!
I can do it! Actually, doing it every day showed me I can do this!
Plan the content and schedule posts to relieve the pressure of coming up with something on the day! This one is definitely a work in progress and will help sustaining the belief I can do it as it will feel manageable and part of what I do.
Take some time to reflect on challenging your own fears and beliefs, what did you learn this week?
Thank you for holding me to account!
Please get in touch if the posts have resonated with you and you would like to learn more about how I can support you in achieving your goals.
