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| Mountain Adventurer 307 Photography - Summer's Ending 2018 |
As the common question goes
"Where did this summer go?", "Where did August go?", and
now looking at today's date "Where has this month gone??". But today, September 22nd, is National Public Lands Day! So why not get back on
the blog post grind.
So today's topic is getting back up
when it gets tough and keeping your dreams always on your horizon. Now I know
this sounds cliché, however, it is so true and something I've been experiencing
the past few weeks (hence the no postings... sorry guys!).
So let's jump right into it...
Getting Back Up: Life happens. We all know this. But sometimes it happens
way too quick, or way too aggressively and many of us tend to go "ahhh!
no! what is happening!?? what am I doing with my life!?!". If you're like
me, you tend to "turtle" in, freak out at least 10x a day about what
your next steps are, and ultimately determine the feelings I'm feeling are just
me being "stuck". THIS IS NORMAL and we all need to know that.
However, we can't stay in that place forever and we must pick ourselves up and
move forward at whatever capacity we can.
Keeping your dreams ALWAYS on your
horizon: Now, I'm not fully upright and put
back together because honestly that is a long time coming for me. However, to
even start at getting back up, you must know WHY you are getting back up. This
is where your dreams, goals, visions of life, etc. come in. Even if you don't
achieve that goal in a day, 2 weeks, 2 months, 2 years, as long as you are
working towards your life dreams, you are on a good road my friend.
Great! Now what? These things sound
awesome, but I wanted to take this post a step further today and outline what I
have been using as my organizational and motivational methods lately. This is
in hopes that I can provide my fellow peers with another way of going about
their dreams, the challenges that come with that and some straight up corny
stuff from yours truley (lol). If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate
to inquire further!
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| Mountain Adventurer 307 Photography - Golden Hour 2018 |
Bri’s Methods
1. Start a Dream’s Book – I hate journaling and so I am not telling you to commit
yourself to consistent or lengthy entries. However, it is important to write
down your goals to keep them straight when times get tough.
As an entrepreneur, I have about 5-8 business ideas in mind at all times and I
must keep them straight and also figure out how much time I want to commit to
each. Some of my ventures are very small and easy to forget when I am
researching and meeting with individuals about a larger, more encompassing
business plan. The point is here, a Dream’s Book will keep your organized and
on track whenever you are feeling overwhelmed.
2. Paying attention to those you are
motivated by – Some people are super into
celebrities, public figures, etc., and literally everything they are doing! I tend to think that I am not this type. However, with the evolving world of social media, I noticed
that there are a few “idols” or people who I am actually pretty motivated by and I pushed myself to
acknowledge this simple fact. Once I did this, a whole new mindset arose for me - once I
finally acknowledged it, I had to do something with it..
For
contrast, I would like to provide two examples of what in the heck I’m talking
about. One is of an “idol” we all know and one is of a local entrepreneur that
I have now been able to meet and have been given an opportunity to work with
her through my photography this upcoming October!
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So, first one – Jamie Anderson.
While I don’t snowboard, I ski and love the snow community. But as I have
followed her on Instagram for about 3 years now, I started watching her
Instagram stories and realized how positive, life-loving, and fearless this
woman is – I also realized I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE HER. So, I make it a habit to
view her stories each day, view her IG page when I need a reminder that even
idols are real humans, and just see what she is doing on a daily basis to see
if I can learn something new and become a better person in this world.
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Second is Entrepreneur, Rebecca
Walsh, located here in Laramie, WY and the owner of an outdoor gear shop and
outdoor women’s blog (linked at the bottom of this post!). Now Rebecca is a
very humble human being and doesn’t quite know how big of impact she has on
this world. Between our small town connection and my determination to meet her, I was able to successfully connect with her, sit down with her to pick her brain about some things, and
now will be working with her blog team next month at one of her guest mountain
retreats! Through the handful of times I've spoken with her, I have been inspired, grounded and reminded that we are all human. All of this happened because of my own consistency and commitment to
make myself known to her and her outdoor women’s blog team – they didn’t know I
existed until I made the effort to show myself. How did I do that? I simply
stalked the organization (I mean this in the most non-creepy way, I promise!). I
then started sending emails, saw there was a local event and took the risk of
going to it and putting myself out there!
3. So once you do something with it,
what else can you do? You
give yourself a break. Realize that you are not going to climb the summit
of your dreams in one day. Dreams take time, work, and a lot of patience. So,
you must give yourself a break from time to time and be realistic.
I often get
mad at myself because I wake up motivated, start making big strides in one of
my business plans, and then get distracted. Whatever that distraction may be –
I get asked to go hiking, something personal hits that day, I forgot about a
meeting I had scheduled, whatever it may be – realize you cannot take your
actions back and that tomorrow is coming, and that means you get another shot.
If tomorrow is full of obligations, remember another day off or another
afternoon of free time will come. We cannot get stuck in what we should have or
could have done and can only move forward!
Also, this is a kind reminder that it is okay to ride on the wave of your accomplishments, even if it feels that it's been too long of time since they happened - it's been weeks since I met with Rebecca, but I wake up every day still riding the wave of excitement I get when I think "Wow, I actually met her!" and use that small proud moment to figure out how I am going to keep chipping away at living my dream.
Also, this is a kind reminder that it is okay to ride on the wave of your accomplishments, even if it feels that it's been too long of time since they happened - it's been weeks since I met with Rebecca, but I wake up every day still riding the wave of excitement I get when I think "Wow, I actually met her!" and use that small proud moment to figure out how I am going to keep chipping away at living my dream.
So while these 3 points ended up
being heavy, they are genuinely some of the big focuses getting me through this
tough, tough time as a new entrepreneur and just young adult. I hope that as a
fellow human, my words can be at the very least “food for thought” as you think
about your current frustrations and challenges!
Mountain Adventurer 307 Photography - Medicine Bow National Forest 2018
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| Mountain Adventurer 307 Photography - Pondering 2 |
Upcoming News About Bri and the
Blog:
- New Blog Name! - After months of figuring out what in the heck I'm doing with this thing, I have decided to link it to my Instagram page and new online product store to my blog as the same entity! If you are not familiar with what I'm talking about, please see the information at the bottom of this post. 😊
- New Blog Direction! - With this restructure, I will be POSTING MORE! Yay!! After some deep thought and consideration, I realized recently that I need to commit to the blog, even if I don't think I am a good writer. It's not about me and it's more about sharing my content with YOU and possibly even inspiring the spark of adventure or new things in even one other person in this world!
- Upcoming Newsletter! - In the coming weeks, I will be starting a newsletter that you may join! I believe this is important because I don't want to clutter this blog with all of my business venture ideas! However, to create an effective business, I need to know what others think and I have many topics I would like to start discussions about! I will be sure to update you all as I start this new process and the direction I plan to take with it.
As
always, thank you so much for your time in reading my content and support in
following me! As promised, here are all of the links mentioned throughout today’s
blog:
Rebecca Walsh:
Mountain Adventurer 307:
