Day 29 - Is it just me or am I walking through mud?

I'm not sure if it is fact that "100 Days of 100%" gives you so much freedom or that I'm doing it alone but it feels like I'm walking through mud!  Day 29 feels like at least day 50.  The last three days I've had low energy and have lowered the bar even further.  Yesterday I committed to 50% and laid out what felt like a do-able description of 100%  I must admit for me this is new.  Usually I would have rallied up and white knuckled through it but I'm looking for something more here. Looking over it today I am pleased to award myself a score of 25.  I over delivered and it feels good.  This isn't about just making it through 100 days, this is about learning more about myself and what makes me tick.  Learning how to work best with what I've got... ME!  At conception this process of 100 Days of 100% was like an Iron Man contest but now I'm realizing it's much more than that.  The process is slower and I believe the effects will be longer lasting.  Perhaps even permanent?  If that's the case I better get back to it.  I'm making magic here for myself, sculpting a new depth, peeling off more of the onion and I don't want to cut off an important piece.

Day 26 - Take TWO! - Holding Your Hand While You Throw UP

Yesterday I was in a slump.  I honestly think a big part of why I go through these slumps is to keep it real with my clients.  I can more effectively walk through the trenches with them if I've been there too.  Yesterday I worked with my coach in the midst of my slump.  At the end of the call I felt marginally better but it took at least an hour for the coaching to begin to shift within me.  This morning the penny dropped and "I got it".

Often coaches are put on a pedestal, they receive accolades for helping their clients double their income, book a major role on a TV show or break into a new market.  What does not get mentioned is all the lonely work that's done to get there.  All the hand holding, support and all the inner battles and gremlins that are tamed to get through the forest.  I must admit that even I was getting caught up in the results and missing the great work I was doing walking along side my clients in the forest, holding their hand while they throw up and encouraging them to keep on fighting even when a part of them wants to give up.  The heroine's journey is not easy, that's what makes it a heroines journey.  If the prize were easy to attain it would lose it's value.  If my clients journey was as simple as to create a plan execute it and claim their success they wouldn't need me. 

What does this have to do with 100 Days of 100%?  If you are struggling, battling you way through the forest and are not able or ready to invest in a coach right now then use the work book as your coach.  Get the battle down on paper each day and ask "why" all the time.  Even when you want to give up, just pick up the book.  Use it as a light to help you through the forest, a through line to guide your way as you throw up and figure out "what makes you tick" as you continue on your heroines journey. 

P.S. If you need someone to hold your hand while your throwing up, it's my specialty, give me a call, you don't have to do it alone.

Day TWENTY - Sometimes 75 is Greater than 100!

Over these first 20 days of "!00 Days of 100%" I am noticing a pattern of 75%.  When I promise 75% most of the time I deliver or over-deliver.  When I promise 100 - there is nowhere left to go and often I under-deliver, not good for your emotional bank account.  75% is a huge shift for me as I am an over achiever but I can honestly stand up without embarrasment and proclaim, I'm committing to 75% today. 

Day Nineteen - Take TWO

Freedom is a necessity for me but I do so love structure.  I think the big fear about structure though is the expectations that come along for the ride and of course the good old fear of failure.  Setting a goal and not attaining it can mean a huge withdrawal from our emotional bank account.  Freedom is one of the many reason I love 100 Days of 100%.  Two days ago I began Day Nineteen of my 100 days.  I mapped out what 100% would look like but got side tracked actually disheartened.  A close friend of mine lost her father and my 100% seemed to pale in comparison in the grand scheme of things that day.  I did write down that I wanted to be there for her but couldn't bring myself to put a percentage to that.  There are days when 100% is just not even on your radar, that's OK.  I jumped off the horse for a couple of days and then picked it up again today, no guilt, no judgement, no BIG withdrawal from my emotional bank account.  Today I mapped out a great day and then stepped up to 100%.  How could I not, today I will complete my 100 powerful conversations and tomorrow it will be time for the next chapter, whatever that is.

Day FOURTEEN - It feels like I'm not doing anything!

I'm getting into a nice groove now with 100%.  Each day I am mapping our "what it would look like if I were to give 100%" and then going off on my day leaving that in the crock pot.  Yesterday I went off roading!  My map said one thing and off I went in a whole different direction.  At the end of the day I went for a hike with my good friend Jessica and had time to reflect on my off roading adventure.  I realized that the 100% map and the conversations I am having is so simple that I feel like I'm not doing anything.  It's such a straightforward concept - have 100 ten minute conversations.  I am wading waist high in the flow of this being carried along with productivity yet I don't feel like I'm doing anything.  I'm so used to trying hard, so used to having a complex strategy that I feel like I'm not doing anything.  Yesterday driven by that I went off road chasing some bright shiny object.  Luckily I had the 100 day of 100% workbook to bring me back to the road at the end of the day.

Day ELEVEN - Low Calorie Zen!

It's my habit to do things FULL throttle and so typically when I am starting something new, it's not a solo endeavour.  By that I mean I tend to do three new things not one at a time.  I like to think of it as living my life in chapters and at the beginning of a chapter always seems, to me, like a great time to start new things.  I mention this because along with my 100 Days of 100% I am also, among other things, starting a new diet or "lifestyle" as my wonderful diet coach, Lacey from Diet for Health likes to say.  For the fist few days of my new "life-style", the angry serpent in me kept rearing it's ugly head.  Today however I think I have found the right configuration food to keep the serpent at bay and I am back to feeling the Zen.  Thank goodness, that is especially echoed by my four year old Sofie who has felt the sting of the serpent the most.  As  I sit and reflect on the last six days of my new "life-style" I am excited to pull out yet another 100% card.  A lot of the 100% program is about looking forward but it's also great to ask yourself "What have I given 100% too recently".  Sometimes it's only in retrospect that we see the accomplishments.  I have followed my new "life-style" oh can I just call it a diet already, for six days to the letter.  For my hard work I have been rewarded with a 4 1/2 lb weight loss.  Even more importantly though, well almost (I really wanted to get rid of those 4 1/2 lbs), I now feel the fulfillment of knowing I gave 100%  to my diet, I have been doing it 100%.  Giving 100% feels great especially when it's accompanied by balance, joy and success and... weight loss.

Day TEN - Leading with the right side of the brain

As I sketched out my 100% day this morning I started thinking about how it would look from the left side of the brain and the right.  The right side of the brain, traditionally the more creative side, is a comfortable place for me. Even so it's a place I sometimes have to remind myself to wonder into.  I can get caught up in strategies, goals, results and lists and forget all about the non-linear pasture next door.  Looking at my two 100% days side by side (left brain in one column, right in the other) I realized my left brain day is all about doing and my right brain day is much more about being.  I personally think it's important to tap into both sides of the brain as both can benefit us in different ways.  Then I let the 100% questions work their magic throughout the day on the back boiler of my mind.  Planting these subconscious seeds first thing in the morning is very powerful for me.  It's kind of like putting dinner in the crock pot and then going about my day.  When I get home, dinners made without me even lifting a finger.  When I looked back at my workbook tonight the waft of home cooked food was thick and delicious in the air.  Today has truly been a day of listening, connecting, being present and having a lot of FUN.  All the ingredients for a 100% day, today.