204. How To Be Awesome At Creating Your New Normal

<div> <div>66% - adults say that they are unhappy.  That’s 2/3 of people walking around.  What!! </div> <div> </div> <div>If that’s normal - we don’t want normal- we don’t want to accept what’s normal.</div> <div> </div> <div>Today, we are taking about being different and not being afraid to do things differently.  Getting out of routine.  Routines can be great- but just the ones that serve us.  Not the ones that we keep doing just because we’ve always done them. </div> <div> </div> <div>Lindsay says…</div> <div> </div> <div><em>"I always think… if I do what’s “normal” to me or just what feels normal in society… in 5 years I’ll end up in the same place that I’m at pretty much… which isn’t bad but I’m not here to just keep doing the same thing and be normal and wake up in 5 years without much progress.  I know I can’t get better doing the exact same things over and over.  </em></div> <div><em> </em></div> <div><em>We have to shake things up and challenge ourselves and create our new normal.  Be open-minded and ambitious and don’t put invisible hurdles in front of ourselves! </em></div> <div><em> </em></div> <div><em>When I’m cheering a little too loud for my kids at a sporting event or a race they will often say to me…. Geeeez why can’t you be normal!  And I smile and tell them the same thing every time… “I’m not here to be normal!” </em></div> <div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <div>**Here are a few strategies we talk about!</div> <div> </div> <div> <div> <div>-Don’t stay in your lane and accept what’s normal - it’s not working!  66% people!  You can’t do the same things everyone is doing.</div> <div> </div> <div>-You didn’t come here to play it safe.  You have to look at things differently! </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> <div>-Live free - get over the fear of being embarrassed or fear or failure or judgment. </div> <div> </div> <div>-Breaking free of what we think is normal or society thinks is normal. </div> <div> </div> <div>-You can’t get better doing the same thing everyday. </div> <div> </div> <div>-It’s h