My Weekly Affirmations
Perhaps some of these will resonate with you or help you create your own weekly list. Or, perhaps they will help you understand who I am
In a little apartment in Soho on a rainy day in 2017, I had just finished watching The Founder. I did not identify with the ruthlessness of Ray Kroc; instead, I felt incredibly inspired to define my own identity both as a founder and as a human.
I scrambled and started writing without thinking. Three affirmations became five which became ten. It was one of the handful of times in my life I was in a true writer’s flow.
Over the last two years, I’ve sat down over a cup of coffee and recited these nearly every weekend. After reading each item, I stop and consider whether my actual actions over the past week echo my identity or not. These affirmations have helped humble me in the highest of times and resuscitate me in the lowest.
I am very thankful for the foundation they provide me each week. Perhaps some of these will resonate with you or help you create your own weekly list. Or, perhaps they will help you understand who I am (or at least the standard I hold myself to).
[I have marked * the ones that I most often need to remind myself]
I take leaps, not steps. Always epic.
My energy is an asset. Many people are flat and reserved. I energize and inspire. I will never lose my giddy excitement
There are people with big dreams. There are people who execute. I execute my big dreams
I listen to people and empathize. I do not implore to fix their problems unless asked to
I allow myself to be vulnerable to people I trust. Vulnerability is important to happiness
I find happiness in the journey, not the outcome. Success is achieved in the conscious approach, the execution, the grind. The outcome is just a means to learn and hone the next journey
I deduce futures in business. That’s a strength. But I understand there are too many variables to accurately predict futures in relationships. I live and love passionately in the present and let the future unfold naturally*
I can neither control nor accurately predict the entire world around me. Acknowledging my lack of control and is liberating and gives me peace
I strive for efficiency with operations but accept inefficiency with people. Sub optimization — just being together without necessarily doing something — is core to the human experience and unlocks unforeseen treasures*
I am selfish with my time. I spend money on services to buy myself time. I do not waste my time on experiences that have no value to me
Health, like time, is invaluable. I spend money on good health and wellbeing
I default to love. I seek ways to applaud and empower, not excuses to gossip and belittle. I avoid sentences that are broken with a “but”, since those often include a personal jab. Over the long term, people are drawn to warm hearts*
I am social. People like me. And I enjoy people. When I am feeling alone or rejected, I am fortunate to have a support group who will uplift me. Feelings of rejection are temporary
I have chosen my path and its struggles. The struggles cannot pain me because I enjoy them. If I stop enjoying the struggles, I can always choose a new path
I do not have a balanced lifestyle. My focus is tenacious and its direction ebbs and flows like the tides.
I’m fine. I’ve been fine. I will be fine.