Take a chance, y’all! You’ve got what it takes!
xx,
NEWS:
Have you registered for the Fall Tour? Chicago is already SOLD OUT, and the rest of the cities are close to it! Register for Austin, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Atlanta!
Get your official Making Things Happen badge! Download it here.
Awesomeness from the MTH family:
Be awesome today. Make the choice. Sometimes it’s just a matter of deciding. You have the choice to be remarkable. Make it happen. They day is not over yet, friends. - Lara Print from Super Swoon.
Stop wishing you were living someone else’s life. Stop looking over at the grass that you think is greener on their side. When we compare or often dream about being somewhere else and doing something else, we think we are being productive. Sometimes we even think we are inspired. But what really are you doing?
You aren’t living in the present. You aren’t being grateful for where you are now. Who you are with now.
Now don’t get me wrong, I think we can be inspired by others lives and their successes. But instead of envying their lives (which typically leads to paralyzation thinking we could never do that) and just drooling over their circumstances.
Let’s try this exercise. Instead of putting “Successful Suzy” on a pedestal
Ask yourself these questions.
Honestly, I think we can become paralyzed by wanting what others have. We want more money, a bigger car, to be our own boss. Sometime those things are out of reach at this moment, so we just give up. Think we are not good enough.
I challenge you to get deeper with this. Why do you want more money? What is your heart really asking for? Reasons could be to have less stress. To be able to give more. To be able to feel secure. Now these are things that you CAN do something about, right NOW.
Take steps towards less stress in other areas, maybe look at your budget and see if you can give or donate your time. These are just a couple of examples.
You want to be your own boss so that you can be creative. Be creative right now in your current circumstances, don’t wait. Yes you might not have a 100 hours a week to work on creativity, but isn’t 1 hour after work better than none.
Take it one step further and get to the core of where your yearning is coming from, it might just surprise you.
Gina
We are meant to stand out, and meant to do amazing things. Enjoy this weekend, do something new, leave your cell phone at home, be a fruit loop! ; )
xx,
NEWS:
The Fall Tour is selling out quickly!Chicago is officially SOLD OUT, so register ASAP for Austin, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Atlanta!
Are you making things happen in your life? Get your official Making Things Happen badge! Download it here.
Awesomeness from the MTH family:
God grants us special opportunities.
Yesterday at 5am, I woke to the sound of a sad little boy coming from my baby monitor. Bryan and I both looked at each other, assuming it was a case of the “fussies” and he’d go back to sleep. After a few moments, my mommy-intuition kicked in and I tiptoed into his room to see what was the matter. Poor B was soaking wet with sweat and burning up. He had a fever that pushed 104.
Sweet little B wanted nothing… NOTHING… more than to lie on mommy’s chest and be rocked (very unlike him. Normally he just wants to GO GO GO). For four hours (no joke) I rocked him in our rocking chair. Each time I stood up to put him in his bed so he could sleep and I could shower / work / pick up the house / answer an email / check my phone he cried enormous tears and reached for me. It was then that I realized God was granting me this special opportunity to show Brady the best kind of love, to make him feel safe and to comfort him when he needed me rather than try to multi-task.
As I sat and ignored the rest of the world rocking back and forth and back and forth in that chair, I smiled. I hated to see my little boy not feeling well, but I thanked God for the opportunity to serve him (and Him) when he needed me. I was grateful for the rare snuggly day and the chance to show Brady that mommy is here to make it better when he is sick or sad. Sick days are no fun, but opportunities like that are priceless.
Have a WONDERFUL Wednesday. Make the most of the opportunities you’re given today no matter what the price.
xo
Hi. How are you? Busy, overwhelmed, tired, overwhelmed? Did I say OVERWHELMED twice? Why, yes I did. I get it. I have so been there and am there a lot. Do that thing that has been weighing you down. That thing you have been putting off out of fear. Or laziness. One of the two. That thing you know you need to do for all the right reasons. Do it. Yes, you. Do that thing today. What are you waiting for? Someone to push you off the cliff? No one is going to do it for you. You have to take action on what you really want. Physical action, not just thinking about it. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. - Beverly Sills Plain and simple: If you want to make things happen, take the reins and make it happen. - Lara
Original source, but thanks to my friend and MTH Alum Ashley Baber for pinning this!
We all have so much on our plates that it makes it hard to slow down. (I know, I’m there with y’all!). This weekend — do what matters most.
xx,
Last week we announced the final 2012 city for the Fall Tour: Atlanta! Chicago is officially SOLD OUT, so register ASAP for Austin, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Atlanta!
Making Things Happen 2013 will be held in just two cities next spring and fall (likely in Raleigh). We’re excited to take MTH to the next level with a full three-day intensive for new attendees and alum! Details to come.
Get your official Making Things Happen badge! Download it here.
We’re so thrilled to welcome all the new MTH alum form the Spring Tour! Goodness there is a lot of amazing in this bunch! Here are a few posts from the recent attendees:
Madi Reid: Renewing Focus
The Happy Family Movement: The Family Tree + MTH
Sarah Anne Watson: Making Things Happen + Fear
Victoria Quinn: Making Things Happen
Olga of OMD: Making Things Happen
Jennifer Blair: Making Things Happen
Briana Lynn: Feeling the Fear
Kelly Cummings: MTH Atlanta
Nakeia Homer: Making Things Happen
April: Making Things Happen and Trust
Nikki Zawol: Making Things Happen
Karen Schlink: One Year Later
Emily-Claire Ballou: Making Things Happen
Elizabeth Glessner: Making Things Happen
Nancy Ray: My Ideal Day
Want more inspiration? Here’s a list of more fabulous alum posts. You’re sure to get fired up reading these folks blogs!
ACT.
You can read this blog and feel nice and fuzzy. You can feel inspired. You can start to really dream.
While all these things are great. Just thinking about it doesn’t count, because it doesn’t’ get you anywhere. We want you to act. Take one step towards clearing the clutter. Take one step towards slowing down and taking a deep breath. Writing an email. Starting an inspiration board.
Action doesn’t necessarily mean finish all the steps in one day. It means baby steps. It means putting one foot in front of another.
Don’t put action off. Don’t avoid it. If it’s overwhelming break it down. You can! If you get stuck breaking it down write it in the comments below and I will help. I mean it.
Gina Zeidler
You asked, we delivered! We’re excited to release official Making Things Happen badges for alumni and friends! DOWNLOAD YOURS HERE. These will only be available for download for 14 days, so get yours now. Help us motivate others to make things happen by putting one of these fun badges on your site and link to www.MakingThingsHappen.com. Enjoy and make life happen today, friends! sparkle texture source
WHAT A WEEKEND. I wish I had the words to explain the amount my heart was changed by Making Things Happen and our travels over the past two weeks. I keep thinking of this Watermark song that I love All Things New. That’s how it feels. I’ve done these tours in the past and have made great LEAPS forward after them. But this time, I feel like my footing is solid and my heart is in the right place. I’m so grateful to have made so many new friends (almost 100 of you!) in Chapel Hill, Atlanta, DC, NYC and Boston. I came home and immediately put some new things into place - bought a B.O.B. stroller (jogging stroller), sold all of my office furniture (to make room for more functional pieces) and had a good, long, happy talk with my husband. Life is good y’all. Wishing you a week of forward momentum and blissful clarity.
xo
