Your Efforts Won’t Be Wasted

Do you ever feel like your efforts are wasted?

It’s like you’re thirsty and pouring water into a jug being unable to get a drink from it.

Well friend you’re not alone, first and foremost.

This is all part of a journey that many before you have felt. It doesn’t make it any easier and the critics certainly don’t help. The critics being mostly us with our own thoughts.

Nothing is ever wasted it’s a stepping stone to breakthrough.

You know I’ve been there more often than I care to remember. But what I’ve seen is it right before a breakthrough happens.

The moment where I say that’s enough it’s too hard or I’m tired of this. This moment is when breakthrough happens.

Let’s be straight here even when we achieve something we still need to maintain it and continue build on it. We will feel this feeling again with our efforts feeling wasted, during these period. But we’re be equipped to know this is part of the grafting season by then.

More gains equals more issues to resolve because we’ve acquired more. The new job you’re need to maintain a certain level of competence to keep the job. New gym body that will need maintaining with continuous exercise. New healthy diet making you feel more energetic that’s a life time commitment to keep those desirable outcomes. Started a new business you have to show up even on the days you want to take off because paid holidays is not included those parcels won’t send themselves it’s usually only one person in the beginning stages. Want to get married get use to learning patience and compromise.

This is to highlight that it’s easy to feel, if only our hard work pays off it will all be ok but actually when it does we’re have more things to work on. That in itself will cause us to put in more effort.

One suggestion is creating a vision board so when you’re feeling ‘ why am I even doing this?’. You’ll be able to look at your vision board and see your why.

Knowing your why helps those moments that feel like you’re going around in circles and your hard work seems to bring slow returns. Things are often like this in the beginning.

Don’t do it alone if you need help, get it.

Get started on that vision board today. Don’t know where to start?, reach out to me or check out Pinterest for ideas.

Your efforts are not wasted.

Chanel x