(Written by Cheslow Achievement Group’s COO, Angie Flynn)
Sunday morning I woke up like I was shot out of a cannon…
I was breathless… Like I’d just awoke from a nightmare…
Only I couldn’t remember anything that I was dreaming…
All I knew was that something was wrong – VERY wrong…
What was it?
Then all it hit me – like smacking into a brick wall.
I hadn’t imagineered on Saturday.
After 630 consecutive days – I’d blown it.
I’d meant to, of course. I remember thinking about doing it as soon as I finished my run, but as I walked into the house I got distracted by something and then the momentum of the day caught me. I was also not feeling great all day and went to bed early. All just excuses and circumstances…
For the briefest microsecond I considered not saying anything – just continuing on as if nothing had happened…
But I knew I couldn’t do that.
When I got up, Deb asked me if I felt all right – gee, what was your clue – I must have been white as a ghost!
I told her what happened and she was stunned.
I told her that I didn’t know what to do – how could I deal with being 633 days behind her – Hell, I would be 570 days behind my ELEVEN year old…
I didn’t want to start over – couldn’t I call a mulligan – get a second chance – imagineer twice to make up for the missed day? Of course, I already knew the answer…
What would she say to a client?
The key to the whole thing would lie in my response to the situation.
I could either react and be mad at myself and feel really awful about what happened and defeat the whole purpose of imagineering by treating it as only a competition…
Or, I could respond by realizing that everything happens for a reason, picking myself up, dusting myself off, getting over myself, and continuing on knowing that I have built a HUGE ball of positive energy over the past year and a half and keep right on building it even bigger – one missed day doesn’t negate all the awesome stuff I have created.
So, that’s what I decided to do.
Yesterday was Day 1 – AGAIN!
The first day of the rest of my life.
Let’s see what I can do with it!
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