Even before these recessionary times, many of the people that I’ve meet have complained that they feel bone tried.

They’ll say things like “Why am I so tired?” “Even if I get to bed early, I still wake up feeling tired.”
Then they try to figure out some of the possible answers, like;
“Maybe I shouldn’t drink so much coffee” or “Maybe I need a new pillow or bed.” Or they theorize about some other reason.

Of course these suggestions could be apart of the solution. However commonly, in their heart they know that there has to be more to it than that.
If I ask a few questions about how that person is feeling about life generally, their answers often lead me to a deeper conclusion about the cause of their stress and unrest.

They say things like. “I just feel so frustrated” , “Something’s missing in my life”, “Why can’t I get what I want?”
Especially at the moment, right across the globe, as positive as they may try to be, many people are also experiencing very real fears about their futures.

And when I ask them to talk about it they tell me things like;
“I just can’t seem to get ahead”.
“My life’s not going anywhere”. And
“I don’t know if I’m going to have a job next week”
Some people say, “I don’t know what I want any more.
Or worse, that at their age (between 35 & 55) they’ve had enough of having to work hard everyday.
They’re looking for the pay off that they imagined they would some how have by this age.
The pay off that would make life easier.

Feeling Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place

These thoughts and feelings can often represent what I call “Stuck Points.”

That Stuck Point isn’t necessarily a physical thing or a tangible barrier, it’s something else. It’s an imaginary line, a mental obstacle such as an unfulfilled value or goal or a limiting belief or a dissatisfying personal rule!
Which together are all maintaining their current feelings and their current way of life.
Which often, looks a lot like becoming stuck in a rut.

The problem with ruts is that they kill hope and they make us feel tired.

Ruts are commonly surrounded by thoughts about what’s right or wrong, good or bad, what’s possible or impossible.
Beliefs about what they think they are capable or incapable of or even deserve.

Those thoughts, maintain their “Status Quo,” “their current way of being.” Their current health, happiness & financial situation and this imprisons their thinking.

Ruts handicap their attitudes and drain them of their energy, which overtime erodes their health, vitality and their outlook on life.

For many people it paralyses them into doing nothing or even sabotaging the progress they may have already made.

By the way, not all Status Quo are un-useful, only the one’s that stop a person from being who they really want to be. Or that hold them back from living the life they really truly want.

Frustrated & Unhappy

People ask me, “So how does that happen & how does that become my life.” “I don’t want to be Stuck.”

The answer is, your life doesn’t have to be that way. Regardless of the global economy. Regardless of the weather. Regardless of your personal situation. You can still choose the way you feel, you can choose what you focus on, and you can choose what you do.

And often it is easier to change than what you may think - when you know how.

That’s why I call it a “Stuck Point” in time, not a “Stuck for all time.”

For more information on how to get past “Stuck Points” and how these can hold you back - please go http://www.core-resourcing.com/VS1/index.html