The Power Of Reminders
We are human and we tend to forget.
It is what makes us human at the end of the day and it is one of our greatest fallibilities. This thought has been swirling in my head lately and I don’t mean just forgetting to do something or buy groceries — we completely forget who and what we are.
This forgetting is something that is constantly happening in our lives and its danger is that we leave ourselves open to fall into downward spirals. We get worried of new challenges, scared of unfamiliar situations and depressed at our perceived lack of achievement.
We quickly forget all the things we did well and all we achieved. We don’t realise that if we actually looked back at what we have accomplished, we would be very proud of ourselves.
I look back at my journey, for example, and there is a huge difference between my present day and the struggles of just a few years ago. As Tony Robbins said in a podcast I listened to recently, there are things in our lives that we have now which we wished for or didn’t even think were possible.
But, today these things are present in our lives and that shows us what we can achieve and what we are capable of.
My Reminders
I try to have reminders to help with this and to help me remember. It is something I began doing a few years ago. I have reminders on my walls at home and as wallpapers on my devices. I have also bracelet reminders, one of them says “don’t stop.”
It is not a perfect science, I will still forget and lose my way, but a lot of times I will look up and I will see these reminders.
You can decide the type of reminders you choose to use. You can have wall posters, notes on the fridge or maybe even tattoos.
Whichever form they are in, these reminders can help us to focus less on our perceived lack and remember all we are blessed to have. It reminds us of what we have attained and overcome, and prompts us to be grateful.
A lot of times we are in a rush for bigger, better, faster or thinner. This can burn us out and leave us frustrated or even unhealthy and depressed.
We all have goals and ambitions and instead of worrying about how impossible they seem, we can dig deep, zero in and take careful, methodical steps towards their attainment.
This is all a bit easier when we actually remember those said goals and our capabilities.
Yes, the journey is difficult; we will continuously fall and stumble. But, ultimately, we must stand up straight and remember who we are, to paraphrase Maya Angelou.
Reminders can help us stay focused, prioritise and, ultimately, remind us of what’s most important — our abundant capabilities.
