Remember when you were a kid you had to get a permission slip to go on a school field trip? Maybe sometimes you would get one from your mom or dad to take a different bus home with a friend or to have another friend’s parent pick you up after school? Remember those days…when you got the approval to take some time and do something fun, something different, something you needed to do?
Inspire Moment #98 is about your Permission Slip in life now. It’s often hard to give ourselves the permission to take a break from the busy life most of us lead. The approval to know that it’s ok to go out and have some fun during the week or to stay in and rest, to take time off from work for a vacation, or go out to lunch instead of staying in having a working lunch in the office or simply just taking time to eat lunch! Why are we so hard on ourselves?
We had to get a Permission Slip when we were younger and so it gets your Coach thinking that maybe some of us still need a Permission Slip to do things in our life today. If you struggle with that then it’s time to “Flip the Switch™” in your mind and create your Permission Slip. Please keep reading for a suggested action step on where you can start.
Could your Permission Slip be a reminder on your phone? If so, what does it say? How often do you see it? Could is be something you write out on an index card that says “Permission Slip?” Is it a check mark you put in your calendar that allows you permission twice a week to do “those things” to bring you back in balance? If so, how do you remember to check it off? Take an Inspire Moment now to think about what action step you will take today or next week to remember to give yourself a Permission Slip.
Because allowing yourself to do what you need to do in order to feel truly in balance with who you are on the inside is the most important authorization you can give yourself in life.