𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 $𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲. ⁣

𝗜 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁. ⁣⁣

I had some down time so I thought that I would go for a leisurely paddle session around the pond. As I sat my paddle board in the water off of the dock, I thought 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 of a time this would be. I usually never take my phone with me, but this trip was going to be so chill, I thought 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿. ⁣

As I stepped onto the board (one foot on board, one in mid-air) I saw a large black & orange spider crawl onto my foot. I immediately jumped back onto the dock, slipping as I did so & dropping everything into the water. My paddle, water bottle, & my phone. Involuntarily, I screamed “NO” as I reached for my phone. It slid right past my fingertips to the dark abyss. ⁣

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So where is the mistake we have all made?⁣

𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱. ⁣

𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. ⁣

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿. ⁣

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When I thought to myself that 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 if I took my phone out, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥. ⁣

When I realized how much I depend on my phone for running a successful business, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. ⁣

When I jumped back from the spider, 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧. ⁣

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I am willing to bet you have made one if not all of these mistakes at some point as well. ⁣

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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿?⁣

We realize that we are even doing them. ⁣

Then we become more aware of when we do them. ⁣

Once we bring that awareness into our lives, we begin to be able to enact the change we want to see.⁣

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