Why Are You Living a Mediocre Life and Just Getting By?

Are you "just getting by"? Are you living a numbing way of life where you do just barely enough to get by? Have you told yourself to stop dreaming and convinced yourself that you are fine with settling for a mediocre life while secretly wishing that your life had more meaning or pizzazz?
Do you know what goes hand in hand with the concept of "just getting by"?--it's the belief that your life is limited and you cannot be successful or smart or happy or whatever the case may be. You are willing to settle for the ordinary and no longer strive for a better way of life for yourself.
It's a way of life that you have convinced yourself is perfectly acceptable. And it is.
Just getting by is completely fine as long as you choose that life because it's what you want and not because deep down you believe that you cannot do any better or are hiding from your dreams.
But-- if even the slightest part of you feels an urge to live more, unleash your potential and make your life better, then Houston, we have a problem!
What do you do now?
It's time to kick those Limiting Beliefs to the curb!
Limiting beliefs hold you hostage by continuously playing negative tapes in your head about how you can't be any happier, that you should settle for what you can get, and it's better to play it safe and just try to get by. Does this sound familiar?
Limiting beliefs taint your thinking and you begin to believe "I'm not good enough to be great"; "I don't have any special qualities or talents so I can't be happy and successful".
How do these limiting beliefs show up in our behaviors? One of the most common ways it through procrastination. You know you're procrastinating when you're suddenly cleaning your house, or digging up weeds in the neighbor's yard or surfing the web for hours on end, etc., when you really need to be working or studying or getting a project done.
You procrastinate because your insecurities rear their ugly heads and convince you that you don't have what it takes to be successful. They scare you into believing that you might fail, so you distract yourself and self-sabotage.

So what makes successful people different? Successful people squash limiting beliefs when they arise. They push past the barriers and work to break the walls of limitation by taking risks. This is done by pushing a little bit past the boundary of your comfort zone. Then a little more and a little more, until your realize that you can do more than you ever imagined was possible.
You have to show yourself that your limiting beliefs are empty and pointless and hold you prisoner in life. As you begin to take small risks and commit to fighting back these illusions of limitation, a spark will be reignited where darkness had taken over. No more "just getting by".

Sydney Chhabra, Ph.D. is a seasoned Psychologist and Personal Life Coach with 20+ years of experience! Sydney has a very warm and personable style of communication and takes a very practical approach in life coaching. She is genuinely supportive and maintains a focused and solution-oriented approach. To learn more, please visit http://www.midlifecoachingforwomen.com and click on BLOG for additional articles.

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