I used to work with an emotional vampire...

Published 12 months ago • 1 min read

I am not kidding, this person sucked the positivity and joy right out of me. Daily.

One day, another co-worker and I were walking on our lunch break, and I was complaining about how this person always interrupted me and I couldn't get my work done.

My coworker abruptly stopped in mid-stride, which in turn made me stop. She looked at me in earnest and asked, "Katrina, is this person preventing you from getting your work done?"

It was an honest question. And the answer was quite simple.

No. No they weren't.

The revelation hit me like a ton of bricks, and I've carried it with me ever since.

So now, whenever I feel like there is something blocking me my mind goes back to that moment.

Instead of getting frustrated I get curious.

🤔 Is there a lesson I'm supposed to learn from this?
🤔 Is there something more I could be doing?
🤔 Is there someone I should be helping?
🤔 Is something actually stopping me from doing or getting what I want?
🤔 Or am I just resisting what "what I want" looks like?

It was such a simple micro moment, but it had a profound effect on me.

I realized that the only real barriers in life are the excuses I tell myself, the situations I put myself in and the outcomes I'm willing to accept.

Flipping my own script was a game changer.

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