I have been enrolled in some professional development modules …

A growth mindset vs A fixed mindset

*rolls eyes loudly*

However, this caught my imagination, not just in a professional capacity but in life.

Part of it is to rephrase ‘I can’t’ from being a permanent response to a temporary one.

For example, it is the difference between –

I can’t take Cassie dog on a 5 mile hike.

Or

I can’t take Cassie dog on a 5 mile hike … yet.

That one word, Yet, is very powerful. It changes the tone entirely.

In a work capacity, this is me, 100% – ‘I don’t know how to do that right now but I will go away and find out how to do it …’, there is no straight forward can’t – it is all about finding a how, where there is a will there is a way.

I have never taken the same approach in my personal life – can’t has always been a big word and something that I have allowed too much power.

But this week, I have added more things to my I can, can, can list –

• I can drive – I have been for a little drive this week with my dad playing responsible adult
• I can wear regular people clothes – first time wearing my jeans 👖
• I can cook – I halfway cooked tacos before I got tired and had to tag out
• I can sleep in my bed – I moved back into my own bed from the spare room this week
• I can have a regular people shower – up until this week the water pressure in the shower has been too powerful (is that possible?!) on my sensitive skin/scalp
• I can feed my niece – laid strategically for on me, I can feed Millie her bottle ❤️ I still can’t hold or lift YET her but it is better than nothing!
• I can walk my dog – I took Cassie into the woods all by l myself this week for a quick explore! 🐾

There are still things that I cannot do YET but that word is key, YET! 🤗

I am a working progress 🤣

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