{"id":3890,"date":"2019-06-23T21:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T03:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/?p=3890"},"modified":"2019-06-23T21:25:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T03:25:51","slug":"why-beginning-is-the-hardest-how-to-conquer-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/23\/why-beginning-is-the-hardest-how-to-conquer-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why beginning is the hardest + how to conquer it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #fa3314;\">Ya know when you get a thought?<\/span> A thought so great you HAVE to get out a pen and paper (or in my case my notes app) and write it <span style=\"color: #fa3314;\"><em>allll<\/em><\/span> down? Coming home from my weeklong trip had me drained and frankly I wasn&#8217;t even sure what I was going to write about this week. Then it hit me. Beginning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There&#8217;s something so beautiful about beginnings. They&#8217;re fresh, new, and can bring a sense of fulfillment. But sometimes they&#8217;re daunting, scary, unknown. You&#8217;ve got to go through some of the bad to get to the good. So today we talk: beginnings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4303.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3905\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/23\/why-beginning-is-the-hardest-how-to-conquer-it\/img_4303-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4303.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1560808360&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4303\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4303-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4303-768x1024.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3905\" src=\"http:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4303.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4303.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4303-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4303-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_4303-1000x1333.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I visited the JFK museum two weeks ago in Boston, and while the entire thing was dazzling there was one quote in the last exhibit that struck a chord with me. JFK once said, &#8220;All of this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days&#8230; But let us begin.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #fa3314;\">That got me thinking: beginning is the hardest part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The anticipation that leads up to that initial moment of stepping into uncharted territory can kill ya. I\u2019ve talked before about the <a href=\"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/28\/seasons-of-waiting-arent-always-a-bad-thing-heres-why\/\">waiting game<\/a> and that in between season so many of us struggle with. But now the time has come to ACTUALLY DO IT. DO THINGS. SCARY I KNOW.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #fa3314;\"><em>You just have to get over that initial hurdle.\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Why do we build things up so much making us so anxious to start anything new? Anything different? Out of our comfort zone? I for one am guilty as charged! As a chronic over-thinker, this is something I deal with quite frequently. There&#8217;s always a voice in the back of my head that holds me back. Being out of your comfort zone is scary. You have to re-learn the ropes and it&#8217;s not always the easiest or most fun task. I get worked up before I even start.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One of my 2019 goals was to go more confidently. So I&#8217;m taking that into account when I challenge y&#8217;all to join me in beginning. Just start- no matter how big the jump. You won&#8217;t get anywhere if you don&#8217;t at least take a chance! All it takes is one step in the right direction. It may be something so minuscule you won&#8217;t notice an immediate difference, it may be something so huge is shakes you the second you start. Either way it&#8217;s a start.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t be afraid to make that jump. There&#8217;s always something better on the other side. <span style=\"color: #fa3314;\">All you have to do is begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"hCL kVc L4E MIw aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/564x\/46\/9a\/df\/469adf6238d7bd520bc6faf2be752006.jpg\" alt=\"inspiration | motivation | empowering\" \/><img class=\"hCL kVc L4E MIw aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/564x\/85\/ee\/5b\/85ee5bca82c601f44521326c15cc6b6b.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #fa3314;\">SENDING Y&#8217;ALL OFF INTO THE WEEK WITH GOOD VIBES.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">More #girltalk reads:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/relinquishing-control-even-when-its-hard\/\">Relinquishing control even when it&#8217;s hard<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/23\/22-things-i-learned-by-22\/\">22 things I learned by 22<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/louisianagirlinpearls.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/knowing-your-self-worth\/\">Knowing your self worth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ya know when you get a thought? 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