Oooo…Why Are YOU Over There???

“Versatility is YOUR friend… don’t be a 1 trick pony.”-Exciting talking to Boring, yep! (By the way, I’m really liking this “1 trick pony” phrase these days…*smile*)

-Oxford American Dictionaries

Whether you know me, don’t know me, or think you know me…(sometimes this is the same person), I tend to appear/look as though I am all over the place…

But in reality, I’m just ready for What-&-Who-Ever!!!---And I love to keep people guessing! 

Why?

Looking back on BlowThough the Stop Sign…s, I’m reminded of how our dreams and ideas get stopped by the things that life throws at us, or what we throw at ourselves.

  

Sometimes we take challenges/opposition/negativity, as signs set in place to hurt and stop us…instead of building us stronger to endure/keep on when things get tough.

But where does versatility come in…?

Learning to be versatile, adapting to different situations will allow you understand things…& people…which will make you that much closer to your dreams and ideas being in your reality!

……………..Now wait let me back up just a little bit to the reason why/how being versatile helps our dreams and ideas…

Remember Defeating Crazy with Courageous and questioning your ideas???

Well… one of the biggest reasons you question your own ideas is to think beyond what everyone else is thinking--- this is where versatility lives just in case you were wondering…so wipe your feet & come on in!

Where do I start???

Simple Ways to be Versatile-

1.     Learn about another subject/topic/industry that may or may not be related to your dream or idea…Realize the bigger picture.

Ex: I want to be an AMAZINGLY AWESOME boss & owner…So I studied Life Insurance.---*If YOU are wondering what this means…YOU should probably learn about life insurance on more than a customer/owner of LI level.*-and that's all I'm going to say, okay? Okay.

2.     When people ask questions about stuff YOU don’t know…whether they are asking/talking to you or someone else…Research it, Look it up!

3.    Go to places that normally would not interest you…and Look around! Introduce yourself to new things and places (I know YOU have heard that before!).

4.    *YOU might not like this but…* Take a friend that hates something you love & loves you to one of your favorite/most loved places …and ask, “why they hate it?”

5.     Stay focused on YOUR dreams and goals by connecting/relating every new thing you learn…to YOU! (Make a full circle, so you don’t get sidetracked.)

GYC WARNING: People will think that you’re not focused or confused and all over the place...

“Oooo… Why are YOU over there???”

Respond with silence or better yet, when it matters (as in not trying to impress anybody just to prove a point not relevant/important/significant to you), be patient and let your finished work do all the talking!

Let Me Say This…PLEASE DEPOSIT THESE GYC Girl YOU Crazy QUOTES into YOUR Thinking:

YOUR ideas & dreams are as close as the actions you put towards them…as amazing as the people you envision being changed by them…and as BOLD as the confidence YOU have when you present/pitch them.

YOU have the ability to change the world… Don’t disable it with fear.

-GYC Girl YOU Crazy

Questions, comments, novels…Leave them below Please!

The Past, The Present & My Future

“The process of success is meant to strengthen us, and be re-told to encourage those after us.”- The Truth about the Process

Whether you admit it or not…the dreams you pursue/go after/run towards today are because you realized opposition didn’t outweigh the passion in your heart (to see your dreams in your reality)…

But HOW do YOU get there…and HOW do YOU stay there?!?!

“I may not know where you’re going…but I know it’s worth the fight!”

So what is this post about???

I started GYC GirlYOU Crazy because so many young girls are not allowed the chance to dream, or pushed to live their dreams...out loud. However, there are many women (and young women/girls) that have something to share with young women at the same time.

GYC Girl YOU Crazy’s Blog aims to change discouraging perception with lasting impressions through relative posts and Q & A. Flipping the meaning of something playful that can discourage, keeping it playful but using the phrase as fuel to accomplish and finish your dream with great expectation and a smile. “Girl YOU Crazy”…”Am I ???”

Want to Inspire, Support & Dream with one another?

*This is where YOU come in*

Share/Help/Support to remember or dream a new dream…Inspire to Encourage young women & women of all ages!

Do YOU wish someone inspired you? Or Maybe YOU’re inspired and going after your dreams right now---at whatever age!!! Choose to inspire by sharing, what you gave to say is important and people need to hear it:

      +Remind Someone of Purpose (personal or creative writing)

      +Release YOUr Dream testimony

      +”Inspired Sincerely by Someone Inspired” real life stories

      +Personal Stories of Learned, Learning, and “I wish someone told me or I learned this when…”

                 Etc…

Any format is welcome whether you just discovered your dream, recently realized that the dream your living isn’t your own, just starting to live out your dreams, currently walking/living out your dream, and so on. Posts should be 300-700 words but the limit is flexible. If you take the time to write and share something you’re proud of, I believe someone will read it & be inspired, Agreed?

Please read past posts before submitting.

Also, important to note: GYC Girl YOU Crazy encourages submitters that are:

+Sisters, Moms, Young People, Daughters, Business Women, Accomplished Professionals, Positive Thinking People, Supportive to Young People, Supportive of LEGAL aspirations (yes it is necessary to say that), Locator of your dreams…Do I have all good things covered?...And since YOU are still reading…YOU…yes, YOU should write a post!

Keep in mind that this is a blog by and for young women inspirers, inspired and in need of inspiration…DISCOURAGEMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, NO MATTER WHAT!

E-mail your post to GYC.GirlYOUCrazy@gmail.com as a word doc attachment or as text in the body of the email with “Submission” in the Subject Line. PLEASE TITLE YOUR SUBMISSION and include your preferred name (username or as anonymous---your choice). GYC reserves the right to edit and revise all content submitted to GYC-GirlYOUCrazy.com.

Any other inquiries about GYC Girl YOU Crazy can be sent to LaurenAlicia@GYC-GirlYOUCrazy.com or send a Facebook message!

Let me say this: "Sometimes it only takes one time to inspire a dream forever."-The inner inspiration in YOU

Don't Let Go...

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Don’t let go...YOU’RE ALMOST THERE!”

That moment when you feel like you’ve come so far…too far, to give up but giving up looks so tempting …but then again, you know that you’re almost there and to give up would be…

a.     Embarrassing

b.    Just what everyone said I would do

c.     Defeating the reason why I started

d.    Breaking the promise I made to myself to finish something I started

e.     A waste of ALL the time and effort I put in

f.     UNNECESSARY AND RIDICULOUS!!!!

g.    …Forget this list!

…I’m not letting go…I’M ALMOST THERE!

We always have the option/choice/decision to

Writing this post reminds me of “The Art of Not Giving Up,” the many reasons we don’t or shouldn’t give up and knowing how/when to practice the art of not giving up.

Recap:

How is this post different???

“Don’t let go, you’re almost there” relates to knowing exactly where you are, where you want to go, and being on the right path to it…BUT because it’s taking so long to happen…you get discouraged.

I could tell you my own stories of wanting to let go because something is taking or took so long to be in my reality…but then…that would be telling you my WHOLE life story in one post…(can I get a witness!!!)

But I will say this…

It took those early in life moments of going after things I wanted but didn’t know I needed… to realize that I’m on the right path and if I had let go then, it would’ve made it much harder to keep pushing & believing in my dreams now!

“Don’t let go...YOU’RE ALMOST THERE!”

Let me say this: Almost could be tomorrow, a month, a year or 7 years from now…but when YOU are on the right path, every decision & action you make is building you stronger and stronger…to endure even longer.

So when you finally get there…YOU Will Know that YOU deserve to be there and will walk WORTHY…and NO ONE…NOT A ONE…will be able to tell you any different! 

See/Imagine/Envision YOU(yourself) finishing with excellence---what YOU Started… whatever that looks like! & “Don’t let go...YOU’RE ALMOST THERE!”

Your dreams are as close as the actions you put to them.

Blow Through The Stop Sign…s!

You’re taught to stop at all stop signs, look around, and proceed when it’s clear…in driving. But…In life, when a “stop sign” comes, we don’t always proceed when it’s clear…instead we take it as a sign to STOP and not move forward.

“I don’t know what stopped or is stopping you but every dream you envisioned is on the other side of that lil stop sign.” –Success Winner Risk-Taker (yep, that’s my full name)

Remember that moment when you started something that you didn’t realize you would soon love but then something opposing/challenging/conflicting happened and you thought…

            +Maybe it just wasn’t meant to be

            +I didn’t like it in the beginning anyway…anyhow

            +I didn’t want to do it from the start

            +Maybe I learned all that I needed to learn and now it’s time to move on

            +Well…at least I didn’t get too into it

            +You know “so and so” told me not to do this…that’s why they didn’t do it

                        And the list goes on!

            By the way, some of those were thoughts of mine these last 2 weeks…"life is a process…WE must commit!"

Personal Story (this is a recent story…so there will be gaps…I’ll let your imagination fill them!):

So recently, I was offered the opportunity to do something professionally that I said I would never do…and at a time when the things I do love just started to pick up/progress/step up/move forward in the direction of my liking (you still following? Yes, okay good). But because it was offered, I entertained the thought with a little bit of attitude (does this sound like “Questionable Closed Door” or what?!?---Note to self: Take My Own Advice…I think! Keep reading).

Please note, that this opportunity has different steps…just because it was offered doesn’t mean that you can climb the steps…you have to study and commit in order to climb the steps.

However, in studying, I became very interested and excited about this opportunity that I said I would never do, and realized the bigger picture as to why it was offered to me. Even though I realized why it was offered to me, I still semi-secretly did not want to do it…especially since there were tests attached to the studying!!!---I also, don’t like tests!

I passed the 1st set of tests…then I had to pass the last and final test/examination to fully accept the offered opportunity…I went in to take the exam…and I FAILED by 4 points!!!!!!! STOP SIGN…STOP SIGN!!!!!!

I wasn’t upset about failing, I actually was relieved with a smile on my face… as the lady who gave me my score seemed a bit upset for me… as I smirked a little. I went home and said, “I AM NOT TAKING THAT TEST AGAIN…THAT WAS SIGN!!!”

But in the midst of all the stop signs… I put up myself, I was reminded of that bigger picture…so I studied harder and smarter to retake the exam 2 days later with a much better attitude of “I’M PASSING THIS TEST”…and I PASSED…I PASSED…I WAS SOoo happy and grateful that I PASSED!---I really wanted it this time…I Blew right through the Stop Signs…even the ones I put up myself!

             **Note about this story: It’s really interesting how things/opportunities are set up for us to receive…but not forced upon us. You/We have to be willing to receive…to receive!**

Sometimes “Stop Signs” appear in our life because:

+We… put them there

+Other people… put them there

+Stuff or lack of stuff… put them there

+Doubt, Mistakes, Lack of Confidence, Lack of Vision-BigPicture Vision…put them there

+Lack of Knowledge or too much Knowledge… put them there

Sometimes stop signs will come one after another but some are meant for you to proceed when clear or when your vision is clear…or simply blow through! You’ll know what to do when you recognize it’s a stop sign.

Just like on the road, stop signs will always appear in your, mine, and our life too…but just like on the road, you look around, and proceed when it’s clear…sometimes you’ll just have to make it clear with your confidence, boldness and spunk! A Stop Sign is but a Stop Sign, not a dead end…proceed when clear or better yet…BLOW THROUGH IT!!!

GYC Last Thought Commentary:

Take a trip down memory lane…remember all the other stop signs you went through (people said you shouldn’t, couldn’t, wouldn’t make it, you’re not smart, tall, pretty, cool, etc. enough…and everything else)??? So why stop at this one? BLOW THROUGH THE STOP SIGN…S!

Only YOU Can STOP YOU!

No More Regrets

Have YOU ever heard the quote?

“If you worry about things you can’t change… you’re crazy, and if you worry about things you can change… you’re lazy!”-Unknown

That quote all by itself should write this entire post…or be the entire post…hmm

...But we all know that’s not gonna happen & plus it would defeat the whole purpose of you stopping by GYC-GirlYOUCrazy.com        

                                            …and I thank you!

Now back to “crazy,” “lazy,” and/or both!

When you think about it, this quote has 2 parts…the past (crazy) and the present (lazy)…. How many times have we rehearsed/rewound, how we could have done something different… over, over and over again?

Sometimes we’ll say:

+I’m only thinking about it now… because if it happens again… then I’ll be prepared…

+Man, I wish I said _________ instead of _________ because now _______ …but if it happens again…

+The next time that happens…I’m going to do this, and say that…yep, that’s what I going to do.

+I should have trusted my gut/inner voice/conscience…

+I don’t regret it…I just could’ve done things differently.---By the way…what does that mean???

Any of these sound familiar??? If not, feel free to add your own!

We’ll play out this whole scenario of “shoulda, coulda, woulda” that has this undertone of REGRET… of stuff/things that we don’t have the opportunity to change, and stuff/things that we do have the opportunity to change, right now!

Whether you call “it” regret or something else…”it” is an area that needs some calling out mixed with some action of Letting GO and/or Moving FORWARD!

So what is the point of this post???

Make a list that you will never read? No.

---Never act on? No.

Call Out Regrets that you can’t and can change? YES!

Distinguish the difference of can and can’t, call it out…THEN LIVE IT!? YES!

So here it is, The list of “No More Regrets”…

                                                      I’m making mine, print this out and make yours!

GYC Girl YOU Crazy Official Commentary:

NO MORE REGRETS, WE CHANGE WHAT WE CAN AND WE LEARN & LET GO OF WHAT WE CAN’T!