I Am Responsible

To release my potential
from past restrictive programming
of my subconscious,
it is extremely important
that I give myself the right to be me
and to function as I choose.
It is not possible to have sound self-esteem
if I am not true to myself
or give up responsibility and accountability
for my own life
as I seek to achieve fulfilment
of my needs and goals.

I want to allow myself the freedom to choose
without building a prison for myself with
“have to’s”, “cannot’s” and “they won’t let me’s.”

I recognise I am functioning
from my own free choice and I can either:
recognise myself as important,
valuable and interesting as a person,
or see myself as an absolute incompetent,
who is unworthy and unneeded.
I can choose to be kind, loving,
helpful, loyal and compassionate,
or to be lazy, cowardly, mean and disloyal.
I can choose to be happy,
free and succeed in each undertaking
or to fail and feel unimportant and less than others.

If I allow myself this freedom,
I must recognise
I am responsible for my decisions and actions
and be willing to accept
the consequences they bring.

I know I am the one
who will answer for my every action,
and will profit or suffer accordingly.

Therefore, before every important decision,
I ask myself:
What ought to be done for me?
Will it injure myself or others?
Is this in accord with my beliefs and goals?
Is it in alignment with reality as I see it?
Am I willing to fully accept the consequences?

To be truly free and to grow in self-esteem,
I must not give up my growth,
pursuit of fulfilment or happiness to anyone.

I choose to treat myself with dignity
and proceed to move toward full love,
 wisdom, freedom and joy,
knowing I am the authority over me.

Author Unknown

Action:

• Be true to you
• Be 100% responsible for your life
• Recognise me as important
• Be free
• Move forward

Thank you and I look forward to sharing more tips, strategies and skills to support you to be more organised so that you too can create a better life.

“Be an inspiration to yourself and

you will be an inspiration to others.”

Taking Responsibility

Every day events occur in our household, in our neighbourhood, in our state, in our country, in the world that may affect our outlook for the day. They may affect our mood, and they may affect how we react to other people. It can be as trivial as someone in the family racing out the door and not saying goodbye; it could be a world event like a tsunami that makes us grieve for the loss that other people are going through.

We need to understand that we can’t control what occurs in the world, we can’t control political events, and we can’t control interest rates; what we can control is how we react to these situations. It’s about the decisions you make and accepting responsibility for the consequences of those decisions.

Perhaps we aren’t achieving what we would like to achieve in our life because of who controls or influences our life. It may be others, such as:

• Your parents
• Your partner
• Your children
• Your boss
• Your work colleagues
• The government
• World events
• The driver who cut you off in traffic today
• The queue at the supermarket

By allowing circumstances, events and words to affect us in a negative way, we’re passing control of our thoughts, mood, and experiences onto other people who are out of our control. When this occurs, we’re living a reactive life. The benefit of letting others control us is that we have someone else to blame – that lets us off the hook.

The alternative action is that we could take responsibility for our self.

Empower yourself in three steps:

Making the choice to be in control can be empowering you only need to control yourself. So here are the steps:

1. Recognise that you have the power to choose how you react to a situation
2. Recognise when you are not taking responsibility for your life
3. Practise stopping yourself when you are letting others control you and take responsibility

This is a new behaviour so practise is really important.

If you don’t run your own life, someone else will

John Atkinson

You can choose to take responsibility for your life.

Thank you and I look forward to sharing more tips, strategies and skills to support you to be more organised so that you too can create a better life.

“Be an inspiration to yourself and

you will be an inspiration to others.”