{"id":4916,"date":"2022-02-09T17:10:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesterlingstudy.com\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2022-05-19T22:20:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T02:20:53","slug":"being-uncomfortable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesterlingstudy.com\/being-uncomfortable\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Me to You: On Being Uncomfortable"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Do you ever reach a time when you feel stuck, uncomfortable and ready to stop? For me, it\u2019s always around the winter time. The desire to let go, retreat and embrace the art of resting.<\/p>\n

As this year continues, I have been reflecting on my writing process and what I provide to you as a member of my community. As a creator, I naturally love to give content that is meaningful and useful to you. However, I am realizing as I continue to create things, my best work came from letting myself flow.<\/em><\/p>\n

What do I mean by flow? I allowed myself to receive the words and give life to them on this platform. They built as chapters and interwoven stages versus strict, planned guidelines. It\u2019s possibly why I haven\u2019t finished the Class Development series as intended. I find myself further and further away from that focus of writing as I continue to live my life as I intend to you.<\/p>\n

For you, I wanted to ask the following questions for your journaling purposes<\/p>\n

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  1. What portion of your life are you letting things positivity flow into your life?<\/li>\n
  2. What portion of your life are you unnecessarily strict?<\/li>\n
  3. What portion of your life do you feel uncomfortable?<\/li>\n
  4. What portion of your life do you feel tired of?<\/li>\n
  5. Where do you feel you could do better (this or better as my guides have said to me)?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I realize over time when I stop demanding things to come to me immediately that I finally receive what I want. Has this happened to you? I would love to hear your thoughts!<\/p>\n

    As I continue to write, I am returning to creating this content like I did before \u2014 my love letters to you. I began to get too serious with my writing but my love letters are eternal.<\/p>\n

    With love,<\/p>\n

    Sterling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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