January 15, 2022 by Molly Patrick<\/p>\n
Wowsers!<\/p>\n
It’s been a doozy of a week.<\/p>\n
We were four days away from launching the big new thing we’ve been working on for months, and at the last minute, I made the decision to postpone the launch.<\/p>\n
Here’s what I was reminded of this week:<\/p>\n
When you’re not afraid to feel an emotion, it frees you to make the best choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n Even as I was bulldozing through, I knew postponing was the best choice. Yet, I kept pushing forward.<\/p>\n Why?<\/p>\n Because I didn’t want to let down our subscribers or go back on my word.<\/em><\/p>\n Why?<\/p>\n Because I didn’t want to feel embarrassed. I didn’t want to feel inadequate. I didn’t want to feel disappointment.<\/em><\/p>\n But then I remembered: I can feel difficult emotions and be okay.<\/p>\n I can feel the vulnerability of embarrassment and go on about my day<\/em>.<\/p>\n I can feel the sting of inadequacy and not make it mean anything about me<\/em>.<\/p>\n I can feel the hollowness of disappointment without anything bad happening<\/em>.<\/p>\n When we’re not afraid of feeling an emotion, we make choices from a much more powerful place because protecting our feelings isn’t factored into the decision<\/em>.<\/p>\n When I stopped fearing unpleasant emotions, it was clear:<\/p>\nMy team needed me to pause. So with love, I paused.<\/p>\n And nothing terrible happened.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you’re trying to make a tough decision right now, ask yourself, what would you choose if you weren’t afraid of feeling an emotion?<\/p>\n I’ll leave you with that and wish you a wonderful weekend.<\/p>\n\t Get the weekly Sweary Saturday Love Letter like what you’ve read above<\/p>\n\t Written by ex-boozer and ex-smoker, Molly Patrick that will help you eat more plants while throwing perfection down the garbage disposal.<\/p>\n\t Previous Sweary Saturday Newsletters<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Facebook\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Email\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on WhatsApp\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Linkedin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t SIGN UP BELOW<\/p>\n\t Not for those offended by the F word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":77190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nI needed me to pause.
\nAnd whether they knew it or not, our subscribers and future subscribers needed me to pause.\n