Ep. 375 - Roadblocks

Have you ever hit a plateau or even found yourself moving backwards in your personal development journey?  

That’s right – sometimes we encounter roadblocks in our path towards personal development.

It’s normal and it’s natural.  Like many other situations in life, how we respond is what matters.

I’d like to look at the idea of “roadblocks” through a bit of an analytical lens.

You see, once we’ve accepted our plateau or our backwards progress, we begin to again move forward.

Acceptance.

One of the first things I think about when it comes to the word “acceptance” and it’s use is the serenity prayer.  The Serenity Prayer is a prayer written by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. It is commonly quoted as: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Wikipedia

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Discussion Links:

Ep. 283 - Tobacco Withdrawal (Day 1)

Ep. 292 - ADDICTION (and a Tobacco Withdrawal Update - Day 13)

Ep. 373 - I'm a LIAR...and an ADDICT

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Well, hi there. Have you ever hit a plateau or even found yourself moving backwards in your personal development journey? I know I have, and that's what we're going to talk about today. Welcome back to another episode of the All Around Growth Podcast. My name is Rob Kaiser and I am your host. Today is Monday, July 11th. This is episode number 375 of a show that provides insight and tools to build the life and homestead of your dreams. And that's right, today's episode is titled Roadblocks. And yeah, guys, sometimes we encounter roadblocks in our path towards personal development. Sometimes we encounter roadblocks in life. And if you're listening to this show, personal development is part of your life, just like many of the other facets in life. And when we encounter roadblocks in life, roadblocks in our path towards personal development, it's normal, it's natural, and like many other situations in life, how we respond is what matters. So I'd like to look at the idea of roadblocks through a bit of an analytical lens. And you see, once we've accepted this plateau where we're at, and this backwards progress that we are making, we can begin to again move forward. Acceptance. Now one of the one of the first things I think about when it comes to the word acceptance and its use is the serenity prayer. Now the serenity prayer is a prayer that was written by the American theologian Reinhold Niever. It is commonly quoted as God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. So we accept what we can't change, we change what we can, and we seek the wisdom to differentiate, right? And when we encounter roadblocks, sometimes it's best to take some time to step back and assess the situation. And that gives us some time to first accept the fact that we've encountered some roadblocks in the first place. Secondly, we can take some time to assemble the best, or perhaps the first course of action to take in order to deal with said roadblocks. So we begin with acceptance and we continue with action. And acceptance also makes me think of the five stages of grief model, or the Kubler-Ross model, which states that those experiencing grief go through a series of five emotions: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Now grief is certainly something that's experienced with stress and loss. And loss can be experienced in several ways, and that feeling that that feeling of loss can contribute to this plateau in personal development. And if we ride that plateau long enough, we will experience a decline in our personal development. We begin to lose traction and progress that we've made. However, we've already understood that we can move forward, right? Acceptance and action. Now, personally, a big roadblock I've encountered in life comes under the guise of addiction. I often don't want to see this as a roadblock for what it is, because that means I have to look in the mirror. Right? It's easy for me to see the addict as someone else. Alright. It's easy for me to see the addict as the woman on the corner near target with the cardboard sign looking down at the ground. As I wait to turn left and avoid eye contact with her. It's easy for me to see the addict as the guy at the off-ramp hounding me for change. Or the person with their shopping cart and the tarp. It's easy for me to see everyone else as the addict or someone with the problem, but I don't want to often see that in myself. But I can't help but talk about this with regard to personal development because that's part of where this show's at, and that's where I'm at. And, you know, quite frankly, guys, it's been almost three weeks since the last show. And I went dark with very little explanation. And it wasn't so much with very little explanation. The um one of the last shows, episode number 373, was called I'm a Liar and an Addict. And I went cold turkey off the nicotine, and that forced me to address some demons. And this uh this over the past three weeks and kind of going dark and spending a bit of time in some in in some solitude, if you will. That's that's that's exactly what I've been doing in order to address some of these roadblocks, doing a lot of thinking about addiction. And some of the ways I've dealt with this cold turkey exiting of nicotine from my system is uh they just really haven't been healthy, so I'm I'm looking at that as well. And um, you know, we will be talking about all of that as time goes on. Because quite frankly, guys, that's in large part what we've talked about in the show up to this point. However, yeah, before we go in a little bit of a different direction, for those of you who had made this show a part of your routine, my apologies. I know that you guys kind of were aware of what was happening, at least those of you in the telegram chat. But for those of you out there who aren't in the telegram chat and listen to this show again, I'm I apologize for the inconsistency. I'm glad to be back recording in the mornings, and I look forward to tomorrow. And this is where we're gonna mix things up a little bit. We're gonna be discussing the topic of family, and I will begin with an interview of some sort. Now, I understand that podcasts are frequently a bit more interesting when there are interviews on the show, and this is something that I've thought a lot about, something that I'd like to do more of, but you know, I'm a bit of a simpleton. I record this show on my phone with a simple lapel mic, and was doing so in my truck for a couple of years. A year and a half. And um it's time to move on, and it's time to grow, and it's time to figure something out. So tomorrow I'll have an interview for you. It will either be with my father or both my mom and my dad. I'm not quite sure how to do this, but my verbal commitment today is a bit of a motivator for me to make this happen, to continue taking the show in a different direction, and to provide you with some different content and also expand on what is happening here on the homestead and to further the documentation process that is already taking place. So, with that, guys, that's a short episode for today, but I'm happy to be back. I ask your forgiveness for the delay over the past three weeks, and I look forward to the rest of the day today. What we've got for tomorrow, and uh look forward to uh catching you in the chat. T.me slash all around growth guys. Feedback is welcome, allaroundgrowth at gmail.com. Have a wonderful day and a wonderful week. This is Rob Kaiser, and thank you.