03/08/2026
Tuesday: The Stories We Tell Ourselves
For years, I told myself I hated Mondays.
Eventually… I believed it.
I’d dread Monday before it had even arrived, and by Tuesday I’d be saying to myself,
“Right… you’ve just got to get on with it now.”
That became my pattern.
But Mondays weren’t the only story I was telling myself.
“I’m not clever enough to go to college.”
“I have to work a 9 to 5.”
“I’m not good enough.”
The strange thing is…
I never stopped to ask myself if any of those stories were actually true.
I simply accepted them.
Until one day, I didn’t.
At 39 years old, I walked into college as a mature student.
I qualified in massage therapies.
I built my own business.
And that’s when I realised…
It wasn’t my ability that had been holding me back.
It was the story I’d been telling myself.
Sometimes the biggest thing standing between us and the life we want isn’t our circumstances.
It’s the sentence we’ve repeated in our own head for years.
So today I’d love you to think about one thing…
What story are you telling yourself? ❤️ you