I decided to some personal growth techniques which I learned about when I went through a personal development seminar in around 2006. Since November though, I already started doing daily goals which I write on index cards. It's a good way to journal and create baby steps towards your bigger goals but it did seem I was just doing it for the sake of doing it. I stepped it up a bit at the start of the year by making more concrete goals. Not really grand what is your dream type of goals but small achievable but not quite easy goals because it does change your routine. I actually achieved my 1st goal which was to get myself an electric bike. Because of the traffic and the hassle of lugging around a car, I felt getting an electric folding bike help me expand my experience of the city. It will help me go around and wiz through traffic and give me a different perspective. My other little goals were to go a place I've always wanted to visit like museums and travel to visit some friends. I believed achieving these little goals would help me create the bigger goals.
Sadly 2020 had other plans. Not just for me, but for the whole world. The world was forced to stop due to the pandemic. As I was absorbing the situation I looked for things to do and fortunately a lot webinars were being offered and I decided to join those that interested me. I came across a post by a Facebook friend about a personal coaching session. Here is where I met William Hitzke.
When I first entered the room and realized it was a small group, my first instinct was to get out quick but fortunately I didn't. When I stayed I just committed myself for the full 12 sessions. William was starting his personal coaching journey and just like any long trip it starts with the first step. This group was his first step. Having gone through personal development seminars before I knew what I was getting into but unsure of what I would get out of it.
Coincidentally, this is not the first time I was in a "test" group. A friend of mine who is now a successful personal and corporate coach offered to coach me as well. That was the better deal though since it was one one one coaching. Sadly, the better deal wasn't that good. I found myself comparing this experience against that. The meditation process and the teachings William shared were very helpful and can easily be done even after the coaching sessions are long over. His openness and acceptance to everyone was also felt even though we were a group separated by oceans and only connected via the internet. I felt the strength of his coaching was most tangible as the session were closing because the strangers that started sharing in the beginning were opening the hearts as the sessions were ending. It became harder to leave the sessions because we wanted to hangout a bit longer.
As we were stuck in this quarantine, William us an opportunity to journey within ourselves, our past, our present and the future we are about to create. It taught us to live in the present and use it to propel ourselves one step at a time to a future that we envision. I do not wish to go much into the process since it's best that a person goes through it with an open mind and and coach like William Hitzke would be your best guide through it.
Be still, be kind, be patient, be grateful. Love and be loved. Take it one day at a time. We will all come out of this together. Just believe and have FAITH.
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