🧭How to stay resilient during difficult seasons

Sniff sniff….y’all smell that?…..

Yeah…that’s the madness comin’ for ya…March Madness, that is.

One thing is for certain…

It sure is hard to beat college basketball being on TV nonstop for four straight days during opening weekend.

Best of luck to those who celebrate the Madness that is March and are filling out brackets this week.

As for me and my house….GO HEELS.

Stay Ready,
C

Now let’s get to it ⬇️⬇️⬇️

As a man, a husband, and a father of three, this is probably one of the greatest attributes I desire to embody as part of who I am—a man who is courageous in crisis.

What a powerful image of our wives and our kids looking at us during difficult seasons, knowing we will not shy away from hard conversations, feeling painful emotions, or taking actions that are in direct opposition to our selfish nature.

Don’t get me wrong, there will be times when we need others to stand in the gap for us and bring us through. We aren’t immune to that.

Thus the importance of connecting with a community of fortified men who are like-minded in this endeavor becomes paramount!

Here’s the punch line: we have to get comfortable being uncomfortable.

So whether the difficulty is financial, marital, parenting, workplace, spiritual, etc., the only way out is to do the opposite of what we feel like and face it head-on.

How else will we build that muscle?

A fitness coach once told me to create as much friction as possible between you and any negative habit.

Inversely, decrease as much friction as possible for habits you want to start.

This is a pretty simple concept, but as I audit my life and areas where I may be developing some negative habits or want to start new positive habits, friction can be a powerful catalyst.

Turn your smartphone screen to grayscale. 

Our church has been engaging in a Digital Fast this Lent season and the whole idea is to make your smartphone dumb - going from distraction to purely utility. You can read more at the link above on some ways to do that, but one of them is to change your screen to grayscale.

Another way is to turn notifications off (the time-sucking apps at least). While turning those off has helped me in the effort to eliminate distraction, taking the color out of my pocket has been way more of a game-changer.

It has been remarkable to see how the desire to reach for my phone has decreased because of this one small change which has had a ripple effect in being more present at home and work.

Try it and let me know what you think!

iPhone:
1. Select Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Color Filters.
2. Toggle Color Filters on and select Grayscale.

Android:
1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Visibility enhancements to open the color adjustment options menu.
2. Scroll and tap down Grayscale.

That’s it and that’s all, folks!

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