3 Ways You Get Yourself Into Deep Water (And How To Avoid Them)

You did it again!  You're in over your head and you don't know how it happened!

"How did this relationship get so distorted?" 
"Why am I a part of this group?"
"How do I get out of this terrible commitment?"

I believe some of the answers can be found in this story.

A group of people were driving somewhere and they followed a GPS app on their phone to guide them.  The car ended up in a frozen lake because the app told them to drive out on to it.  

As crazy as that sounds, there are reasons why we humans do such silly things.

It could be the same reason YOU find yourself involved in things you wish you weren't!

1.  You take things to literally.

Just like the driver who thought they were doing the right thing by driving out on a frozen lake, we can become blind to our surroundings by letting someone or some thing tell us what we should be doing.  Sometimes the rules and the instructions can only serve as guidelines at best.  I build model kits and sometimes the instructions have a few different options on how to put two pieces together.  Sometimes those pieces are poorly made and don't fit!  You have to be flexible.

2.  You don't plan.

If you don't have a plan for your life, someone else does.  These folks didn't bother to look over their route and spot the obvious problem.  Life can either happen to you or you can make it happen.  Being proactive and talking about your goals is a bit of work.  You have to think!  You have to let go of the things that hold you back, make tough choices about how you spend your money.  Take time to figure out what YOU want to do and everything else will line up.

3.  You ignore that little voice inside.

Call it intuition, call it a nudge, call it the voice of God.  It's there for a reason.  If there are alarm bells, don't drive into the lake!  Take a pause and listen to the inner voice that's saying to you "Hold up!"  There have been people that gave me that feeling right away, but I ignored it.  There have been groups that I should have been more cautious about, but I wasn't.  Just like anything, you have to learn what that little voice sounds like and how to tune it in!

These poor folks had to get their Jeep hauled out of the water and then explain to their insurance company, why they did what they did.

YOU don't have to get into deep water.  You can avoid it.

Stay warm and dry!