When I was a teenager, I loved saving up money to buy records. You know, albums also known as vinyl. I’m sure I’ve dated myself and will admit that I still have a stash of records in my attic.
There was something about the process of tearing off the plastic wrapper and then slipping the record out carefully from the paper sleeve contained in the cardboard album cover. I would carefully hold the album on either side of its edges and then lay it on my turntable.
Getting the needle on the record without scratching it was a real trick until I upgraded to one of those automatic jobs that would read the speed of the record (yup, they used to come in differing speeds). Once it read the album speed it would make a few sounds and then slowly drop…I was always amazed that it knew precisely where to land so that I wouldn’t miss a beat.
Today of course it’s all about audio files. There’s no need to even buy a CD any longer. You just fork out $.99 per song, wait for the download and press play. You’re, musically speaking, good to go.
It occurred to me that many people are still playing their old inner records and have yet to make the transition to a new, easy-to-access story…
Like a pristine album your story initially has no scratches so it continues to play easily, smoothly. It’s comforting to hear it…even safe. That is, until something happens in your life and you realize you’re stuck. Maybe you struggle with time, money, health or relationships. At some point you come up against a snag in your life that you can’t ignore and you can’t get out of.
Your record now has a scratch. It doesn’t play as smoothly as it once did and now it’s repeating the same limiting verse over and over and over again.
You really only have two choices; keep playing a damaged record (story) or get a new one!
I miss vinyl records but they just don’t work for me anymore. There’s lots of upkeep and the moment one is damaged I don’t have a way to replace it with another vinyl record. So, I happily embrace the new digital age…
The stories you’re telling about your success (or lack of success) may not work anymore. It takes a lot out of you to keep that story alive and the moment it no longer protects you it shows up negatively in your business, in your personal life and in your cells.
Like technology, you can choose to evolve and transition beyond your circumstances creating a new fulfilling story for your life, give yourself plenty of time to process and download that newstory then simply hit play.
Unril next time,
Liz
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As a girl who still has a hefty collection of vinyl, I can relate. As a girl who has worked through an entire collection of old stories – and turned them around – I can also relate.
Unlike the real vinyl, however, our old stories don’t retain any value and should be discarded the minute they are no longer in pristine working order.
Great post Liz!
-Lisa
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