Replying to @landofcoconuts Inventing reasons why you cannot move abroad is a defense mechanism. You are nervous that moving abroad is too big of a step for you to take, so you make up an excuse about why you can’t. BUT, at the same time, you tell everyone you WANT to. Telling people you want to gives you the dopamine rush of excitement of just considering that freedom and safety if you lived abroad. Saying you want to with no substance behind it absolves you of the work or effort it takes to move abroad. At some point the pain of staying stuck will outweigh your discomfort with change. 🆘🇺🇸 #TikTokEncyclopediaContest
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Anytime I see comments like this where someone imposes a rule and then tells themselves that that makes it impossible to get what it is that they want, I call this a closed loop limitation. And this is basically something that I see in every single comment section for all of my videos. Somebody says they want to do this, in this case moving abroad, but they can't because of this. There are three possible solutions to this conundrum. Number one, you can figure out a way to do that thing. In this case, this woman's talking about moving her business, she can figure out a way to move her business. That's option one. Option number two is you can decide that you don't want to move your business anymore because it's not a law that you have to bring your business or do nothing. You can just decide that you're going to give up your business, you could sell your business, you could just decide that it's no longer about the business. And number three, you can decide you're just going to do nothing because that's what you've been doing all along. You're just going to make no decision and by making no decision, you're making a very, very big decision to stay stuck. Those are the three options. Fill in the blank of your scenario and one of these is the solution. You're going to say I want to move abroad, but I can't. You can either figure out how to do it. Two, decide you don't care about that thing anymore since you're the one who made up the limitation in the beginning and just move abroad anyways. Or three, stay absolutely stuck and give up on your dream altogether. Those are the options in every single case. This is a closed loop limitation. You made up that rule. It is not a universe imposed rule. It's all fake. If you don't know me yet, I'm Veronica and I help Americans move abroad. Turns out the number one thing I end up doing in my job is not visa paperwork. It's helping people change their mindset so they can realize they actually can move abroad. You are the one that is standing in your path between being able to move abroad and not move abroad. That's what I end up doing most often. It's just talking to people about their fears and making sure that they understand all of those limitations are self-imposed.
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