12/16/2025
I was looking through some old blog posts and found this. I have felt the same way recently. The business have grown since I wrote this, but I still get stuck, particularly in creating content. But I am much better skilled at moving through the stuck state!
"I have been very busy lately working on my new business. That busyness has made it hard for me to get my mind to the place it needs to be to write. . I have been trying hard to come up with an idea to write about for my blog. The harder I try, the tougher it is to keep my mind open to the possibilities. This morning, as I was thinking that I need to come up with something , I had a breakthrough! I decided to write about being stuck.
It is a pretty common occurrence as equestrians to get so caught up the final product and goals of riding that times of plateaus make you feel stuck and frustrated. You begin to think you are going nowhere and making no progress. Yet, that is the time of much of our learning. You struggle with mistakes and your wheels can spin but when you stay in action and keep trying new things, eventually you learn what will move you forward. Then the breakthroughs occur.
As I am writing this I am feeling my mind and thoughts begin to flow as I am getting unstuck. I am also being compassionate with myself and remembering all of the other things I have been busy doing. I may not have been writing, but I have been learning and doing new things. When we feel stuck in one place it is easy to ignore the progress we have made in other areas. By taking action to begin writing this article, I am moving forward. I have stopped waiting for the perfect article to take form in my mind. Instead, I just started writing and let go of the outcome.
Remember that when you get to that place in your riding where you think out are going nowhere. Just show up, be in the moment, take action, keep doing and pay attention to the lessons that are happening. Eventually you will get to the other side of feeling stuck!
