Today’s success tip comes from Stephanie Williams.
After watching a live performance of the Australian Ballet Company at the age of 11, Stephanie Williams realised her deep passion for dance. She has since competed overseas and now studies at the Australian Ballet School.
What do you do to pick yourself up when you’re feeling down?
Ballet is not only taxing on your body, it can also play quite heavily on your emotions. Through happiness, disappointment and mental anguish my love for dance has always helped to guide me.
Over the years I have experienced every emotion possible, but sometimes the moments of extreme despair are not a result of outside experiences. Because of my perfectionist nature I can be extremely hard on myself, which results in a destructive mental attitude that is horrible to experience. I now know that there is a definite line between working hard and being too hard on myself. I had to learn this through personal experience and have found that when I trust myself and my abilities I can ensure that I stay positive every step of the way.
Whenever I do find myself feeling down I will read inspirational quotes that I have collected over the years. This always helps to put everything back into perspective. I have also always had my family around me for support and to help pick me up when I’m down. It always helps to have people to talk to because bottling thoughts and feelings up is extremely unhealthy. And often I will put my music on and dance. Despite the fact that I may have been scorned by an experience to do with ballet, I am at my happiest when I’m dancing and find that this always helps me to feel better.
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