MaXIMIze - Harvest - What Are You Harvesting This Year?

As we look at the harvest this fall, what are you harvesting this year? What has changed in your life and what energy did you put out that fostered that change? Did you harvest the crop you thought you planted? If not, why not?

For me, this is the year I achieved financial freedom. I had to make hard choices in order to do so, starting with practicing extreme self-care. I had planted the seeds for this crop nearly two years ago by choosing to track all my expenses in an Excel spreadsheet and only buying the things I truly need. Okay, there were a few wants, however not the binge shopping I used to do. And I even returned things that, once I got them home, didn't fit for whatever reason. I track my grocery purchases to the individual item cost, so I can see where those funds are really going. My diet is probably the healthiest it has ever been - I'm even eating less of the holiday foods coming into the office at this time of year! By doing the hard work to get to this point, I not only achieved financial freedom from debt, but also planned to buy a new car this fall, so I had the funds to do so when my car was deemed a total loss by the insurance company after I got into a fender bender week before last.

I looked back through this year's posts, and found these power words in a post from February: Money means More Opulent Natural Energy - Yeah!

As I look over the areas in my life - finances, career, relationships, spiritual health, physical health, overall well-being - I can see the growth of the seeds I have sown in each of these areas over the last few years, and that growth is amazing!

I can also see the bare spots, the spots where I need a bit more cultivation, fertilizer, and potentially some re-seeding. And that's okay, for it gives me a place to start from when planning next season's plantings.

It is said that the unexamined life is not one worth living. In order to live our best lives now, we need to take the time to review what's going well and what's not going so well in our lives and reflect on what works and what doesn't so we can harvest the gold and toss the dross.

So, have you taken the time to answer the questions I posed in the first paragraph of this post? If not, I challenge you to do so during this time of harvest.

Next week's topic hasn't come to me yet - perhaps something related to fall events - fires and weather and what can happen when the two collide.

Until then, Namaste!