MaXIMIze - Fall has Fallen - Harvest Time

Fall has fallen. A new season is upon us. Time to regroup, see what we've harvested for the year, and start to plan for next year.

Time for me to pull out those coaching tools and get them moving again.

Time to set achievable goals.

Time to invest in ourselves and where we want to be by this time next year, the year after, five years out, and so on.

For myself, I am looking at being retirement eligible in three years. Will I want to retire then? If so, what will I need to do between now and then in order to be truly able to retire and move on to the next phase of life? What will retirement look like - what will I do with my time, where will I live, what goals will I pursue?

What is coming up in your life that you need to pause and think about?

This is a good time to pull out those Manifestation Boards and re-evaluate them. For more on those, see the post from March 2016 here.

Also a good time to re-evaluate your satisfaction level, on a scale from 1-10, in the six areas of your life from the Circle of Perception: career, relationships, physical, spiritual and overall well-being, and finances. If any area is below an 8, what needs to change to increase the satisfaction level there? What are some achievable goals you can strive for in the next month, 3 months, 6 months, year to get there?

Fall is a time for harvest and reflection. As we move into the holiday season, it is also a time for gratitude and extreme self-care.

Lots to contemplate, so I will close for now.

Until next time, Namaste!

MaXIMIze - Eating the Elephant in the Room

Another two months gone since I last posted...this has been a very fallow year for my writing, which is okay. We all have peaks and valleys and elephants that appear who need to be eaten...

What is your elephant in the room?

One of mine is that I'm tired of renting and want my own home again, one that I can decorate any way I want and where I can plant a garden and not worry about having too much stuff to move when it comes time to do so.

The bigger one, and the one that I can do something about right here, right now, is that I've lost my creative drive somewhere - I have all these great ideas to pursue, books with my blog posts on certain topics in them, books of fairytales with talismans, fetishes if you like, touchstones even, to reinvigorate one's belief in oneself, one's knowledge, one's intuition - I know I should just suck it up, buttercup, and start putting one foot in front of the other and keep moving down the path instead of taking one small, shaking step and halting.

It's like the hiking we just did - one step in front of the other until you reach your destination and see what it is you came to see.

Sometimes I feel like I've taken too long of a break to ever start again, and then I read something and CLICK - I can begin again and move forward from right where I am.

So, what steps are you taking to begin again and move forward with your dreams and ideas?

Until next time, Namaste!