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!
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Sunday, March 22, 2015
MaXIMIze - Moving Toward Your Vision
This week I've been reading Julia Cameron's book The Right to Write, and many of her exercises resonate with the subject of this post.
One of them in particular, in her chapter on Integrating, is taking 15 minutes to write out a 25-item wish list.
Another one is in her chapter on Connection and it entails taking 30 minutes and letting your "…Younger Self speak to you of its wishes, hopes, thoughts, concerns, and dreams."
And the final one I'll touch on for this post is from her chapter on Valuing Our Experience, which is listing 50 things you are proud of - nothing is too small or too large for this list.
Doing exercises like these can help clarify what is important in your life.
As the saying goes, "the unexamined life is not worth living."
If you are a long-time follower of my blogging efforts, you know this is a theme I touch on again and again. In 2013, I focused it on finding your passion. In 2014, we started with looking at the various parts of life and asking specific questions.
As you gain clarity of vision through this process, I recommend you create a Manifestation Board.
As I explain in a post from February 2014, there is a vast difference between the word "vision" and the word "manifest."
Vision - envision; to picture to oneself
Manifest - to make certain by showing or displaying
So, once you've done all this introspective work, it's time to get extrospective and manifest your clarity by finding things - pictures, words, objects - to use as icons to represent what achieving your goals and dreams will look like in your life.
If you keep your vision, your path, in front of you in a concrete manner, you are more likely to achieve your dreams and live your best life now!
If you have a Manifestation Board you'd like to share, please post photos to my Facebook page.
Next week, I'll share a TEDx talk on planning and riff on that.
Next month, we'll discuss the financial room of our house, based in part on pieces of wisdom from Suze Orman.
Until next time, focus on Manifesting your best life now, and Namaste!
One of them in particular, in her chapter on Integrating, is taking 15 minutes to write out a 25-item wish list.
Another one is in her chapter on Connection and it entails taking 30 minutes and letting your "…Younger Self speak to you of its wishes, hopes, thoughts, concerns, and dreams."
And the final one I'll touch on for this post is from her chapter on Valuing Our Experience, which is listing 50 things you are proud of - nothing is too small or too large for this list.
Doing exercises like these can help clarify what is important in your life.
As the saying goes, "the unexamined life is not worth living."
If you are a long-time follower of my blogging efforts, you know this is a theme I touch on again and again. In 2013, I focused it on finding your passion. In 2014, we started with looking at the various parts of life and asking specific questions.
As you gain clarity of vision through this process, I recommend you create a Manifestation Board.
As I explain in a post from February 2014, there is a vast difference between the word "vision" and the word "manifest."
Vision - envision; to picture to oneself
Manifest - to make certain by showing or displaying
So, once you've done all this introspective work, it's time to get extrospective and manifest your clarity by finding things - pictures, words, objects - to use as icons to represent what achieving your goals and dreams will look like in your life.
If you keep your vision, your path, in front of you in a concrete manner, you are more likely to achieve your dreams and live your best life now!
If you have a Manifestation Board you'd like to share, please post photos to my Facebook page.
Next week, I'll share a TEDx talk on planning and riff on that.
Next month, we'll discuss the financial room of our house, based in part on pieces of wisdom from Suze Orman.
Until next time, focus on Manifesting your best life now, and Namaste!
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