Last week was all about asking yourself what you want. The beauty is you can stop and ask yourself this question at any point during the day, during the week, during the month! It’s a great practice to slow down, take a deep breath and check in with yourself before you commit to anything. In the day and age of FOMO, it can be easy to say yes to ALL THE THINGS (I know I’m sure guilty of it...), but at the end of the day, are these yeses in alignment with what you want most for yourself and your life?
What is your vision for your life?
Where are you headed, emotionally, physically, spiritually, mentally?
2020 marks not only the beginning of a new year, but a new decade! What would you like to be different in 2020? In the next decade?
Who would you like to become in the next year? 10 years?
So often, we get stuck in the mundane day-to-day that we forget to take time to reflect on where we’ve been and envision where we’re going.
What are some small action steps you can take to make daily changes that will put you on that trajectory? Any pilot or helmsman will tell you-- a single degree off course can land you far from where you want to be, which is problematic if you’re on that plane or boat, but wildly encouraging if you’re looking to make any kind of change in your life. Nothing fails overnight and nothing succeeds overnight. “We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” Thank you, Aristotle.
Create some space and time to reflect and to dream. Take out a blank sheet of paper and let your thoughts flow on the paper. Your creative juices may flow more freely with a pen and paper than a tablet or screen. Don’t censor yourself! It’s all just information. It is what you choose to do with it that counts.
What are some habits you’d like to cultivate in 2020? (So often, we focus on what we want to subtract from our lives: weight, sugar, alcohol, hitting the snooze button… you name it. Instead of looking at deprivation, what about abundance?) What do you want to add to your life? What feelings would you like to experience? What can you begin doing to cultivate these feelings? What brings you joy?
I’d love to hear your process! What is a one-degree change you can make as we step into this new year? How can you show yourself lots of grace and love as you step into this new unknown? How could this small change amount to so much more for you?