Settling In To Who You Are

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Settling in to who you are is not an easy thing.

We live in a world where things move fast, and, never stop moving.

So  we don’t stop moving!

            Settling Into Who I Am

We feel like we have to attack, conquer and finish all the 1,000 things on our To-Do list.  Every day!

It is no wonder we cannot make the space to do the things we love.

We always put what we think we should be doing in front of our desires.

That’s when we start feeling like that hamster running in circles on a wheel that never stops.

My suggestion:

STOP THE DAMN WORLD AND GET OFF!

You do not have to keep up with the Joneses.

Life is so much more rewarding when you begin your day settling into who you are.

You are unique, amazing and chosen.

You are not a carbon copy of any one else.

You move to your own rhythm.

At least you should be dancing to your own music.

That cookie cutter approach to living is why so many people are stressed out the way they are and do not feel good.

We move so much we never stop to check in with our OWN DAMN SELF.

We are not machines.

We are creators!

So….about checking in with yourself.

The moment the alarm clock goes off in the morning, most of us jump straight up, and take off running like our hair is on fire straight into the business of stuff.

I promise there is so much more value in easing into your day.

In checking in with yourself!

In Settling Into Who You Are.

My suggestion:

Decide to make you the most important item on your To-Do List.

Make you your number one priority.

I would devote my first 30 to 40 minutes to myself.

Yes.  I would set my alarm clock to go off 30 to 40 minutes before I have to begin the rest of my day and start with Settling Into Who I Am.

We do have to  make time for what is most important to us.

What could be more important than you?

You take care of everybody and everything.

When do you take care of you?

Who can be more important than you?

Self-care is how to live a rewarding, peaceful, centered, balanced, healthy life.

There are many ways to incorporate self-care into our always busier lives.

The most powerful and effective form of self-care, as I have suggested, is to invest your first 30 to 40 minutes of each day to Settling In To Who You Are.

What should you do with that time?

I’m glad you asked!

Set a timer for 15 or 20 minutes.

I would begin with meditation.

Meditation is the practice of connecting with God, with The Universe, with Your Inner Being, with your Spirit, with your Self.

Sit comfortably for these 15 or 20 minutes and  consciously let go of all thoughts.

You know the thoughts never stop.

They’re usually thoughts about all the stuff we need to do.

Outside thoughts.

Settle In To Who You Are.

It might help you to focus on breathing.  You can’t really focus on breathing and on the outside thoughts at the same time.

You might want to use this meditation time acknowledging your Blessings by giving thanks and appreciation for all the things you have in your life and for all the things that are working out for you.

I feel like you can fill 15 to 20 minutes giving thanks and expressing your appreciation.

Did you wake up this morning?

Start by giving thanks for another day of life.

You may even want to use this meditation time to ask for answers to questions you have.

But be careful, this is not a strategy session!

What we are doing here is opening ourselves us to connecting with our higher power.

Meditation, as simple as it is, ain’t easy at all.  To me.

I’ve been meditating for years and I still can’t consistently keep the thoughts away!

That’s okay.

Even if you connect with the quietness, with God, with the divinity inside your self for only one minute, you reap the benefits of well-being in your life.

Always.

Every time.

Meditation is a powerful practice.

It is still a practice for me.  And I do it every day.

When your alarm goes off signaling the end of your meditation, I would re-set it for another 15 to 20 minutes and use this time to journal.

You can use a $1.00 Composition book from your nearest office supply store.

There are several journaling techniques you can use.

I do a combination of these techniques.

I do what I (and many others) call Stream Of Consciousness Journaling.

Just start writing.

Don’t work about grammar, neatness, or if it makes sense.

Just write.

Many times, especially after coming out of meditation, you will receive answers you have been looking for.  Ideas come through in your writing,  Maybe you explore how you have been feeling.  This is a sacred space to let go and release if you need to.

You can do a Purposeful Meditation.

Bring your agenda here.

Write about what ever is on your mind.

You are free to use this as a strategy session if you choose to.

These are some of the ways I jump start my day.

I make myself my own priority first thing every morning.

I Settle Into Who I Am.

First.

Every day.

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Clutter

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How does what once excited you, over time, become clutter?

How does it lose it’s value?

How does it claim permanence in your life space?

It becomes like a fixture you can’t easily get rid of.

It becomes a reflection of dreams, hopes and ideas that you know in your soul you can make magic with.

But you didn’t.

Yet.

Always hopeful you, still sees the value, even though you haven’t touched some of the stuff in years.

It’s like when your closet and drawers are filled to overflowing with clothes and shoes you haven’t worn in decades.

Yes.

Literally decades.

They don’t fit any more!

Some of them never did.

But still you keep them.

You hang on to them.

Why?

Is it hopefulness?

It’s more often than not, just not facing up to your current reality.

You’ve outgrown the clothes.

The clutter.

Sure they still look good.

But the truth is, they don’t fit you!

There is still value.

Just not to you!

There is no longer any use for what you have been holding on to, especially when you have not touched, them, worn them, used them at all.

How do we release what no longer works?

It ain’t easy!

Especially when you start examining them and your mind fills up with the possibility, the promise of what could be.

Key words.

Could be.

When you’re a glass half full kind of person and you always see what is possible, the dreams and visions you had of what could be come rushing back to the surface.

You start trying things on again to see if they still fit.

They don’t.

You still feel emotionally connected and can’t make yourself move on and get rid of what does not serve any purpose now.

Yes.

Now.

Our mind begins playing games with us telling ourselves that we’ll lose those few inches so we can make the thing fit.

We know we can do it.

Reality check.

The only thing we know is this thing no longer fits.

We’re talking about all of the stuff that no longer fit: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, the people, the places, the situations, the habits, the behaviors.  Everything.

It no longer has a place in our lives.

It has become clutter.

Let her go.

It is taking up valuable space in our life, on our shelf, hanging in our closet, in the bag in the corner, in our drawer where there is now no space for what actually does fit.

How do we accept the fact that it has lost it’s value?

It doesn’t work.

But it still feels comfortable.

But that’s not true.

Every time you look at those piles of paper, you feel heavy because it’s been sitting there so long reminding you of what you have not done yet.

But, there is always yet.

Always hope.

Get over it.

Pick it up.

Look at it.

Ask it, and yourself, how do you fit into my life now?

Often what you will find is just the promise of what it can be one day.

One day is not likely to happen.

Not for this dress.

This information.

This thing.

Let her go.

She has spent more than enough time and space in your life.

She served to get you excited about a possibility about a promise of what could be.

Yet, she just did not fit at the time which is why we carefully placed her aside for safe keeping, where she has sat all this time

All these years.

She still doesn’t fit.

Let her go.

Open up space for who you are now.

For what is working now.

For who you are being now.

Or, for who you really can be now.

Do not allow her to make you feel like you can still make what has not, what will not, work.

You can’t.

You haven’t.

You won’t.

She is a distraction.

She is taking up time, space and energy which does not have a real place in your life.

She was a treasure for a long time.

She is now trash.

It is time to toss the trash.

The beliefs.  The behaviors.  The relationships. Everything that no longer has a place in your life.

Which does not serve you.

Let her go.

Let go of the clutter so you have room and space to breath life into what is working in your life right now.

Let it all go!

Let Go Of What No Longer Works!

Make room for now.

I honestly can not tell you how much more you will accomplish, how much more you will be, because I am right now sitting in the middle of years of clutter, which I know is holding me back from my full greatness, just because of the space and attention it is taking up in my life.

I promise to give you a full report when I can let go of my attachment for all of my what could have been, and just let them go.

Just like the things that are taking up physical space, I just needed to release these heavy thoughts and emotions that no longer serve me, so I can move on.

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