We're nearly half way through the January Journaling Jump Start! Who's excited about how their personal reflection & word planning is going? Today I wanted to jump off of the second week of prompts which involve planning who we want to be in 2018. I mentioned in the first JJJS post that I like to focus on how I want to feel versus what I physically/materially want to gain. I find that makes me more successful. So I asked myself this question - what does my best self look like?
It's not about self deprecating words, words that may have a mentally negative impact, or words that tear you down. If you feel uninspired by the words you're using to describe the best you or feel that you can't achieve that version of yourself......try using different words! For example - my best self is skinnier, prettier, has less debt, has better skin. Those words don't inspire action in me. They make me feel that I am failing.
Its about positive, actionable words. Your best self does the actionable things towards those ends. My best self does 10 minutes of yoga in the AM, eats her veggies everyday, maintains her skin care routine, saves $200 each month. These are things that are actionable and positive. These things make me feel successful because I can take action towards those ends each day, week, & month.
This is sort of a hard concept to explain, but I hope it's made a bit of sense! Focusing on the feelings we want to attract to ourselves will give us the inspiration to be those things. Its all about raising our thoughts to meet where we want to be. So if the best you does 10 minutes of yoga in the morning, drinks more water, and eats her veggies....then the best you is also working on her fitness. If the best you purchases one coffee a week, brings her lunch to work, and saves $200 a month.....the best you is also reducing her debt and in control of her finances. The key is to remember how these actions make you feel. You feel more energized, you feel less money stress, etc. How do these small things affect the big things in your life? Little by little, small things add up to big changes. And you have the whole year to see the shift!
That is one thing I need to remember - doing yoga, drinking water, and eating well makes me feel awesome and not lethargic & lazy. I fall out of routine easy because I don't have the end in mind when focusing on the small things! So during the January Journaling Jump Start make sure you're thinking about positive & actionable things and you're keeping the end feeling in mind. Once we get to Week 4 and start to make weekly action steps toward using our word in 3 areas of our life, these little things will be super important!
It's also about being true to yourself. I know a lot of people would suggest not to have limiting beliefs....but I think honesty with yourself is the best policy. An example I can think of is with my blogging/social media goals. If I try to do all the right blogging things - ebooks, newsletters, scheduled social media posts, a curated instagram feed, viral pinterest posts, etc etc - I get burnt out. It feels inauthentic, overwhelming, and I don't feel successful. With that being said, if something makes you feel unsuccessful at a goal, shift your actions, and be authentic to yourself. You can do anything you want to....you just may have to do it your own way. (I feel that a lot of people don't share this...they say 'this is how you do it.' and then you feel down because you aren't doing it that way. I will be the first to tell you that I am a bit slower to catch on to things and I always have to modify. There is nothing wrong with that!)
What small actions in your life make you feel good?
xoxo, Moe
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