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6 Steps to A Life You Love - Step 0- Create space! And 11 ways to do that - Live a Life You Love
6 Steps to A Life You Love - Step 0- Create space! And 11 ways to do that - Live a Life You Love
6 Steps to A Life You Love - Step 0- Create space! And 11 ways to do that - Live a Life You Love
Lockdown (2)
currently contemplating? New year (6)
Whatever it is: It won’t happen unless you focus your energy, time and Notes from self-isolation
(7)
attention on bringing it about.
Overcoming challenge
It might take you a little while to gear up to making your change. That’s ok – (6)
no need to feel inadequate about it. (But if you do, this post will help.) Overcoming excuses (4)
Transformation (3)
If you fancy finding out how ready you are for your
Turning or being 50 (4)
change, why not take my fun little quiz
quiz??
Valentine's Day (1)
And receive your very own Life Change Catalyst tool
Yoga (1)
to ease your change forward. Free.
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Once you are ready and have decided to go for it, there is one vital element Living through unease
you’ll need first and foremost, if you want your change to really happen. and crises in your fifties
And your change will have nowhere to fall into, nowhere to be and Freedom – Notes from
happen in your life. Lockdown
The space you’re creating for your change is so vital, because, really, it is:
It is absolutely necessary!
No time?
2. Say no, stop or let go: Time is a finite resource – we all have 24 hours
each day, and some of that time we need to spend sleeping and resting.
When we’ve got no space in our life, it feels like a computer hard drive that’s
full. In order to free up space, we need to delete stuff. So, decide how much
time you want to create for your change. What can you say no to, stop or let
go for the time being, in order to free up that time? Then say no to that, stop
it or let it go.
3. Set priorities: At any given time in our life, there is a multitude of things
vying for our time and attention. It’s simply impossible to do them all – and
we get very stressed if we try to! So decide: Which are the 3 most important
things for you to do this week, or today? They’ll stay on your agenda.
(Hopefully, your change is one of them!) Then which are the 3 least
:
important things for you to do? In fact, which are time-wasters,
unnecessary, and not helping you go where you want to go? Those are the
ones you stop or let go of!
Want to make it more fun, and make sure you stick to the allocated time?
5. Empty your thoughts into a journal: Write them all down in one
continuous text. Don’t think, don’t analyse, don’t censor, don’t try to make
perfect sentences, don’t correct anything. Just pour it all onto the page, and
don’t stop until it’s all out. If it’s something you want to let go or release, and
you like the idea of a ritual to help you do that, you could even write it on
lose pages, then burn them (in a safe place!) and scatter the ashes in your
garden.
6. Pour your thoughts into the earth: This is from a yoga class. You lie
down on the floor, perhaps on a mat or a blanket. Relax, imagining you’re
:
lying on sand, and the weight of your body is making an imprint on it.
Become aware of the back surface of your body where it meets the ground:
The back of your head, shoulders, pelvis, calves, heels. Then focus again on
the back of your head, and imagine all the busy thoughts are draining out of
there, and pouring into the earth beneath you. Let them flow out until there’s
none left, then notice how your mind feels (and your body!)
8. Stop and step back: This is the only thing that will help when we are
running to stand still, and feeling so frazzled we can’t think straight anymore.
Take a break. And step back from the thick of it – literally and metaphorically
put space between you and the constant busy-ness. Get away on a holiday,
or a short break. Engage with your family or friends. Sleep on it. Or simply
imagine looking at your busy life from further and further away, until you’re
looking down at it from a mountain top, or from space. What does it look
like from there? If you can’t get away at all, just simply looking up at the sky
for a few minutes, or taking a brisk walk around the block, will create a tiny
oasis of space.
Whatever you choose to do: The important thing is that, in the flood of
tasks, activities, responsibilities, and ‘life stuff’ that comes at us, as your first
step, you create a space in which your change can actually happen.
Then what?
So you’ve created the space your change needs… and now what?
Hop over to my next post in this series – 6 Steps to a Life You Love, My
Ultimate How To Guide to Changing Your Life – Step 1: Look back before
:
moving forward
I specialise in working with people who are at crossroads and don’t know
what they want to do next in their life. You don’t have to know what you
want, in order to work with me.
Indeed, I can help you explore and find out what that is, and then make the
changes you need, in order to move into a life you want and love. All with
more ease than if you were to do it on your own. I will guide you through
my 6 Steps to a Life You Love process – tailored to you. Giving you the
space for your change.
So you can stress less and move forward in your life – at your own pace!
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Jacqueline Reed
6th March 2016 at 9:13 am
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Monica Castenetto
7th March 2016 at 9:29 pm
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Monica Castenetto
7th March 2016 at 9:24 pm
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:
Thanks very much for your feedback, Frankie – much
appreciated!
Really like this post – arrived at just the right moment for me, at the
end of the week, on a phased return to work, aware I could be
falling into the old traps of doing too much there and using my
energy that way, rather than having some left for me. I need space
but struggle to find it. Food for thought for the next few weeks . Will
return to it often.
Monica Castenetto
7th March 2016 at 9:23 pm
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