As our world eagerly pushes us back to something more familiar than our current reality I have been coaching a lot around how we take what we learned from the stay-at-home to our next phase of reality.
Many people struggled with the slower pace of life that COVID brought. And yet, here we are weeks later, now seeing and realizing how good a slower pace feels. So many of my clients have expressed the increased joy they have from being with their family more, cooking meals together, and enjoying the simple things of life. And yet, with some them going back to work without a clear picture of the new normal they desire to have allowed them to quickly slip back into past habits and ways of being that were never truly serving them.
So, how do we consciously take what we learned about ourselves, our desired way of living and create a new normal that has these foundational pieces present? How do we pause the habitual responses to life that emerge with such ease and power we don’t even see it happened until after?
We go inward. We get honest. We get clear. We bravely claim the life that most aligns with us. And we make agreements with ourselves and commit to creating a life we love, regardless of how long it takes.
I want to share some simple questions you can ask yourself to help guide you towards greater clarity for how you want to move forward with life. Sometimes just sitting down and answering questions in our journal provides us the perfect next step, the most Diving wisdom, and the encouragement to create and be who we know we are and who we desire to become. Get a journal if you don’t have one yet! Become best friends with it.
Carve out some time for you, make it special. Perhaps have tea, light a candle, turn on some soothing music, get out in nature. Find what feels good for you and gift yourself time to be with yourself because without this we cannot align our lives to our hearts. We must make ourselves a priority no matter how uncomfortable and challenging it may feel as first. Without time for you, you cannot show up as your best self for others. The story of it being selfish or the story of not having enough time are all stories, ways our ego strategically works to keep you right where you are; where the ego is comfortable.
We want you blissfully happy and comfortable. We want you living a life you’re wildly in love with.
Here are the questions to ponder and journal about:
What have I learned about my happiness?
What do I now understand about myself that I didn’t clearly understand before?
What is important to me now?
Who is someone that will still love me if I change my mind or choose to do things my own way?
What do I need to grow within myself now?
What am I ready to let go of? What am I ready to cultivate?
Who is someone who can I can share my new agreements with?
What have I tried to control through all of this? What do I think I might lose if I let go of that control?
A time I let go of control and trusted myself was… and what I gained from that experience is…
What am I grateful for about this time?
Answering those 10 questions will have you feeling empowered, capable, and excited about the next chapter of life. Go slow to go fast… choose one aspect that you’ve come to desire in your life and become the architect you are and design your life around that desire. What can stay and what’s gotta go in order to honor this agreement and commitment? Who can hold you accountable? It’s safe to trust your desires and you deserve a life you love.
I’d love to hear your thoughts about these, some of your answers, and of course any way I can be of service to you as you create a life you love.
Love always,
Annie
