We are all creatures of habit. It’s easy to fall into routine, going on autopilot, and maybe that works for you. If so, then skip this post because this is all about empowering ourselves, getting off autopilot, and jumping into life with conscious, sometimes messy, baby steps (think actions) that ultimately lead us into the change we desire.
Yes, we all want to craft our future but to get there we need to work on crafting our Now. And guess what, with 3 ways to jump start your NOW you can start now.
1. Get Real With Yourself – Clarity
“What do I need to know about myself, that I don’t know, that I need to know?”
Getting off autopilot takes some internal focus – basically getting real with the person that counts – and that’s YOU.
Practicing truth, not the stories you weave to keep you feeling safe, real truth (feel into it and sometimes this is scary) will wake you up to your optimal path as well as to what’s keeping you stuck. Your beliefs and what you focus on should not cost you power or hold you back, instead staying in your truth brings you back to YOU.
Ask yourself, “what’s motivating me to do ____?” and “show me what I need to know?” Spend some time here, and trust me, your intuition, the Universe, God, however you language it, will speak to you loud and clear. You will know exactly what you need to do. Then the next step is up to you.
2. Be Gentle With Yourself – Compassion
Feeling overwhelmed? Too much coming at you too fast? My darling, that’s fear trying to take you down. Here’s the messy, thrilling bit: your fearful thoughts do not define you or your path. Have compassion for your beautiful self and give yourself a pause. Breathe and say a prayer. Be kind to yourself recognizing you didn’t get to where you are overnight and making changes won’t happen overnight either. Instead, with kindness and love, grant yourself the grace to be a human in training and know you can do this a little bit at a time.
“I’m afraid, I don’t have courage to do this, get me out of this. I don’t care what you have to do.”
Soul prayer of surrender. Step away and watch God create miracles in your life.
3. You Can Do It – Courage
Change takes courage. It doesn’t matter what it is. But as humans in training we sometimes want to bypass our bumpy, uncomfortable growth periods jumping straight into what we think we must have instead of doing the work to get to what God has in store for us. Remember when we were kids always thinking about how awesome it would be as a grownup? We wanted to fast track. And then when you got there is it as magical as you fantasied?
We do the same thing now, except now we are projecting how fabulous it will be somewhere in the future when I lose weight, get that job, earn x amount of money, fill in the blank, instead of relishing our messy, thrilling present moment and working courageously through the discomfort. Because many times the best part of getting to what we want is how we got to there. Its the journey and like the old adage says it all starts with a first step.
And sometimes that first step is the hardest. But, as a courageous-thrill-seeker that you are, I know you got this. And I’m here for you too. Reach out if you need a cheerleader, a friend or a soul nudge.
Sending you love and happiness.
April, you have such lovely and inspiring thoughts, thank you for sharing them! Happy New Year to you!
Hi! Thank you…I’m trying to practice what I write and its a journey. For some reason your posts get hidden in my feed and I have to go search for them but I LOVE how funny and uplifting your blog is. Sending you lots of love and happiness for the year ahead!
You’re welcome! If you’re like me you made the mistake of following too many blogs…it’s easy for the favorite links to get lost in the emails. I’m happy when people find their way back, whenever it strikes their fancy to do so. I wish you the same – love and happiness and fun in 2020! xx
I needed this post today. I’ve been thinking about pushing the reset button and re-connecting with my spiritual practices. But, thinking is not doing. Thank you for giving me the nudge I need to begin NOW.
Hi Mary – soooo happy to hear that the post resonated with you. I’m sending you lots of positive, joy-filled energy your way to jump start your now! Let me know how it goes. Cheers!