Take a moment to ask yourself these six questions:
What is currently stopping you from being happy?
Write down exactly what is stopping you – from the daily (worried about money and rent to pay etc) to your mindset (not feeling worthy or good enough). Identification is the first step in overcoming these feelings.
If you were completely free for the day what would you do?
Would it be cooking a delicious lunch and catching up with friends or spending the day alone recharging and reading? This will give you an insight into what activities revive you and what you should aim to incorporate more of in your day to day life.
Are you a morning person or night owl?
Most people are one or the other – embrace it! Make sure to schedule creative activities that work with your natural timings and consign the more mundane when you are slower. Morning birds should start on creating first thing and keep any admin tasks for the sluggish afternoon whereas night owls would do best to start their day with the general tasks and keep later on free for when the creative juices start flowing.
What would your 80-year-old self-tell you to make time for?
Do you love to travel? Spend time with friends? Meditate in nature? Dance? Whatever it is make sure you incorporate it into your day/ week / life. Life is too short to not enjoy it. Another plus is you will come back to work revived and more productive as result – win / win!
How do you make the Universe a better place?
Whether this is by giving your time to others, looking after the environment or creating a service that helps others – always have the bigger picture of the Universe in your mind. It can be so easy to get tied down with the minute details of life however we should all endeavour to leave this world a better place than when we arrived.
What fills you with joy?
This should be a split-second answer – whatever it is endeavour to do more of it! It doesn’t necessarily have to be your full-time job but make sure you make time to do it – listen to your 80-year-old self!
When we take the time to ask ourselves these questions it gives us the opportunity to see where we are heading and if it is not in the right direction then a chance to change course to become more aligned with who we are and where we want to be.
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