December 30, 2009

You Say Good-Bye, I Say Hello

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2009 was a hellish year. Whether we were dealing with uncertainty at work, in our pocketbooks or at home, 2009 seemed a tumultuous year for almost everyone I know. Personally, I’m glad to be seeing it go, but not without some reflection, of course, on the things I experienced and learned from it.

My only resolution in 2009 was to love myself unconditionally. On a scale from 1 to 10, I’d give myself a 7 for my work this year. There were some periodic ups and downs, but from where I started, I think a 7 is an amazing accomplishment!

Some of the areas that my resolution really helped me to develop in were career and health.

I started off the year with uncertainty at my workplace. The old me would have told myself that I was somehow to blame due to the quality of my work, even though everything I knew and believed told me otherwise. Instead, thanks to my study of Field Theory at The Field Center, what I learned to do was change my mind. I changed worry and blame to alignment on the truth. The truth was that I’ve wanted to work from home for some time and the Universe (or Field) was just trying to give me that. As soon as I changed my mind, my career path became clear and I was offered a position working from home.

Being patient and caring with myself is also what led me to lose over 20 pounds this year. Slow and steady wins the race… I have a little over 10 more pounds to go to win this race, but without the space I’ve given myself to lose this weight in my own time, I surely would have given up by now.

2010 will involve much of the same work for me – unconditionally loving myself and using my Field Training to bring alignment into more aspects of my life.

I wish you all the same for a Happy New Year!

 

December 30, 2009

Quote of the Day

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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.

~ Seneca

 

December 2, 2009

Where Do I Begin?

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Sometimes there is so much going on that I don’t even know where to start. What usually happens next is absolutely nothing. I end up not being productive at all and getting bored in the process.

To make matters worse, I start thinking about how I’m not doing anything and what’s wrong with me and blah blah blah.

Next I take my side in this and say, “you work so hard, you deserve a break” or “I’ll get it done another time” or some other handy excuse.

Before I know it, I’m in the middle of my own philosophical argument and – surprise! – still not accomplishing anything.

I find it’s less a matter of where to start, but when. If I decide to start now, I will find a place. But if I get so caught up in where to begin, five hours will go by in a flash and I’ll be drained from the mental effort of simply being overwhelmed.

If you’re with me, then close your eyes, take a deep breath and open your eyes. Start there. Start now.

 

November 18, 2009

The Days Are Long

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Have you heard the expression, “the days are long, but the years are short”? I’ve been thinking about it a lot recently… especially with the hours of daylight dwindling. When I leave for work in the dark and come home in the dark, the days don’t seem long at all. Except I’ve noticed that when I’m tired, down, drained and someone asks me how I am, I tend to say, “It’s been a long day.”

So, which is it? Long or short?

“Long”… dragging along, lots going on, etc. “Short”… so much great stuff happening that time just flew by.

I say it’s time to turn that around. Let’s have the short days be the rough ones that we are glad to see fade in our rearview mirror. Let’s have the long ones be the good ones that we can wrap around us like a comfy blanket (or Snuggie). Let’s savor little moments, be present, put down the Blackberry, talk to someone, really taste our food, take a moment to laugh. Let’s open our eyes to all the good in our lives.

When someone asks me how my day was, I want to say, “It was wonderful. What a beautifully long day!”

 

October 20, 2009

Scheduling Time for Happiness

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I’m a to do list junkie. Ask anyone that knows me. At any given point in the year I’ve got 3 different lists of goals – short-term, mid-term and long-term. I’ve got a to do list at work, a to do list at home, I even help people make their own lists and teach them how to keep track of them!

The other day, as I was using my lists to create my schedule for the week, it occurred to me that I wasn’t scheduling any time for things that were, well… fun.

I have a tendency to do this. To use the satisfaction of a job well done and the checking off of daily tasks as the stuff that sustains me while I tell myself there will be time for fun when this list of things is complete. I’m sure you can see the problem already? For a person like me, that list of things to do will never be complete. I will always find more to add to it!

So, I’ve been making a point to add something to my list for myself each week. Today it was going for a walk with my dog – a walk that I’ve been promising him we’d go on for much too long to admit. It’s funny. Watching him wade through an ice cold stream, and turn around with his big doggy smile while he waited for me to catch up made me feel much more satisfied than any neat, little check mark would.

And it’s taught me a lesson: it’s important to include things in our daily tasks that are just for ourselves. Things that nurture and sustain our sense of peace and happiness, otherwise, all those check marks will be for naught. Maybe it’s savoring a cup of fresh tea during a moment of silence when the kids are napping, maybe it’s scheduling a much needed mani/pedi. Whatever it is, you’ll thank yourself and so will your lists. You’ll find yourself much more motivated to complete more of the tasks on your list if you feel the benefits of at least one of them instantly.

Happiness? Check.

 

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