What are your priorities today?
What are your priorities in LIFE? Recently, I created a diagram and flow chart (cuz I'm fun like that!) in my journal that shows the Intertwining Wheel of Contentment (according to Gina). Through this visual/writing/creativity exercise, I determined exactly––and I mean EXACTLY–– what I want/need/desire in my life in order to be content and happy. I created six categories with either feelings, actions, desires, circumstances, events, or all of the above, necessary to manifest contentment in that particular area. The categories are: Health, Security, Passé-Temps (recreation), Creativity, Hygge (Surroundings), and Social Engagement. If you haven't taken the time to sit down and write out exactly what you want or need to be content, I suggest you do it! It's eye-opening and wonderful! From there you can make a list and "organize your list in priority order"!
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One of two really great books I am reading, if you are working on personal development and growth, or self-awareness:
Brene Brown's "The Gifts of Imperfection", which addresses letting go of the following: perfectionism, numbing, powerlessness, scarcity, the need for certainty, comparison, anxiety as a lifestyle, exhaustion as a status symbol, productivity as Self-Worth, self-doubt, and always being in control. There are so many great lessons in this book; I started in the middle, on building resilience and the characteristics of those who are resilient. EXCELLENT BOOK! At 47, I am still growing, still learning, still changing, and working toward allowing my Highest Self to shine through! Is it the chicken or the egg? Working through a flowchart of personal happiness; deducing the cause and the result factors, I think I finally have it narrowed down to 6 interrelated causative factors that both give birth to happiness and yet simultaneously arise from the fountainhead of happiness. Of course, these are applicable to my life, perhaps not to yours; perhaps similar, but with unique descriptive terms. HEALTH + SECURITY + RECREATION + CREATIVITY + SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT + SURROUNDINGS = CONTENTMENT/HAPPINESS I have been given the gift of incisive clarity as a result of the trials of the last two years in my life. At least, I'm starting to admit those circumstances could perceived in the light of a gift, though–through the veil memory–they don't always feel as such. The pain, the anger, the fear, the job changes, the relocations, the health issues, the injuries; they have all been distilled into a crystal-clear knowing of exactly what I want and need in life, to do, to be, to have, to gain that sense contentment that has eluded me. (Click "read more") |
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