Firstly I have to say I'm sorry, a while ago I posted a blog stating that I was back in full swing, I then wrote a couple more posts and then nothing - shocking behaviour with no excuse except that time seemed to be against me!! Well, this is what I thought until recently.
I kept saying to myself I must update my blog, I must....., I must...... the list was growing and nothing was happening until suddenly I realised (I know sounds stupid!) that nothing was going to happen until I took nike's approach and just did it! I know this sounds obvious but how many of us beat ourselves up with all the things we 'should' do, the list is endless and probably runs along the lines of:
I should update my blog (hee! hee!)
I should spend more time with my husband/wife/partner
I should do something romantic with my husband/wife/partner
I should do more with the kids
I should paint the house
I should clean the garden
I should.............................bla bla bla.
The problem with "I shoulds" is they just cause us stress! Inner peace and harmony go out the window and in comes beat yourself up mentally about why you are such a failure and never achieve anything!
And the key to it all I have learnt is 'scheduling' I am becoming a master at looking at my life and streamline the parts I don't enjoy so that I have more time to enjoy the parts that I do. I guess you could call it becoming conscious about my life - which incidentally is the monthly topic we are covering in
The Freedom Academy.
We waste so much time thinking of what we 'should' do instead of waking up to how we are living and then consciously deciding to clear out the stuff we don't need so that we can create the space to do the things we love. From a Universal perspective nature hates a vacuum, think about it, if you clear out your old clothes it takes no time at all and new clothes appear to fill up the space you have created by chucking out the old clothes. It's incredible!
It's the same with life, inner happiness comes when we are doing the things we enjoy and more importantly spending time with the people we love. And on my journey to finding peace and contentment I have begun to realise that if I don't create the space to enjoy the things I like doing, everything will just keep being "I must" or "I should" and my life will pass and I will look back and wonder what happened (and more importantly why didn't I achieve anything!!!)
Part of achieving inner peace is about looking at your life and deciding what works and what doesn't. For example recently I decided my pantry cupboard was driving me nuts - it was a shambles. I have lived with it like this for months and every night when I cook I tell myself "I should clear this up". Oh....the wasted time I have spend shifting through spices rummaging around to find what I want.....muttering to myself.....you get the picture....until finally I decided ENOUGH!! Clearly my pantry was not working for me....
Now I could have gone on for several more months telling myself "I should" but instead I have cleared this space! I have since bought containers and everything is categorised and ordered, my pantry is now a dream and cooking takes half the time - and this is what I am talking about - clearing up your space gives you time to go on a picnic (because you can find the picnic basket - phew!) and gives you mental peace -really it's a must!
And this is why it is so important to wake up because when we 'clear out' our lives, we make way for more good to come.
