Does life feel like it’s humming along just fine, however, you still feel worried about what’s to come?
Even if life is stable—you’ve got a great job, your kids are doing well, you’re healthy—feeling uncertain about all the things that are most important to you can still happen.
It’s easy to feel like you’re always waiting for the next unforeseen “thing” to occur. This can make you go into total “worse case scenario” mode. Have you been there?
Worse case scenario mode is when you try to plan for every possible outcome, most of which are bad, that race through your mind. This is so you feel prepared for anything that might come your way.
In the process of preparing for what can feel like a battle all the time, the joy of the day or month can easily evaporate. The thoughts racing through your mind take you away from being in the present moment. It can keep you in this worry zone, making you feel like you can’t come up for air.
When you notice this starting to happen, what can you do?
Dig In
Take a look at what you want. Not what someone else wants but what YOU want. As if no one else were a part of your world, what would you want to do, to have, to feel?
- What makes you glow?
- Who do you love to spend time with?
- What makes you happy?
- What makes you laugh?
- What makes you feel strong?
- What makes you feel proud?
- What makes you feel loved?
Did the answer to those come to you right away or did it send you into a little bit of a panic?
Constant worrying creates a whirl of urgent activity and it leaves little room for considering what matters most to you.
Skip It?
Does it feel easier to keep reading instead of stopping to answer those questions? If it does, I urge you to stop and go back to answer those questions as much as you can right now.
Yep, head back up to that list and jot down the first thing that comes to mind for each. Even if it feels imperfect, keep going. You know what they say, first thought is the best thought. Don’t overthink it. 🙂
Way to Go!
Now that you’ve come up with some answers for those questions, you know more about what YOU want out of life. This is what you emotionally want to feel like and what you physically want out of life. It’s like your life wish list.
Knowing what you (yes specific to just you!) want in life helps to cut your to-do list in half because you will have likely knocked off half of the things, or at the very least, have moved them from the “need” category to the “nice to have” category on your list.
Knowing what you want means that you’ll feel less anxious, panicked and worried about life.
You’ll feel more confident, more capable, and like you are up to the challenge of taking on the world.
What’s something in your answers that surprised you most? What’s one that really excited you? And most importantly, what are a few things you can put in place to get those things?
Here’s to you making that life wish list happen! Everything is possible if you believe in yourself!
With much love and gratitude,
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