Dial It Up
Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by admin in Motivation
Choose–every day–to create the feeling state YOU want
I drink too much caffeine and I practically freebase liquid B12. Yes, I have a lot of energy. But believe it or not, these are not the reasons that I am so jacked up about things all the time. Jacked up in a good way, I mean.
I don’t always wake up excited, and I promise that I don’t burp rainbows. I’m a regular mom who sometimes finds herself unsuccessfully chasing her beagle in the rain, scraping Emily’s artistic creations off of the kitchen table, and trying to explain to her 11-year-old son that the movie American Pie (OMG) may not be live streamed from Netflix. This is why we lovingly refer to our home as the Hyatt Riot.
When I wake up to a beagle covered in green paint, or a sick child, I’ve learned that I can still create the feeling state that I want. I can decide how my day will go in spite of less than ideal circumstances. If I wake up anxious, or cranky, I can pick out a feeling state like I’m picking out my running clothes. I’ll have a little bit of excited, and a huge helping of passion, and a dash of motivation.
How? I developed a morning ritual that takes 15 minutes. You can take fifteen, right? Of course you can. Click here to get my free DIAL IT UP morning ritual worksheet. It’s a fast way to set your intention for the day. It helps you create good feeling thoughts to generate the feeling that you want. Then, you line up some inspired action and knock off at least one thing that isn’t serving you.
Today? I want to feel productive and calm. I decided to think, “You always get what you really need to, done and done well.” Ahhhhhh. Love that. One action that lines up with that is to prioritize my list of things to do. I’ve eliminated things that really do not matter, delegated much to my awesome and amazing assistant, and downloaded some new Joss Stone music to better my time. And, lastly, as my southern mama used to say, “KNOCK IT OFF.” I decided to stop compulsively checking email, just for my productive and calm today.
What? Jake is tipping over trash cans in the neighborhood again? Sorry, I’m too calm to chase him today.
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