How do you start your day?

Even with the best of intentions, most of us, on some days, start with a sense of UGH even before we open our eyes.

That’s normal. 

There’s nothing wrong with you, nothing to fix, nothing that you’re doing wrong. You’re just a human in a busy world with thoughts popping into your head on an average of about 1 every 4 seconds (and sometimes even more rapidly than that)!

Of course, some days start with UGH, and real talk, they always will.

It’s what happens next that matters. The stories you tell yourself about the UGH will frame your behavior, your perspective, and your energy. Those stories color the rest of your day and alter what is possible for you. 

Our minds are so occupied with default thinking, old habits, behavioral loops, lists, and schedules that we forget to divert any attention to the thing we want most. 

And then we wonder why that thing, that most important thing, is the thing that never actually materializes.

What is it that you want?

Love?
Success?
Growth? 
Abundance? 
Peace? 
Happiness?
Something else?

This one-minute solution will help divert your attention and open up opportunity that you never knew existed.

This Week: 
A New Way to Start Your Day

1. Name the thing you want.
   

2. Write it in on each of the blank lines below.
   

3. This part is important, please don’t alter it. Record yourself reading the passage below. Read slowly, calmly, gently.
   

4. Begin each day with 3-5 deep, cleansing breaths and then listen to your recording. End with another couple of deep breaths.
   

5. That’s it! Easy peasy!

Today, I begin my day completely ready for _______________________________.

I feel wholly connected to everything around me, everything there is, everything that is known and unknown.

I trust that ______________________ is already here for me and I am ready to recognize it, to welcome it and to receive it wholeheartedly.

When old thoughts, feelings and experiences around _______________________ creep in, I notice them without judgement.  I forgive all that is associated with these and invite gratitude.  I have survived these things and I am grateful. 

Today I stand ready to thrive.

____________________________ is a natural part of my life.  I see it everywhere. I feel eager to embrace it.  I allow ________________________ in, I offer it fully and generously everywhere I go, I receive it from even the most unlikely places.

I understand and accept that I no longer need __________________________ because I am _______________________.

Let me know what starts to happen!