The last couple of weeks have been hectic for me (work-wise, LifeMadeGreat-wise, personal-wise etc. and etc.)
On Wednesday I came home from work, flopped down and pretty much passed out. Then I spent two days reading and doing very little else. It gave me a chance to think, "What is the issue here"? And I slowly pieced it together:
The first thought that came into my mind was that I needed to "step back a little". I wasn't sure what that really meant and I wasn't sure where "back" was or what was there.
I looked at my life currently: work is, well pretty much as I would expect it to be. The "personal stuff" is "not it". The source lies in the website work.
I've been pumping away at the whole "marketing" side of things. Nuzzling my way into the workings of Stumbleupon and keywords and, and, and. I'm sure that anyone who spends any time on the internet or who has started a website/blog without much prior IT knowledge will testify to the fact that the amount of information, advice and options out there is, to say the least, overwhelming. Until now I've been happily insulated in the creative and development side of LifeMadeGreat, but now I must get out there and promote!
This is difficult for me. Probably because, firstly, I am not an "out there" person, and secondly (and no doubt more importantly) because I do not have the belief that I can "market". But this problem of "lack-of-belief" is not the topic of this post.
Recently all of my focus has been on these (for me, less appealing) areas of growing a website. All of my affirmations lately have been around gaining knowledge of and confidence in the nuts and bolts of "websiting".
And here is THE thing: I lost site of my vision.
That's where the "stepping back" comes in. I need to step out of the "process" and take a look at the vision. It's no use climbing a mountain, yet never stopping to look at the magnificence of your destination, or what's around you, or the path you are on. For all you know, you might end up on the wrong path! And, the journey can end up a slog. You need to take breaks - look at the beauty of where you are and where you have been. For me at the moment though, the main thing is to keep my dream, desire, purpose in mind.
I've got myself so caught up in the mechanics of my goal that I have been ignoring my goal itself. Remember, with achieving goals, the Law of Attraction, manifestation - whatever you prefer to call it - you need to picture and imagine the details of success. You need to really get into the emotions of the outcome or achievement. You need to feel the rush of being there
What does success in terms of LifeMadeGreat feel like to me? Here are some aspects:
- Joy at helping others to improve their lives
- Creativity in the development of the website, in improving the application, in writing
- Giving and sharing of our work and ideas
- Gratitude in that we are able to provide this and gratitude for what we receive
- Freedom in terms of being able to dedicate time and energy to LifeMadeGreat
These are not feelings and thoughts that I have been holding in my mind and heart lately. All I have been holding is the tough work and the battle against beliefs. I'm looking to interact with people who want to further themselves, not merely "increase site traffic"; I'm wanting to spread the use of our application, not look for numbers of "subscribers". It's the spirit that I lost.
So, solution? To go back to the basics, the basics of creating one's life.
This weekend I spent some time sitting and re-writing all of the things that I desire, gathering some relevant pictures, visualizing being in this created state etc. Basically spending time "remembering" what I am ultimately doing and recalling my purpose and dreams. I changed my affirmations back to those that illuminate my dreams.
Most books that talk about achieving goals or manifesting have, as part of their process, daily thoughts or visualizations or meditations dedicated to reinforcing one's dream. I have not been doing that. It's like taking daily "medication" and I've skipped my for a few weeks.
There is a process to achieve your dreams, but there is also an "outside the process" and we need to make sure that we spend time outside the process, in order to stay positive and remember we have a purpose. It is ideal if we can be both in and looking in on the process simultaneously.
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