1. Guard your creative time like a Mama Bear guarding her cubs. She knows what is important and so do you.
You don’t’ have to choose just one thing to let shine in your life. It could be writing, organizing your office, work life, house, etc.
The point is to give yourself time to pursue something important to you. You would make time to go to the hair dresser and get your nails done, right? How do you make that happen? You put it on your calendar and you look forward to your appointment. Do the same thing with creative time. Put it on your calendar and to do list. You may have to retrain yourself to let your time be your time because intrusive thoughts will want your attention. All of a sudden you “remember” you need to pick up milk. No, picking up milk is for another time on your calendar.
2. Allow your dreams to come to mind. Don’t shut them down. What are your big dreams? Your little dreams? Here are categories to help you get started with thinking about ways to care for yourself that will help you be your best self and shine. Add in other categories or subcategories that make sense for you. You could include vacations, milestones, etc. Then move to step 3 below.
- Relationships
- Health
- Work
- Creativity
- Spiritual Life
- Community Life
3.) View this list as a lump of clay that you can form into a perfect sculpture of your life. Take some out, add some in until you get the picture of what is important to you in 2020. List 10 things in each category that you think you would like to do, be, see, or achieve in 2020. You can list more than 10! Then, answer the following questions. ??
- If you could achieve one goal in your personal life, what would it be?
- If you could only do one thing on your list, what would it be?
- Now, here is the hard part (well, maybe it won’t seem hard): What will you let go of in 2020?