Momentum – full speed ahead

Have you noticed that when you make one significant change in your life, it creates a momentum all of its own? 

You get fed up with the way things are. You’re tired of doing the same thing, and getting the same results.  You’re fed up with your own excuses.

That’s what happened to me when I got to that point where I decided to do something different.  In case you missed my two previous posts, you can read all about how I kicked procrastination in the butt here

You see, I’ve been a closet writer and didn’t even know it!  The more I blog, the more I want to write. The more I write, the more I think about things to write about. The more I think about things, the more deeply I experience and process my own life.

The more deeply I process my own experiences, the more insights I get into my life. The more insights I get into my life, the more I want to share them.  The more I share them, the more I engage with you, my dear readers.

The more I engage with you, the more I realize we are all connected. Despite our unique variations, our individual stories, our different journeys, we share this one human experience, embedded in a living universe in which we are all related in this great web of life.

The more I feel this deep connection and sense of global community, the more I can’t wait to jump out of bed in the morning.

And so it goes….. I wonder what will happen next?

On being an early bird

Photo courtesy of James Blair

“The early bird catches the worm.”  Well frankly, I’d much rather linger in bed on a cold morning, snuggle under the covers, putter around, dawdle over my morning tea, check my social media, catch up on my email, take a hot shower, linger over my breakfast smoothie.

But you know what? That really wasn’t getting me much of anywhere. Not in terms of my big dreams to make a difference, to break out of the status quo, to accomplish my grand goals.

And so, I get up early now. Or at least, earlier. I still make my cup of tea, but I sit and meditate – before anything else. Before I turn on that seductive iPhone or take a peak at my computer, for sure. The world and its demands have a way of crowding in on my mind, taking control of my time, asserting their priorities over my own. So first I sit in silence, and deepen my well, and connect to That which feeds my soul. And then I sit down to write my blog post for the day.

Before I started putting first things first, it was so easy to find excuses not to write. I’m too busy. My schedule is too erratic. I don’t have any control over my time. (“Really, Julie?!”) Everything else is more important. I’d rather…. (fill in the blank).

So here is what I have learned these last few weeks. If there is something really important to you, do that one thing first – before the world catches ahold of you, before you find yourself adrift in the world's demands. Do the thing.