A few years ago I listened to one of my teachers give our class a Holiday pep talk before we left for vacation and I never forgot it.
One piece however, truly stuck out to me.
Accept your condition.
What did he really mean?
He meant to accept exactly where you are right now in your life and understand how you got that.
It means looking at all different areas of your life - relationships, body, thoughts and emotions, and your environment (work, natural, etc) - and seeing things as they are...
The other important part is to see them as they are and not how you think they should have been.
The reason why you need to look at where you are now is...
It builds the foundation for the next steps of where you want to go
Going through this process allows you to step right into building a new life without trying to escape your old one.
If you can accept where you are right now and accept that everything you've chosen in the past has led you right to this point, you will be on your way to creating a completely new life.
So, auditing your life...what does that actually mean in terms of implementation?
The best way to do this is to get on a huge chalkboard and draw out your entire life answering the question of where you are at.
When you do that it gives you a very clear and visual experience of what exactly is going on in your life. Further, it helps you organize everything...it's not just all floating around in your head.
When you audit your life, you give yourself the ability to go, "Okay, where do I want to be? What do I see for myself?"
The other piece of this puzzle is to envision what is in the future for you and to work backwards from there.
Do this step by step and it will help you create a fantastic battle plan.
This will give you a milestone based path instead of going into something completely blind. Then, out of those big milestones, write little lists underneath of, "What do I know now & what do I need to know?"
Those lists of what you need to know will further guide you in the right direction.
So make sure you are really investing time into understanding what skills, resources, and competencies that you need to bring into your life...
To help you get from where you are now to where you need to be in the future.
This process will do you wonders.
One piece however, truly stuck out to me.
Accept your condition.
What did he really mean?
He meant to accept exactly where you are right now in your life and understand how you got that.
It means looking at all different areas of your life - relationships, body, thoughts and emotions, and your environment (work, natural, etc) - and seeing things as they are...
The other important part is to see them as they are and not how you think they should have been.
The reason why you need to look at where you are now is...
It builds the foundation for the next steps of where you want to go
Going through this process allows you to step right into building a new life without trying to escape your old one.
If you can accept where you are right now and accept that everything you've chosen in the past has led you right to this point, you will be on your way to creating a completely new life.
So, auditing your life...what does that actually mean in terms of implementation?
The best way to do this is to get on a huge chalkboard and draw out your entire life answering the question of where you are at.
When you do that it gives you a very clear and visual experience of what exactly is going on in your life. Further, it helps you organize everything...it's not just all floating around in your head.
When you audit your life, you give yourself the ability to go, "Okay, where do I want to be? What do I see for myself?"
The other piece of this puzzle is to envision what is in the future for you and to work backwards from there.
Do this step by step and it will help you create a fantastic battle plan.
This will give you a milestone based path instead of going into something completely blind. Then, out of those big milestones, write little lists underneath of, "What do I know now & what do I need to know?"
Those lists of what you need to know will further guide you in the right direction.
So make sure you are really investing time into understanding what skills, resources, and competencies that you need to bring into your life...
To help you get from where you are now to where you need to be in the future.
This process will do you wonders.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into these great Work Quotes or these Confidence Quotes to get some motivation to move forward!