Ever sat
down at your computer to search for something on the net and then got
distracted – menacing you ended up researching and reading something completely
irrelevant to your original search? That
happens to me all the time. I can
literally waste an entire day and like Hansel and Grettle get lost in the forest
of online information fodder. After
gorging myself for hours reading and digesting tips, tricks and free downloads,
I am no further advanced then I was when I first booted up the tower of terror
earlier in the day.
This story
can be an analogy of my life: starting off with the best of intentions to
further a particular goal, then getting distracted, side tracked and then completely
lost. Last year I wrote a number of
posts at selfcoach2success including this one on Going for
Gold on Goal Setting. And there are a
myriad of other similar posts out there that detail how to write SMART Goals
and how to action them. So I’m not going
to bother regurgitating any of that stuff here.
Do a couple of Google searches if you are really keen or checkout my
post from last year if you want to travel that well-worn path to goal
activation. Last year I set a number of
goals and I fully intended to kick ass and achieve them – alas I was a FAILURE
– well at least in the goals I set myself – but I transformed myself in other
ways that were completely off the charts.
I started this new venture with Merna Soul Sister Circle, created new
and inspiring connections with other women and taught myself how to use
electronic media ( a big achievement for someone who is technological
challenged).
Today, I
want to step out of this old framework (SMART Goals etc) and explore some new
paradigms. Take a step away from the crowd – this includes my engineer husband,
James, who is a goal focused and list orientated person (almost a slave to his lists in some ways). He keeps badgering me about what New Year
Resolutions I've set for myself. Well, it’s time for me to break the chains of
conformity and buck the trend of starting the year with Resolutions (only to
feel guilty and defeated when I fail to attain the prize). I have decided to reject
these old tried and tested methods of progressing my life - much to James’ vexation. He is uneasy with my new found philosophy and
keeps reminding me that no Goal – no growth or gain.
As I said
earlier this year I intend to try something “out of the box”. It’s called Conscious Creation. James is shaking his head and raising his eye
brows as I write this sentence. I know
what he is thinking – “ New age fangled jangles – Linda chasing fairly dust
again. She’s spending too much time with
that friend of hers - Merna.” Maybe he’s right, but I’m bored with treading the
same old path year after year. It’s time
for me to try a new route with new thoughts and associated actions. What to hear about it? Well read on.
Jeannette
Maw at Good Vibe Blog has summarized the foundational
principles of Conscious Creation to 10 basic tenets. They are:
1. Anything we can imagine we can
create
2. We create our own reality – based on
how we focus (see last weeks blog – recreating your life through the story we
tell ourselves and others)
3. Yesterday (the past) has no power
over us unless we let it
4. New desire comes from accepting what
we don’t want
5. We receive from the universe what we
are feeling – eg think negative an that’s what you’ll get and the reverse it
also true
6. We don’t need to figure out how we
are going to get what we want – that’s the Universe’s job – like this concept
don’t you?
7. Our job is to engage our power of
focus
8. Being appreciative puts us in
alignment with all good things in the universe
9. As we create our own truth everyone
gets to be right – we don’t have to agree in order to get our own way
10. Feeling good is both the target
(dream) and also the path.
A bit more
interesting than the usual ways of looking at things do you think! Yes, it is a bit more airy fairy too, I
suppose. Anyway lets explore some of the
ways we can go about designing a rich and rewarding future using the science of
Conscious Creation?
The Process
1. Look at your past ( see last weeks post)
2. Draft your life timeline – start
with your birth and all the interesting events/activities/actions that have
happened since then to the current date eg school, relocation, marriage,
travel, employment etc. Helen Anderson
at ehow has provided a step by step instruction for this activity.You can also generate an online timeline or printable timeline .
3. Explore where you are now – detail
your current life down to the nth degree
The Wheel of Life activity is used by Life Coaches all over the world to
help people explore their current situation and to determine satisfaction and
balance in various areas. I found this
one a little bit different and thought you might like to give it a try too or alternatively you might like this one.
4. Imagine your personal life purpose –
A free e-book on this activity can be obtained at Celestine Chua is the writer and founder of PersonalExcellence.
5. Articulate a pledge to the future
you.
Some Useful Activities
Commitment Card –
Pledge to Future self
1. Write out your pledge or mission statement on 5 pieces of
card. For example: “On the 31 of December 2015 I am celebrating New Year’s eve
with two of my new friends”. It is important to write down the date.
2. Share your Commitment Cards with 5 people you trust and
respect. If you don’t feel able to do this then post it on your desk top or
some where you can see it every day.
Alternatively you can make a pledge online
4. Ask the 5 people you
shared your Commitment card with to contact you on the date stated on the card
to see if you have fulfilled the contract to yourself.
Vision Boards
A couple of
great sites with instructions on the do’s and don’ts of vision boarding. Christine Kane offers a free booklet on the
process or Martha Beck offers some additional tricks. Merna and I are going to make a video of the process we followed and post it later this month. Watch this space.
Hope you
have found this an interesting alternative to the New Year’s Resolution
conundrum. I’ll be experimenting with
this formula over the next month and would love to see your vision boards or
response to this New Wave Formula for creating a future self.
