Day 194 - A Year to Clear - Glad You Did

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Lesson 194: Glad You Did

“What would you be glad that you did, EVEN if you failed?”

— Brene Brown

We are to consider this statement today. There are many things I want to achieve in my lifetime. I even have a list of things I want to do in 2018. What I really want to do is learn piano and learn a language. I have started and failed to keep a routine that allows the learning to flow. I don’t know why I can’t maintain it. I think it’s one of those things that I need to do every day at the same time to establish a routine. I think I will get there and even if I’m not good at playing piano or speaking another language, I can say that I tried. Other things I want to try include ballet, hula dancing, reading 20 books by the end of the year, master a form of handwriting, find a charity to volunteer at, travel to a new country and write more poetry and a book. Not sure that I will have the opportunity to achieve all of these things this year, but I will try to make a start.

I am actually sitting here trying to think of something in the past where I tried and may have failed. I actually had a book challenge where I wanted to read 50 books in a year. I started out really well and go to 24 and then just stopped reading. I mean, I hadn’t really read books for years so to achieve 24 was really a good attempt. I set a goal of 20 this year but haven’t really picked up books that weren’t related to witchcraft and my learning. I am reading quite a few books but haven’t actually finished any. It’s definitely something to work on.

What is something you can think of that you want to try or do, even if you might fail at it?

Day 40 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - We Have Been Led

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Lesson 40: We have been led to believe...

We have been led to believe in society that bigger, faster, stronger is what makes us feel successful and what we desire. We’ve been conditioned in this way from when we’re young from the words of others, famous people, advertisements, movies, music, family, friends etc. Whatever method it may have been, we’ve at one point in our life looked at ourselves, looked at how we’re tracking, looked at what we have achieved and maybe have told ourselves that it’s not good enough or we need more. There would have been a moment in your life where you’re a culprit of this and that’s okay!

Today’s lesson talks about the Divine leading us to what we need and this may be slower, gradual and possibly less path. We know it in our hearts as to what we need, and today we are to recognise what resonates, and where have we been led to lately.

I have been countless of times led back to the message to start writing my books. I didn’t know how to start because I was so focused on developing the characters first, and the world I want to create, that the message that came to me was quite simple: just write and write one page a year so that when you get to the end of that year, you’ll have a book. The message was quite clear that you don’t need to have every single detail planned out and that it will come to you naturally. So I started on this journey and can’t wait for what comes when I eventually finish writing book one. There are three that I want to do.

I think in general, I’ve been led to just do more things that make me happy. Just get the creativity happening and study going. Apart from this, there are a lot of buried memories coming up that I need to deal with in order to let go and be the best version of myself. It’s a slow process but I feel good things happening this year especially once I fully deal with everything I need to.

Day 38 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Success is a Myth

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Lesson 38: Success is a myth...

“Lesson 38: Success is a myth. There are only experiences. There is no culmination of experiences into one peak experience. There is only one experience, and this is the one you are in now. Tomorrow, there will be another experience, different or the same as today. There is no scoreboard, no winning, no tally. When you reframe your concept of success as experiences you would like to create, everything changes.”

— Sara Wiseman

Success means and looks different to everyone.

I am to look at success and rethink my idea of success. What does it mean to me, what does it look like to me and what experiences would I like to have?

I personally feel success is based on what you make of your life. Whatever your dreams and goals are, as long as you achieve that in the best way you know how that’s success. I don’t necessarily look at achievements as a success. I look at experiences as a success. For example, if I should push my comfort zone doing some activity like hang gliding, that to me is a success. I’ve used to be accustomed to the dream of having a family, getting a husband, having a good career, being wealthy or owning a house as being successful when I was a child. that does not resonate with me anymore.

Based on Sara’s quote and the lesson, it seems like I’m already there- not really looking at success in a framework that I might have been conditioned with. I’ve said this many times but I live for experience now. It wasn’t a mindset I used to have, but I have adopted it since last year after my own traumatic experience. Every day I log an activity I’ve done for the day in a diary. I find this useful as it means I’m always experiencing something every day. That to me is much more valuable than measuring success that we’re prone to knowing.

What experiences do I desire? Well, I am currently going to more live music and enjoying the atmosphere. I like to read so I am trying to read even if just 50 pages, in a week. I draw when I feel the spark. I am doing this spiritual course and a clearing course – both of which are 365-day lessons. I have started writing the book series that I’ve wanted to since 2016. I’ve started belly dance back up again. And then I study witchcraft and lightwork when I can as well as exercise. I want to continue these activities throughout the year. Things I want to add to this list is researching my ancestry, learn a language, re-learn handwriting skills, resume my piano lessons, start volunteering, go to more art galleries, travel to a new country, learn a new form of dance and focus on my health.

These are actually all my goals for 2018 and I think I will achieve them. The only limiting factor in all of this is me. It’s why I keep a diary of the activities I do daily – to reinforce that I am experiencing every day. You should really try it for yourself – rethink how you view success and think about it as experiencing instead. I can guarantee it changes the way you live.