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What’s Your Story?
I don’t have enough time.” This is the story of my life. It’s one I have been telling since, oh, I don’t know, 1995. I’ll share it with anyone who asks me how I am doing. The thing is, all of these years, my story has been the ABSOLUTE TRUTH in my head. It has been fact. Until now…
I now realize that “I don’t have enough time” is just a thought. Not fact. Not even a circumstance. Here are some of the facts: I have about 16 waking hours each day; I have two young children, run a coaching business and teach a college course. My thoughts around these facts create my story. My story can be a fairy tale or tragedy just depending on how my mind spins the facts.
Here’s the important part: My thought that I don’t have enough time is not helping me create more time or get more done. In fact, just thinking that thought makes me feel rushed and anxious which is not a good place from which to think clearly or creatively. The thought leads to time wasted. I prove myself right (don't have enough time) but don't get what I want (more time or more done). Such is the nature of much of our thinking.
So how do I write a new story? I take that thought and replace it with one that is true and feels better. The opposite may be “I have all the time in the world,” but that just doesn’t feel true. So I go with, “I have time for what is most important.” I also like this one, “If I stop stressing and start relaxing and being kind to myself, I will live longer and better so I’ll have more time and energy to do more.”
So what’s your story? “I’ll never meet the right person or find the perfect job?” “I’ll never lose the weight?” “The economy sucks?” “I’m fat?” “I don’t have enough money?” “My boss is a ---“? "It’s my job to make everyone else happy?" State the facts and re-write your story to create a happier ending. |
This is fun: Sign up at tut.com to receive free, daily, hip, personalized “notes from the universe.” Sounds a little corny, but it feels good to get messages about how great you are and how everything will work out (because it’s true!). Here is an example of one I received:
Thinking different thoughts than you have ever thought before, Maura, is the only path to answers, healing, new jeans, or anything that glitters.
And you know how good you look in new jeans...
The Universe
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Blueprint for Happiness
Go beyond “positive thinking” and learn what science is saying about a new way to look at happiness.
When: Thursday, January 7, 2010 12:00-1:00 pm PST
Where: Anywhere you have a phone
How: Register below to receive call-in information and a class outline.
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Making a decision, considering a risk, or evaluating your current path? Tap into the wisdom of your 80-year-old self. Ask your older self how different scenarios played out. What's it like to have done this and succeeded? If I failed, how did I recover? What's my life like if I do nothing? You may be surprised by the powerful advice from your future self.
Thanks to Cath Duncan for this tool |
