. The Dessert Years .

Above the Clouds …

I often remind others (and myself!) that we “know” … Even when we are convinced we don’t. We know what to do when we are stuck in the mud, spinning our wheels … pounding the steering wheel, screaming expletives and futilely pressing the gas pedal to the floor.

This week, I have been somewhat forced to remember this for myself. I have been focused on breaking the cycle of my old coping patterns. I seemed to be moving through and then I was reminded that this is a process (as I fell into old patterns) and I remembered: Change takes time.

When life gets busy (and two weeks ago, mine went wild ) we default to what is familiar. And, forging new habits is sometimes like following that Yellow-Brick Road: There is a lot of effort to “find” something you realize you already had. You simply needed to know it, live it — and just do it!

This week (even as I was convinced I didn’t know what to do) I began to cope differently; to pause instead of running faster, to journal and to seek solutions. I did this via micro-movements, a moment at a time and not out of some sense of being driven to it.

I have written these “how-to’s” before — but this week, I honored what I know. And it worked.

• Routines eliminate the quandry of what to do next.
• Timers to manage “appointments” of time for work, rest and play create gentle boundaries.
• Journal, use a time planner or some other bound (or otherwise contained) system. This is the most awesome and practical method of mapping the road to your dreams. It enables you to have a proverbial view from the sky, to see where you can delete, consolidate and literally create blocks of time for concentrated work, for tasks that will equip you and get you to your destination.
• Pamper yourself with an appointment of quiet, uninterrupted time each day. Allow yourself to simply be, collect your thoughts and focus on simply breathing in … breathing out. Once quieted, begin to examine, ponder and write about where you want to go from here. [This can be a mere 15-minutes that will "create" hours in your days.]
• Minimize distractions (turn off your telephones, announce that you are officially going invisible at (the time of your appointment with yourself and refuse to be interrupted for anything less than fire or blood)

♥ Rise above; focus on your proverbial view from the sky … And dance as if no one is watching!

I agree with Christine … And I have been listening to Chris Cendana, too. Click here for more “Happy” via Chris Cendana.