Creating clarity during chaos of 2020
One of the things I’ve struggled the most during the corona chaos of 2020 is C L A R I T Y.
My head has raced with questions like -
What do I want?
Who am I?
What do I really want to do?
Who do I want to help?
How do I want to help them?
What’s best for me?
What’s next?
Where do I start?
Clarity in all areas of your life is vital. Some babes just automatically assume that just jotting down a list of goals will give them clarity on what they want. Sure, you can do that— but it’s just not that effective.
You have to first understand that YOU are responsible for clarity in your life and your significant other, friends or co-workers cannot give it to you. It’s an internal thing. And only YOU can know and decide what YOU really want! I know I know, you’re probably thinking “if writing down goals isn’t effective, HOW do I create clarity?”
Here’s what’s helped me (and my clients) to start creating clarity:
1. Take a good long look around you. Are the people you hang out with, clear minded go-getter’s or have you surrounded yourself with “space cadets-people who are floating through a muddled life with no sense of direction?” If you have space cadets in your life, then let them go and find people who are grounded in reality.
2. I get it— It can be so hard to look at your life and decide what to eliminate. The television shows you watch for example, could be hindering your clarity. Reality shows are very rarely based in reality. If you must watch television, pick the history channel and others that stimulate your mind, getting you thinking. The same thing goes for the music you listen to and the books you read. An occasional murder mystery is fine but a steady diet of thrillers, paranormal romance, or biographies of movies stars, will only hurt you in the end run. Pick some non-fiction books that will help you achieve clarity, goals and self-development over all.
3. When you do Netflix and chill, make sure that your snacks are healthy. Drink water, eat fruit or nuts. Your overall diet has a big bearing on whether or not you can achieve clarity. When your body is needing essential nutrients and vitamins brain fog can be a major issue. When you are buzzed on caffeine from soda or way too much coffee, not only will your heart race but your thinking will be all over the place.
4. Visualization and clarity go hand in hand. When you take time to visualize the life you desire, everything will start to come into focus. When you are building muscle, the best way to do it, is to lift the weight, hold it for a moment and then gently ease it back down. The holding pattern will create a vibration in your body. You will feel the energy and slowly lowering it, makes your muscle work harder. You can take the same principle and apply it to achieving clarity. Take time each day to sit quietly and begin to visualize everything in your life as the way you want it to be right at that moment. Really feel it throughout your body. As you do this each day, you are building the muscle of clarity. Your clarity will get stronger and stronger each day and your goals will be very clear and attainable to you. Now that you know what to do— It is essential that you take action and not let the idea of gaining clarity just be another thing that never gets marked off the todo list!
Clarity is you and your choices.
If you allow others to choose your goals you’ll continue to be like a plastic bottle bobbing around on the ocean…who knows where you will end up.
Take action.
Be intentional.
Create your clarity.