A few years ago, one of my teachers gave us a Holiday Pep Talk before we left class and put forth a few pieces of information that I never forgot.
One piece however, truly stuck out to me.
He told us that we must all "accept our condition" if we are going to move forward with our lives.
What do I mean by this?
He meant to accept exactly where you are right now in your life and understand how you got that.
It means looking at all different areas of your life - relationships, body, thoughts and emotions, and your environment (work, natural, etc) - and seeing things as they are...
Not as you want them to be.
Why is it so important to do this?
It becomes the foundation for the life that you want to build.
It allows you to accept your current condition which is probably the most important parts of the goal setting process.
If you can stop avoiding the past, come to terms with it, and then start focusing on moving forward...that's how you start building a new life completely. But if you don't clean up your past you are asking for serious trouble.
So, auditing your life...what does that actually mean in terms of implementation?
My favorite way of doing this is getting on a huge chalkboard and drawing the whole thing out in terms of, "Where am I now?"
When you engage in this practice you get everything that is floating around in your head on paper and it helps you to start sorting things out.
You truly give yourself the chance to see what is going on in your life right now and start creating a map around where you want to head.
The second piece of this is to envision what you want in the future and start working backwards from Z to A.
Step by step by step by step.
This will give you a milestone based path instead of going into something completely blind. Then, out of those big milestones, write little lists underneath of, "What do I know now & what do I need to know?"
Those lists of what you need to know will further guide you in the right direction.
So make sure you are really investing time into understanding what skills, resources, and competencies that you need to bring into your life...
Know that this is only the beginning and the best is coming your way.
This process is magic.
One piece however, truly stuck out to me.
He told us that we must all "accept our condition" if we are going to move forward with our lives.
What do I mean by this?
He meant to accept exactly where you are right now in your life and understand how you got that.
It means looking at all different areas of your life - relationships, body, thoughts and emotions, and your environment (work, natural, etc) - and seeing things as they are...
Not as you want them to be.
Why is it so important to do this?
It becomes the foundation for the life that you want to build.
It allows you to accept your current condition which is probably the most important parts of the goal setting process.
If you can stop avoiding the past, come to terms with it, and then start focusing on moving forward...that's how you start building a new life completely. But if you don't clean up your past you are asking for serious trouble.
So, auditing your life...what does that actually mean in terms of implementation?
My favorite way of doing this is getting on a huge chalkboard and drawing the whole thing out in terms of, "Where am I now?"
When you engage in this practice you get everything that is floating around in your head on paper and it helps you to start sorting things out.
You truly give yourself the chance to see what is going on in your life right now and start creating a map around where you want to head.
The second piece of this is to envision what you want in the future and start working backwards from Z to A.
Step by step by step by step.
This will give you a milestone based path instead of going into something completely blind. Then, out of those big milestones, write little lists underneath of, "What do I know now & what do I need to know?"
Those lists of what you need to know will further guide you in the right direction.
So make sure you are really investing time into understanding what skills, resources, and competencies that you need to bring into your life...
Know that this is only the beginning and the best is coming your way.
This process is magic.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into some great Motivational Quotes For Work clicking here or read more Self Confidence quotes to start heading in the right direction with your life.