My job is not my life and at times I can say without a shadow of a doubt… I would quit if I had the opportunity. The fact of the matter is that work is getting in the way of my dreams. The daily adminstrative automaton-like work I spew out stops me from spending quality time working on building a more fulfilling life. I am sure you are in the same boat. So what are we to do about it?
Phase 1 - make a heart choice to follow your dreams…
The first thing you can do is make a choice that whatever you think you should be doing that you decide to do it. Ultimately you can choose what’s sensible, necessary and obvious for the time being. But at the very least you can make a heart commitment that you are going to follow what you dream about. What’s the harm? Just open it up and say I will do it! It won’t cost you a cent. Don’t go quitting jobs or firing people… just say you will do it.
Phase 2 - Spend quality time inside your imagination building it on a daily basis
I read in Embraced by the light, a woman’s perception of the afterlife; that life is fully lived in the imagination. What we can imagine doing… we end up doing. Our imagination was given to us as a building tool. It’s not just for sexy daydreams! It’s a great way to open up your mind to things you didn’t think were possible. Imagine yourself living your dream. Why? Simply, because… what you imagine today… you do tomorrow.
Phase 3 - Look for opportunities and spend dedicated time learning about what you need to do in order to reach your dream
There is always a ‘doing’ cycle in reaching a goal. That doing is not paramount, in fact it’s the least important. You act and build your life from a creative vision you have growing on the inside. Purpose, is built from the inside out.
This works for me: When I am looking to build something and I have inner confirmation that I should be doing it I say (speaking is acting… if you say it with meaning and purpose), “I am expecting you God to help me reach this goal today because I perceive you want me to do it, so I thank you in advance for opportunities to take positive steps towards the end result. I expect good things to happen to me today.” You will be surprised at what you can do as a result of simply saying things like this. Yes, it’s the whole carpark thing but for some reason it works for me. It may not for you so put down your rocks. The point is find what does work by trying and stick to it like glue.
The other part of the ‘acting’ part is to begin to look into and inquire about the the thing you wish to do. Learn what you can… this is a small part but it’s where you can do the least. If you dream to buy a yacht why not learn about them? Don’t spend all day in the store OR get overwhelmed by the stupid price of these things. Why not save up and take sailing lessons? Or hire a book or two from the library on sailing. Maybe, you can ask around and score a free ride from somebody? Who knows what can happen? To be honest… when the timing is right I have always noticed (often in hindsight) things that I was doing were required to help me in achieving the goal.
So where to from here?
What are you going to do? Are you going to build into your life the possibility of making a difference or are you going to sit back and be an armchair critic? I can assure you of this simple fact: unless you begin to think things can change today, tomorrow will still present you with the same old BS it did yesterday. This is a matter of choice. Are you going to build your dreams by at the very least looking into it or will be like the rest of the ants in this world and simply follow orders. The choice is yours.
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