What’s the fastest way to derail a transformation plan? Make a list of all your faults first. Seriously, way to depress a girl. Luckily, I am quick on my feet! I switched gears, put aside the list and started making a new list of all the things I liked about myself and all the things I wanted for myself. I started feeling a little like I used to feel when I made my christmas gift list for santa, “ ohmigodomigod….what if I actually GET all these things!!?!”
So I decided that was the place to start. How do you how to start when you don’t know where you are going? And so “visualization” became the first step in my big plan.
For you “I read the Secret” people it’s setting your intentions.
For you “I’m religious/spiritual” people it’s called prayer.
I’m partial to Steven Covey’s “Beginning with the end in mind.” because I like how it sounds.
The plan goes like this:
1) Every night before I go to bed I will repeat a little phrase to myself about what it is I want to be happening…in the present tense.
Examples: I am happy. I am healthy. My body is a lean, mean, fighting machine
2) I then picture my life the way I want it to be. Like a daydream I create the images and scenes that capture what it is I want.
Hey is that ME? In that bikini? running down the beach? Nice ass, future me.
3)Every morning before I get out of bed I repeat the ritual and then picture how I want my day to unfold
4) Throughout the day I repeat my little mantra’s from the night before when ever it occurs to me do so.
And that’s it for this week. That’s the whole focus. I’m not worrying about that laundry list of other things that I want to change/fix/delete. I am only thinking about what’s ahead and trying on that life for fit. It feels pretty awesome so far.
