Savor the Small- a game plan for life

When we don't know what we can do, we can do this. Do you believe it's possible?

my vision board!

Such emotional upheaval the last 2 days. I sat and cried my way through initiating my mom's long-term care policy. She's got dementia that is worsening. While I know this disease can take a long time to progress, I feel like I've been seeing parts of my mom slip away for a while now. The act of initiating this policy solidified this. Life isn't always easy, in fact, oftentimes I find it to be challenging. I consider myself a student of life. Forever growing, stretching. Before I go on tell me...

Life is about finding the joy in your everyday.

It's recognizing the path is the gift.

The destination is always elusive. You get to the top of the mountain and then what? You say YES!, this is what I've been after.
You enjoy the view to it's fullest but eventually you are ready to see and experience the next thing.
Not that you lose appreciation for where you got, but to experience even more.

The journey, the path, is the gift.

The view is the prize, not the finish line.

So this morning I was outside in the 40⁰ start of the day, drinking my coffee and reflecting. I listened to a podcast yesterday by AJ Amyx and he was interviewing Spencer Burnette. During their conversation Spencer mentioned that we have maybe 100 years to live. I have listened to Five for Fighting "100 years" and that gave me pause to realize how our life is segmented into periods of time; childhood, teens, 20's etc. But yesterday it it me differently. And today when I really thought about it I realized this lifetime is truly just a blip in time. I need to stop living in fear of making mistakes, of being afraid to fully embrace and experience life. Today I would have conquered my fear of falling to my death and gone skydiving. I couldn't do it today because of other commitments 😉 but I will do it...soon. I don't want to be irresponsible but I do want to take advantage of as many minutes as I can and playing it safe and small isn't going to do it it for me. So here's to an amazing 2nd half century of life! Do you want to commit to living with more freedom and exhilaration? Share with me how you feel either way.

For the last few days I've been pondering what success means to me.
I started comparing myself to others and where they are in their life right now and feeling like I wasn't successful. In thinking about my life I realized how successful I actually am. I have lived my life with balance that allowed for my true abundance and fulfillment and that for me, financial success is only a part of the equation. In looking back, I see what I've accomplished and overcome, and at the way in which I've lived. It gives me strength and encouragement to move forward with less fear and to remember why I am pursuing what I am. I am lit up with excitement!
Do you focus on your successes and celebrate them or do you pay more attention to the ways in which you have "fallen short"? If you do the later, I ask you to look for all the ways in which you feel you did good. It is a first step towards changing your mindset and saying to yourself "woo-hoo, I'm proud of you!".

Mostly we beat ourselves up about the stuff we didn't accomplish today or could've done better. What would happen if we shifted our focus onto what we did well and gave ourselves a little praise, just like we would to our friend, partner, or child? I've been doing it and my outlook on life has shifted. I have a greater sense of self worth, a greater sense of peace, and I am more optimistic about life. I ask you to be your own best friend for a week and notice the difference. Then please share with me your results. With love and peace to you, lindalee.

"Do not fear failure, but be terrified of regret."
This is one of my favorite quotes and it is by Deshauna Barber, Miss USA 2016.
How does it speak to me? Well, I can stay comfortable in doing what I know and not push myself and explore more deeply who I am and what I believe in. I can not accept a speaking engagement because I'm not sure I have what it takes. To me life is about evolving, growing, reaching more deeply into the corners of my soul and recognizing the parts of me that want to be expressed but that fear can keep locked down.
How does it speak to you?