I am watching “America’s Got Talent” - not by choice, but because I was resting in the living room while someone else was watching it. Talent reality shows are a little bit of fun during the first couple of weeks of auditions just because there are some crazily bad performances and a very few amazingly good performances. After those first few weeks I lose interest because I don’t agree with the decisions of the judges or of “America” and because I usually have something I would rather do. But, tonight I was struck by the judges decision to review previous performances and then allow some to go through to the next stage of performances, eliminate some entirely and hold others as “standbys”. The standbys will compete for the “open” positions to move forward in the competition.
Sometimes I feel like I am on standby just like those talent show reality performers. I am ready to move forward, but for some reason I am being held as a standby. I am waiting to perform so I can move forward to the next level of competition. In life, however, I cannot blame the judges. I am in standby position because I chose not to do what I need to do to move forward with my manifestation and my life.
I sit here in July, three months and ten days, since I began this Manifesting Mount Dora project. I am blogging, visualizing, adding to my vison board closet door, keeping a gratitude journal, reading inspiring books, saying affirmations, and visiting Mount Dora and I just don’t feel a sense of movement. Yes, I know three months and ten days is really not that long, but I want a feeling of forward motion. So, what can I do to break this feeling of being stuck in the doldrums of summer?
One of the basics of the Law of Attraction is that you have to make room for the new. Even if the desire of your manifestation has nothing to do with material items, you need to clean out and clear out your life - figuratively and physically. I look back to the summer of 2004, right before the ending of my “previous life” and the beginning of my present life, and I realize I did a lot of cleaning out, even without realizing what I was doing and how it would affect my future. Instinctively I knew I needed change, I needed different - anything different. I was renovating the house I would not live in much longer; I faced the horrible side affects of the depression medication I was on and made a choice to ease off of it (Please know that I am not recommending that anyone stop taking their medications! I eased myself off my medication with the help of a doctor.); I faced many, many problems that were uncontrolled and took steps to figure out how to take charge of and solve them.
So, what can I do now to increase my forward motion?
There are certain unfinished jobs - personal and professional - that I have been avoiding for various reasons and I know now that I must set aside my procrastination and take care of those tasks as soon as possible. My house is filled to overflowing - partially due to so many people living here and partially due to my reluctance to go through and eliminate what I no longer need or use. I may not be able to do much about the overflow due to our large household, but I can do something about my own belongings.
Over the past weekend I made modest progress with my home office space and I tackled and accomplished a work-related task that I have been refusing to face. Tomorrow is a holiday - the 4th of July - and I plan to use that time to engross myself in another work-related issue that has been hanging over my head for a long while. Over the upcoming weekend I will clean out my books - and, believe me, I have LOTS of books - and all those little odds and ends of knick-knacks that fill my shelves and tables. Having some of those trinkets honors memories, but too many are over-kill and I have reached the over-kill stage. Simplifying is difficult, but necessary, to show the Universe that you are willing and ready to make room for the future.
I also feel a need to move forward with my writing. This blog takes more time than I anticipated, but it also excites and fulfills me. I know I need to be doing more writing and am looking for inspiration and found a little kick-in-the-pants from the book “Bird by Bird - Some Instructions on Writing and Life” by Anne Lamott, one of my favorite writers. There has to be more time for writing and only I can find those extra moments in each day.
I have a couple of major personal tasks that are waiting for attention and I am resolved to give my to accomplish those before the end of July. In fact, the end of July is my goal to have at least 75% of my clearing and cleaning done.
This is how I plan to make room for forward motion - to tell the Universe that I am in gear and ready to go.
Sometimes I feel like I am on standby just like those talent show reality performers. I am ready to move forward, but for some reason I am being held as a standby. I am waiting to perform so I can move forward to the next level of competition. In life, however, I cannot blame the judges. I am in standby position because I chose not to do what I need to do to move forward with my manifestation and my life.
I sit here in July, three months and ten days, since I began this Manifesting Mount Dora project. I am blogging, visualizing, adding to my vison board closet door, keeping a gratitude journal, reading inspiring books, saying affirmations, and visiting Mount Dora and I just don’t feel a sense of movement. Yes, I know three months and ten days is really not that long, but I want a feeling of forward motion. So, what can I do to break this feeling of being stuck in the doldrums of summer?
One of the basics of the Law of Attraction is that you have to make room for the new. Even if the desire of your manifestation has nothing to do with material items, you need to clean out and clear out your life - figuratively and physically. I look back to the summer of 2004, right before the ending of my “previous life” and the beginning of my present life, and I realize I did a lot of cleaning out, even without realizing what I was doing and how it would affect my future. Instinctively I knew I needed change, I needed different - anything different. I was renovating the house I would not live in much longer; I faced the horrible side affects of the depression medication I was on and made a choice to ease off of it (Please know that I am not recommending that anyone stop taking their medications! I eased myself off my medication with the help of a doctor.); I faced many, many problems that were uncontrolled and took steps to figure out how to take charge of and solve them.
So, what can I do now to increase my forward motion?
There are certain unfinished jobs - personal and professional - that I have been avoiding for various reasons and I know now that I must set aside my procrastination and take care of those tasks as soon as possible. My house is filled to overflowing - partially due to so many people living here and partially due to my reluctance to go through and eliminate what I no longer need or use. I may not be able to do much about the overflow due to our large household, but I can do something about my own belongings.
Over the past weekend I made modest progress with my home office space and I tackled and accomplished a work-related task that I have been refusing to face. Tomorrow is a holiday - the 4th of July - and I plan to use that time to engross myself in another work-related issue that has been hanging over my head for a long while. Over the upcoming weekend I will clean out my books - and, believe me, I have LOTS of books - and all those little odds and ends of knick-knacks that fill my shelves and tables. Having some of those trinkets honors memories, but too many are over-kill and I have reached the over-kill stage. Simplifying is difficult, but necessary, to show the Universe that you are willing and ready to make room for the future.
I also feel a need to move forward with my writing. This blog takes more time than I anticipated, but it also excites and fulfills me. I know I need to be doing more writing and am looking for inspiration and found a little kick-in-the-pants from the book “Bird by Bird - Some Instructions on Writing and Life” by Anne Lamott, one of my favorite writers. There has to be more time for writing and only I can find those extra moments in each day.
I have a couple of major personal tasks that are waiting for attention and I am resolved to give my to accomplish those before the end of July. In fact, the end of July is my goal to have at least 75% of my clearing and cleaning done.
This is how I plan to make room for forward motion - to tell the Universe that I am in gear and ready to go.
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