What do I want more of in my life? Who inspires me and why? How do I want to feel? How do I want to show up in the world?
The other day, my good friend, Mike, asked me if I made any resolutions this year. Resolutions, goals — they’re a tricky thing for me. There’s this thing in me that prefers to focus on BEING over DOING.
I’m much more interested in who I want to be/come vs what I want to do.
And I think when you focus on the intention, the doing follows.
For example: I want to be a more generous person.
An intention like that can play out in so many ways. I can be generous with my time, with my words, with my money.
What starts in the heart, translates to action, and almost without our knowing, can have so many expressions.
Here’s another: I want to be be healthier.
Again, this can look like so many things: taking time for morning pages, starting the day with a walk, finding a therapist, working on a better relationship with your partner? etc..
It starts in the heart. The action follows. The intention leads to the doing leads to the feeling. I wonder if you have a word of the year. And I wonder if you do, if you could give it some sort of shape in the real world - a sketch, an outfit, a poem? Maybe even a collection of items to set on altar; a set of reminders, in the physical, like a tangible prayer.
If you don’t have a word, you might ask yourself: What do I want more of in my life? Who inspires me and why? How do I want to feel? How do I want to show up in the world? The answers to these questions may hold some wisdom.