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Prioritizing Your Life
I find that many of the women I coach enlist my services because they aren’t
living the life that they really want to live. When we begin to look into
that together, we often find that their priorities do not match how they
spend their actual time. If you are not spending your time and your days
according to what’s most important to you, chances are you will end up
feeling harried, unsatisfied, and disappointed with your life.
For example, if your number one priority is spending time with your family,
but you spend 50+ hours per week at the office,
your life does not reflect your priorities.
Or, if you highly value spending time in nature, but
instead focus a lot of energy and time on social obligations,
then you are likely feeling drained and unsatisfied.
Life is busy, and it can be easy for us to lose control of how we spend our
time. As women, we have many obligations. Yet, how we spend our time is the
essence of our lives. It’s crucially important for us to tap into our inner
wisdom to remember our priorities and our values so that we can design our
lives around those priorities to feel satisfied and
energized.
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I recommend the following process to help you align your life with your
priorities and your values:
1) Make a list of everything in your life that is important to you. This can
include family, spiritual life, career, socializing, hobbies, time in
nature, education, exercise, and rest. Get specific with this list. For
example, instead of simply listing “friendships”, perhaps list particular
individuals or groups of friends that are important to you.
2) Order your list in number of importance to you. This is now your priority
list.
3) Now, take a look at the top three items on your list. Star them. Ask
yourself: Are these really my top priorities in life, or are some of these
items “shoulds” or “obligations”. If there are any shoulds or obligations,
re-prioritize so that your top three really connect with you on a heart/soul
level. Some questions to ask yourself here are:
• Am I excited about this item?
• How do I feel when I devote time to this item?
• Is there any way I’d rather be spending my time than on this item?
4) Is the majority of your actual time devoted to
the top three things on your list? If yes, wonderful! For the rest of us –
what are you spending your time doing? If it’s not a top priority item: why
are you spending your time on it?
This 4-step process should give you a good idea of how you want to spend
your time and how you are actually spending your time. It will also provide
you with valuable information about what’s important to you and also why you
spend time on things that are not priorities. The next step, which I’ll
discuss in a future article, is to begin to make adjustments in your daily
schedule to create space for your
top priorities in life.
Make Better Decisions About Your Life
Our bodies contain treasures of important and
valuable information about our
lives – everything from what types of food are good for us to eat, to what
our ideal bedtime is, to knowing who our mates should be or what career to
choose, to making a decision about a home we are thinking about buying.
This body wisdom is called intuition, calling our intuition to action can
help us navigate our lives with more ease and confidence.
Many of us, however, aren’t in practice of hearing and listening to those
valuable clues and facts that are bodies give us everyday. Luckily, there
are ways that we can embrace our bodies and our body wisdom, and begin to
hear valuable information about our careers, our finances, our
relationships, and our lives.
Here is an easy and quick 4-minute technique that will support you in
beginning to become re-acquainted with your body wisdom:
1) Make space:
Set aside about 4-5 minutes just for yourself in a
quiet and nurturing space. Sit in a comfortable position on the ground or in
a chair.
2) Breathe:
Close your eyes and take at least 5 deep breathes.
Breathe through your heart, down into your belly, and to the outer edges of
your body so that you feel yourself expand as your breathe in. With each
inhale, see if you can open up; with each exhale, allow yourself to release
and let go. Use this conscious breathing to connect to the present moment,
and to connect to yourself.
3) Connect
with your heart:
Now, still keeping your eyes closed,
place a hand on your heart and connect with your heart. Breathe deeply into
your heart and let it expand with each inhale.
4) Ask for wisdom:
With your hand still on your heart, ask your heart
the following question: “What’s most important right now?” And then simply
listen. You might hear the answer or see the answer or just know it deep
inside. It might need a little time to rise up and make itself known.
Continue to breathe and be present as you listen.
And, voila! Connecting with your intuition is as simple as that! Of course,
there are much more advanced techniques, but this heart-centered meditation
is a great place to start to reconnect with your body and benefit from all
the wisdom it has for you. And remember: this is a practice. Don’t be
discouraged if it doesn’t work for you the first time you try it.
Keep at
it, and you’ll be sure to see results!
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