What surrounds you?

Take a deep breath and pause…..

What surrounds you? The people, the place, the possessions….

How does it feel?

What’s your story that finds you right here, right now?

If that was a positive experience for you, that’s great! Breathe it in, soak it up and sit and just be. Be present and revel in your moment! Use all your senses to log this as a positive memory that you can draw on when may be things don’t quite seem so positive.

If you found negative feelings coming up, or just a gut instinct that something feels off. May be this is an opportunity for change?

Firstly, sit with the feeling that you have and consider these questions:

• Where are you feeling this emotion?
• How does it feel?
• Does it bring any memories back for you?
• Can you describe your current reality?

Now we have spent a little time sitting, feeling and experiencing the emotion – not ignoring it, not pushing it down, or hiding it somewhere – just sitting with it. Now let’s take some time to reflect on how you want to feel in this situation, environment, amongst these possessions.

• How would you like this space to make you feel?
• What do you think is getting in your way?
• What options do you have that could change the way you feel?
• Any other options?
• Any barriers you can see?
• Anything else?
• If you could come up with an option that had no boundaries at all money, time, people didn’t need to be taken into account…. What options would you suggest to feel the way you would like in this space?
• And finally…. any more options?

I hope you’ve enjoyed a little bit of blue sky thinking and practical thinking about options.

Now finally considering your list. Is there one small step you would like to take today to move you in the direction of the way you would like to feel or the blue sky option. It doesn’t need to be a giant leap, just one small gesture that puts you a step closer. Is it the wipe the side, reorganise your books, declutter the toy box, taking a moment to pause every afternoon, spend more time with someone and less with another…. It can be anything, anything at all to help you!

Those steps will accumulate and in time you’ll look back and will see how far you have come.

I would love to hear what you’ve come up with! Share your thoughts!