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…is right now.
Whatever you’re doing right now determines your future.
Let me explain...
So, I just got done with a really powerful journaling session. I didn’t intend for it to be seen by anyone other than me, but after it came out of me, I felt like I should definitely share it.
It just kind of poured out.
And the message was too important to not share.
So, I’ll publish this rather private peek into my journal hoping whoever needs to see this will.
{BTW, if you don’t journal yet, you need to. Here’s what grownup journaling looks like for me.}
- I use journaling to realign with my goals every single morning.
- I use journaling to “think out loud” and follow thoughts further than I would in my head.
- I use journaling to identify obstacles to my goals and then move past them.
That’s what happened this morning. I identified an obstacle (trusting everything to the future) and moved past it.
I hope this article gives you….
- An example of how to journal
- Inspiration to live in the present moment
- A journal prompt to prompt actual visceral change in your life
The key to everything you ever wanted to be…is right now
I realized this weekend,
I feel like I’m constantly in a state of ready-for-the-next-thing.
Anticipation.
Expectancy.
I’m thinking about what I have to get done later today, Wednesday, next month.
I’m anticipating the errands, the bills, the events, the responsibilities.
As though everything good actually happens in the future.
As though right now isn’t important or exciting enough.
But the thing is…
And this is important. So take note.
The thing is, everything about right now sets the precedent for the future.
Your habits…
How you use your time…
The work you do today…paves the path for what happens later today, Wednesday, next month.
We are the product of our daily habits, emotional responses, what we’re doing right now (any now).
So, in order to get to the outcome you want in the future, you need to string back your focus to today, right now.
Right now,
I’m drinking water to hydrate, because I know it’s a key to a healthy body.
I’m journaling because it awakes my goals every morning.
I’m at the dining room table. I don’t have to get up and go into the cold at all today.
I’m thinking about the Super wolf blood moon last night and what the dog is up to.
And thinking about how all of the above contributes to my future.
Hmmmm….
Right now is the truth of what’s going on in your life.
The future doesn’t hold the answers. Everything doesn’t just miraculously end up fixed in the future.
Well, it could, depending on what actions you take right now, but…
Right now is the truth of what’s going on in your life.
Right now is the way to change the future.
If you want to get fit, you need to start right now. Drink a huge cup of water, pull the workout up on your phone, order the eggs and asparagus.
If you want to establish your business, you need to take action right now, not plan for it sometime in the future.
If you want to be more confident, you need to sit up straight in your chair and hold your chest proud right now.
(Did you just sit up straighter? I did!)
You need to interrupt the discourse in your head that says “who do you think you are?” and replace it with “I have the confidence of Cleopatra.”
Right now.
If you want people to see you as the leader of a revolution, you need to embody that right this instant.
If you feel like you know who the “this is who I really am” version of yourself is, then you need to live into it right now, not wait for some future version of you to turn around and wait for you to catch up.
Because you’ll never be able to catch up.
That future version of you stays at the same arm’s length away as it always has, no matter what.
So, you need to do it right now.
What you do right now determines your future.
Not the other way around.
What are you waiting for?
Get out your journal and free-write about who you want to be and what you can do right now to be that person.