Key to a Purpose Driven Life
Often it is true that the simple things are both the best things
and also the things we seem to avoid or 'not have time for'.
Here is what I do personally with great success, and also some
very special and important tips that reveal why such personal
time thinking sessions often do not work for people.
A 10 Minute Purpose Driven Life Focus Session is one of those
magical things that when done regularly can prove miraculous at
improving the quality, enjoyment, and effectiveness of our day;
a genuine key to your purpose driven life.
It's important to keep it simple, but to maintain awareness of
its importance. That helps us to do it regularly as we are not
worried so much about 'doing it right' yet still able to
recognize that it is a very significant thing to do in some form.
The essence of a Purpose Driven Life Focus Session is to write
thoughts down.
A purpose driven life comes out of a regularly updated
mindfulness and clarity of your thoughts, responsibilities,
projects, hurdles, and desires.
It's actually not so important to write anything in particular
as it is to simply write something, whatever comes up, and
trusting yourself and making space for your self to explore
whatever ideas press onto your awareness.
You may reflect on your state of emotions. You may write down
the pressing matters that you need to attend to. You may simply
jot down some fantasy imaginations of something you are looking
forward to. You may write down your current thoughts on
achieving a purpose driven life as you see it at the time.
I want to stress in this article that what is important is just
to do something, almost anything, that requires writing down on
paper or typing on computer, some personal thoughts.
Doing so awakens and connects the whole mind.
My own sessions have now molded into a flexible structure of
reviewing the larger and more important things in my life, then
considering my current projects, then visualizing myself
performing well throughout the day, then getting in touch with
positive emotions.
TIPS FOR YOUR SESSION
Here are some tips that help my clients understand and maintain
a regular 10 minute 'purpose driven life' focus session.
DON'T feel guilty if you do not do the 10 Minute Purpose Driven
Life Focus Session every day. The point of the exercise is to
help put you in a resourceful state to help improve your day.
Often it will happen that you do not feel high energy about
doing a focusing session. Some might say that it is those times
when you really need to do it. I think you have to honestly
decide that for yourself, as it's not worth saying to yourself
that you 'should' do it ('shoulding' all over yourself) and then
not doing it, and then feeling guilty, and then blanking out
your awareness of it, and then get further into a rut - do you
relate?
Give yourself permission day to day to do whatever you feel
gives you more energy and productivity. Don't take me or anyone
else as knowing better than you what's best. "Question
everything" - Socrates
Sometimes you will want to jump out of bed and get on with
things right away. If you're already either on a tight deadline
or on fire with commitment for your projects then it's not
necessary to do the 10 minute focus.
Sometimes you will feel like spending more or less time, perhaps
filling most of the 10 minutes or even more time than that, on a
specific area or an emotionally empowering visualisation.
It's important to use the 10 minute review as BOTH an
intellectual exercise, as well as an emotionally involved
exercise. A purpose driven life combines rational decision
making with emotional connectedness. Without mindfulness of how
they fit together for you personally you can not live a purpose
driven life.
Don't expect that you should feel turned on and bubbling over
with enthusiasm after your 10 minute focus sessions. That is a
false expectation that gets people depressed because they think
'whats wrong with me why don't I feel all excited and filled
with joy whilst I'm cooking dinner or checking my emails?'
Emotions go up and down so accept wherever they are at any time
as you focus on your projects and responsibilities.
In what way have you already attempted or done some kind of
focus session? What is purpose to you? And what would you say is
your purpose? Do you feel that at this time you are living a
purpose driven life? What time in your morning routine would be
most suitable for a focus session? Is night time a better time
for you?
You will start to experience the benefits of the 10 Minute
Purpose Driven Life Focus Session about a week after maintaining
it almost every day. If you don't, write me and together we'll
work something out more suitable for you.
Remember. The key is to write something down. And to do that
often.