Joy Express

… My Craft Room will be overflowing with projects!  LOL.  I’ve been actively engaged in UStamp with Dawn & Friends’ Early Summer Edition 2010 projects and completely surprising myself at just how many fabulous things I’ve made!  I think I’ve got about 7 photos in the gallery!  This is amazing because I haven’t had the time to do much in the previous UStamp sessions – school holidays allow such flexibility for how I manage my time.

While being sidetracked on creating cards, chocolate covers, double pocket purses etc, I have been trying to ignore the “5 Year Plan” thoughts … I just don’t know where I’ll be or what I’ll be doing and I am even a bit scared of committing to doing something ‘just in case’ it goes awry.

But, I didn’t realise that those things I mentioned before were even possible in my “10 Year Vision” (this is why it’s great to go and have an Angel or Tarot Reading – it stimulates those otherwise dormant thoughts about what you might like to achieve in life).

I’ve been thinking about what I could set as goals for the next 6 months, what I am likely to achieve between now and the end of the year, and I find myself, yet again, reticent to Make a Commitment.

Why is that?

My artistic/creative side doesn’t like to be ‘locked in’ and it’s influencing my decisions a LOT, at the moment.  I am So Inspired to Be Creative!  Being Practical has been a challenge although I think I am able to ‘convince’ my Creative ME that my Practical ME needs a little time, today … cleaning, and Angel Workshop Preparation, MUST be a priority. LOL. [I can hear Creative ME already: "but, but, but ..."]

So, an easier way to commit myself to something is to think about what life may look like in 5 years time … it’s sufficiently far enough away that I can’t feel threatened by the commitment or the Fear of Success issues I experience or anything else.

In 5 year’s time …

my health will be in Great Shape

I will have a consistent income and be well on my way to being Financially Independent

I will have travelled to all the parts of Australia that I have ever wanted to see

I will be Living My JOY and Sharing that JOY with many people around me

Kels will be close to the end of her schooling and I will be close to the end of my more immediate parenting responsibilities

I will have my own car

My business premises will be organised/arranged and I will be in the process of refining my team of practitioners

I/we will be Giving Back to the Community ~ not sure how, yet

“Expressing JOY” will be my mantra.

Gosh! It still amazes me what comes through when I write these lists of thoughts about life in the future.  I feel they are a bit repetitive but that’s where my life is at, right now.  A lot of my ‘holding back’ comes from having a 12 year old who still needs her mother’s involvement (although not as much as before ) and that will naturally change as time moves forward.

Hmm.

Food for thought.

Maybe I might be able to think about what I want to achieve for the rest of this year now that I have broken down the next 10 years a little bit. 

By the end of the year I will have …

awareness

friendship

magical experiences in nature

lovely people who understand the difficult times and are there to support you

lemon myrtle soy melts

morning coffee

dressing up

making creative projects up from talented designer’s recipes

girlfriends who finally discover the magick of stamping!

receiving my next team swap in the mail

angel readings

facilitating workshops

planning lunches, coffees, gatherings

earning my own money

Being Awesome!

Today, I am off to the Wellbeing & Lifestyle Expo in South Morang.  I’m hanging out with the Groovy Goddesses ~ Davine, Caroline, Deb and Maria ~ and will be offering Angel Readings while the other ‘Goddesses’ offer Reiki, Jewellery and Candles.  It’s going to be So Much Fun!

This is what I LOVE.

Being in this energy/space gives me a jumping off point for ‘painting a picture’  of what my life will look like in 2020 …

I will be 56 years old;

My kids will be 29, 26 1/2 & 22 (Gosh!!);

David will be 56 almost 57;

We will be living in our current home but in the process of relocating;

We will be traveling overseas at least once a year;

David will be my business manager and continuing his “Rock God” path, on the side;

I will be handing over the reigns of my company/business to a trusted employee which will free me up for travelling;

I will be considering a new book contract;

I will be fit and healthy ~ exercise will be a regular and committed process, maybe including personal training and yoga; I will enJOY spending time with Stillness allowing my mental health daily ‘time out’;  I will have a regular committment to working in the garden, getting my hands dirty and being renewed in energy and good health; I will have clear and constant access to all things spiritual and have integrated “5D” with “3D” realities; my diet will fulfill all my needs and be Easy;

I will own my own car ~ something mid-sized and sporty;

I will be Financially Independent;

I will be embarking on the adventures of a lifetime ~ Great Love and Journeys with David.

Goodness!  How Inspiring!  Is that REALLY how my life will be in 10 years time???

Like Daniel starting out on his life’s journey, I am sure that things will change between now and then.  The important thing is to Step Forward Strongly.  Make a Committment to something and go out and get it. 

When I think about where I am at now – July, 2010 – I realise that my life is pretty darn good.  But, having just done this process of Creating a Picture about where I will be in 10 years time (in essence, giving myself a ‘reading’), I realise that having a destination really does help with focusing and grounding my thoughts and plans.

Daniel sets weekly goals with his team … what he wants to achieve in sales for the week.  They are revisited each day, then reset each new week.

It’s probably time that I set some serious goals … not just ‘everyday’ goals like planning dinners or getting through the washing each week, but something which really focuses on the bigger picture.  Kels has been watching Macleod’s Daughters over the holidays and when Kate Manfredi arrives at Drover’s Run one of the first things she does is put her “5 Year Plan” poster on the wall.  That’s always appealed to me.  Maybe it’s time I did “Michelle’s 5 Year Plan”.

Hmmm.  Food for Thought.

How does my Life Look in 5 Years Time?

Another question I find myself asking clients, and friends, is “Where Do You See Yourself in 10 Years Time?”.  Not many can answer that question.

I’m not sure I can, either.

The only thing I know for sure is that I am on the path that I really, really want to be on, and I am journeying towards – what?  Doing “Lightworker” business full time?  Being Fully Engaged in my Career? Travelling? Earning a Living doing Readings and Workshops?

I guess it’s a bit of all of that.

When Daniel was in the process of leaving school, he was considering exactly this question.  He looked around at people whom he admired and talked to them about their lives, successes and challenges, and formed a picture of the direction in which he’d like to head.  He had a goal of whom he wanted to be like, by the time he was 40. 

This was an excellent process to go through because it gave him a direction to begin with once he’d left school. 

Twelve months later, he has a new direction and a new ‘destination’, and that’s ok.  Because the whole point of asking the question, “Where Do I Want to Be in 10 Years Time?”, is to find a path to start travelling.  The beauty of the path is that lots of options appear as you travel it … side streets, hills, mountains, valleys, new people, different situations … just like travelling in a city or country town.  There are always things to see on the way and choices which can be made, sometimes redefining the original direction, sometimes just making it more interesting.

So, Where Do YOU See Yourself in 10 Years Time?

Yesterday, I shared that Cleaning and Baking make me Happy.  It’s not so much the ‘doing’ of the task that allows me to feel happy, although that is certainly part of it ~ it gives you the sense that you are doing something Purposeful, that there is meaning in your life and in your actions. It’s mostly about the Visual Pleasure I receive when I SEE what I have Completed/Created/Achieved.

Visual Pleasure Happiness, for me, comes in the form of …

a freshly made bed

green salad leaves

funky clothing

new colours from Stampin’ Up!

Jonquils

my newly organised and arranged Stamping Shelving

decluttered space

display cabinets filled with delectable edibles, or goddess jewellery

freshly cleansed and energised crystals … these actually allow me to FEEL HAPPY, too

I find it hard to get my brain around people who don’t ‘get inspired’ by Visual Pleasure, but I need to get it sorted because that is so not how David sees life!  I’m still not exactly sure what  kind of things allow David to feel happy, other than going Sailing (which we are booked to do in September!).   

When you know some things that make you happy, you can kind of follow that Happy Feeling through to your Inner Being and understand how you ‘Feel’.  My Happiness Feeling is like a warm yellow cloud of marshmallow … it’s divinely soft to look at  and smells like Sunshine.  My Feelings of JOY are similar but they come with lots and lots of bubbles, like in a glass of Champagne, that rise quickly to the surface and force me to Smile and Laugh and have Sparkly Eyes.

I guess if you are not a Visual Person it is a bit harder to ’see’ what Happiness looks like.  Maybe you can ‘feel’ how Happiness affects you.  Maybe there is some other way of remembering how Being Happy is for YOU so that you can recognise it when it visits again.

If you can recognise Happiness, through your senses, then you will always be able to find it again.  Because, my experience of recent times is that a lot of people have lost their connection to What Makes Them Happy. 

Did I mention that When You Are Happy, All Things Are Possible?!

I am Happiest when I am working with a client in a Reading or Facilitating a Workshop or Sharing the JOY of what I do and what I believe.

I am Happy when I hang out with Girlfriends, a Soy Flat White in a Mug and my current cake indulgence.

I am Happy when I am with David and it’s just the 2 of us and we are talking.

I am Happy when I am traveling and having new adventures.

I am Happy when I am INSPIRED.

I am Happy when I indulge in a favourite TV program ~ currently it’s Grey’s Anatomy! ~ or a favourite author.

And, the list goes on, and on, and on.

Have YOU thought about what makes you happy?  Can YOU answer the question?  Can YOU share your JOY? 

Do You Believe You Deserve to Be Happy?