awareness

AIM to be better and do better.  These are practices I use every day to move away from feeling bad to feeling good.  You cannot feel good and bad at the same time, so choose to feel GOOD! 

The first step is Awareness.  You have to be aware of your thoughts and understand them. 

ABC’s of Awareness

Three A’s

1.      Ask

2.      Acknowledge

3.     Accept

Ask the questions.  What do I want?  Who am I? Am I happy?  Am I ready to change?  What can I do different?  What am I willing to give up?  What is in my way?  Why have I not been successful in this area in the past?  Whatever question arises in your mind, ask why? 

Acknowledge the feelings associated with the questions you are asking.  How do you feel physically?  Is it your ego?  Are you making excuses?  Do you know all the tricks of the ego?  Is it a real or imagined threat?  Acknowledge what is going on in your head and body when you address your thoughts with questions. 

Accept the answers you find.  Accept accountability for everything.  You alone are responsible for your thoughts and how you process them.  Forgive yourself.  Forgive others.  You have the sole ability to choose.  Accept your past.  Accept that the future has not happened yet.  Accept that it’s just a thought and you get to make a decision on how you react to it.

Three B’s

1.      Blocks

2.      Beliefs

3.     Blind Spots

These are the obstacles you must understand and recognize as you evaluate your thoughts. 

Blocks are an inability to recall some specific thing or perform some mental action.  Blocks are an uncontrollable suppression or repression of painful or unwanted thoughts/memories.  Also can be an inability to continue or complete a train of thought.

Beliefs, typically limiting beliefs, are those which constrain us in some way.  They are often about you and your self-identity.  It is a false belief that a person acquires as a result of making an incorrect conclusion about something in life.  They are typically learned consciously or unconsciously during your upbringing.  The biggest problem is they cause is they force you to live below your potential. 

Blind Spots cause you to fail to recognize emotions.  They change how you interpret and talk about reality.  Blind spots are aspects of our personalities that are obvious to everyone but ourselves.  You don’t know what you don’t know. 

Three C’s

1.      Clarity

2.      Confidence

3.     Consistency

Clarity requires some deep diving into what you want.  Do you have a vision, purpose, and/or mission for your life? Once you have figured that out, it is so much easier when you ask and acknowledge your thoughts to justify if they are in alignment.  You just need to get clear on where you want to go so you can start somewhere. 

Confidence can be built.  We are so hard on ourselves and most of us need work in this area.  Affirmations are a great practice to incorporate in your daily routine.  Start taking action to progress toward your goals. The more and more we try (and fail) at something, the more confident we become.  Confidence will get stronger the more you practice.  We are our own worst enemy and the ego does whatever it can to keep us small and fearful.

Consistency is the key to controlling your mind.  It takes 30 days to form a habit and you need to develop a daily routine that assists in shifting your mindset.  Start your day off on a positive note and do things that raise your energy.  Get your workout in, start a gratitude journal, say your affirmations, and meditate. The law of attraction says positive attracts more positive. Create a consistent daily practice to become the best you!

As you continue to follow the journey, I will share more information to help you.