What do I like about a 30 day Affirmation Anthem practice? I like the intentional nature of setting a course for my thinking throughout the day from a place of agency, creativity and clarity.
So much of my life before 2018 was crossing my fingers and praying that the winds of fate wouldn’t derail me, hoping complicated humans wouldn’t be complicated in my space so that they’d derail me, avoiding danger and risk so that I wouldn’t be derailed and then experiencing the reality of messy life, falling down, feeling wronged and off center then recovery, try, cross fingers, repeat repeat repeat. Back then I figured none of us could know the future and it was anyone’s guess how it would go.
But actually. We do know how most things will go, we have lots of information about how we manage bumps and snags that we can, indeed, predict lots of ways in which we will repeatedly behave. From habit.
Living on purpose asks if I want to set a tone for my life and live from there. LIving on purpose looks at the stuff on the calendar and asks, what are some possible scenarios that may occur and how can I prepare in order to set myself up for being my best even in the midst of undesired circumstances. WE know more than we are giving ourselves credit. WE know how we react to disappointment and failure. WE know how we react to success, conflict, worry, new things, fun, all of it. When you know how you approach that kinda stuff then you can start planning for ways to maximize your good return on investment and reduce your bumps and pit falls. Or, in extreme cases of crisis, plan for ways to care extraordinary care of yourself as you navegate high stress seasons of life.
So day 12. Has this week been off the charts amazing? No. Some things have gone great and other things have been not so great. The affirmation anthem practice has created a trust in myself that there’s no doubt in my mind I will stick with it. There’s no doubt in my mind that not so great days risk derailing my long-term goals. That’s pretty great. Living on purpose feels pretty great.