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Perfectly Imperfect!

Have you ever suffered from “perfectionism”? The symptoms may include:

  • controlling every detail so “it” turns out “perfectly”
  • stressed, uptight, ever afraid of “failure”
  • limiting the activities you participate in because you can’t “do that one perfectly yet” and you might look foolish

Today’s secret is this: No one is perfect. You will NEVER be perfect. A goal of human perfection is doomed to fail. 

But celebrating ourselves on the journey of being our “perfectly imperfect human expressions” is expansive, joyful, freeing!

Where would a dose of imperfection free you?

 

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Time for the Major Upgrade

Sometimes software needs more than a point release; it requires a major overhaul with powerful new features and the letting go of older, no longer compatible features. The new version may – and may not – resemble the old in look and feel. Ideally, it is easier to use and has wonderful new features. And it just might be so different that it takes the user way outside their comfort zone for awhile!

In life, you might be at a crossroads. Perhaps you are ready for a major upgrade with respect to self-care habits, how you spend your free time, how you earn a living. You may be ready to begin a workout regime, change to a vegan diet or find a new organization in which to share your talents. Know that large-scale changes such as these can feel very uncomfortable! Know also that you need not move through them without a support team, guidance and encouragement.

Where are you ready for a major upgrade?
 What does your support team look like?

What do you vision down the road?

Keep your vision easily accessible as encouragement through the discomfort!

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Mid-Year Review

This morning I gave myself the gift of a mid-year review. If you’ve  been around Tidbits long enough, you know that I have found an annual review to be a powerful piece of intention and purposeful living. You also know that January 1 is NOT my personal “year-end/year-begin” date. For me, it was March 1 this year and accompanied the onset of spring as well as my birthday.

So today was the half-year point. I paused to look back at these six months, notice what is alive in me know, and look ahead to who I would like to be in March 2015. I used this process:

EOY Review

What did I discover? I learned that I am on track! There have been challenges and setbacks … and … I’ve grown, evolved, expanded these last six months. I am recommitting to the March 2014 intention:

2014: The Year I Embrace Being, Visioning,
Intuitive Awareness and Celebrating ME!

with an added emphasis on the celebrating part. Yippee!!!

What about you?

What is happening with your 2014 intentions?
What needs a kick start?
Refocus?
What can you celebrate?

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Software Reconfiguration

Sometimes we need more than a reboot, a rest followed by starting over. Sometimes the situation calls for a software reconfiguration in order to avoid insanity:

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein

With a current challenge in mind, ask yourself:

What am I repeating over and over – unsuccessfully?
What  are five other choices I could make?

Pick one and do it.

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What Energy Is Here Now?

Perhaps, like me, there are times when you find yourself racing through the items on your to-do list without even thinking about what you are doing or how you feel about it. The end of the day arrives and you wonder how you got here. The very sad thing is that some folks follow this pattern for decades and wind up at the end of life without having lived.

Today’s suggestion is a simple practice. Put notes on the bathroom mirror, on the dashboard in your car, on your computer screen at work, on the back door, and any other location that you will notice multiple times throughout your day. The notes say:

What energy is here now?

The practice is this: read the note. Breathe. Answer it for yourself. That’s it!

What energy is here now?