To show you that I intend to practice what I preach… and embark on this journey with you, here’s a glimpse of my 2014 desires.
I desire to:
- Blog (write) daily
- Finish my novel
- Secure a literary agent
- Marry the man of my dreams
- Launch my special project
- Rebrand and restructure my consulting firm
- Broaden my scope to more verticals, not offer more services
- Run more (which means, stay healthy enough to do so)
- Inspire and motivate others – especially all four of my kids
Now, the next step is to figure out how to align my life so that I can realize my desires.
Chasing your heart’s desires isn’t some new concept… it’s not “my idea”… it’s in centuries old teachings. What enabled me to recently embrace and adapt the concept was the idea of alignment. Anytime I ever actually ever got what I wanted, what my heart desired, was when I aligned everything in my life to make it happen. I’ve always had dreams, wants, hopes… but unless I aligned my life, I ignored my heart, and those dreams, wants, hopes did not come to pass.
Here’s just a few examples: I wanted to go to USC to pursue my undergrad degree. For a host of reasons, I didn’t. I didn’t align my life to make it happen. No one else’s fault.
I did however want children. Whether having my own or adopting. You’d better believe I focused on nothing else but having them, aligned my entire life around being prepared to have them – and, I have them: two daughters, and two soon-to-be, stepsons.
I can think of at least 10 more examples… bet you can think of a few on your own too.
The concept of alignment is actually very simple: everything I do, you do, everyday, must include something actionable, something intentional.
I’m in this with you. More to come.
Tanya B.