The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams
~Oprah Winfrey
I celebrated my birthday a few weeks ago, 57 years on this wonderful Mother Earth, and decided to follow the advice of Dr. Christiane Northrup on celebrating birthdays;
“You celebrate everything that you’ve accomplished or that you’re proud of in the past year so that you have really a celebration of your worth and your increased competence,” she says. “That’s a cool thing.”
So instead of just celebrating another year older (which is really boring) I celebrated and reviewed all of the good stuff that happened during that year which included a major breakthrough.
It all started with a major move of my business to a downtown location (new to me) and the addition of another therapist to share the space. My work as a massage therapist which was already busy got even busier. (a good thing)
Became a Desire Map Facilitator so I could share this work I love with others.
Farm life is always good and busy but for some reason a little busier. (or I’m slower…)
Personal life….okay this is where we get to the breakthrough.
Sometimes one small thing can create enough upheaval to cause you to question everything in your life and the reasons behind it. My small thing was a ongoing conversation with my adult children (start nodding your heads if you have adult kids) about communication, their lack, my overabundance. (keep nodding)
When I realized that my overabundance of communication was who I am and something that I could not change. This realization then caused the rest of “who am I and what do I want” to come tumbling down. I started picking apart every aspect of my life, piece by piece and you know what I discovered…….
That I was piling on so much stuff, trying to do it all I wasn’t truly enjoying my life.
BIG SURPRISE!
I was working so hard to do so many things, that the things I loved to do were suffering and I wasn’t enjoying them as much. Once I stripped away everything in my life and laid it all out, here’s what I saw.
I had already accomplished everything I ever wanted in my life. I started and have a successful business, I have a beautiful farm with the horses and animals I love and someone to share it with me.
So why was I working on so many projects that were taking my precious time away from the things I love?
For me, I love learning new things, this blog for instance and lots of other things. But I had lost the ability of balancing the new things I was bringing in WITH my life instead of stacking everything on top.
So now, I’m living my NEW old life with a new sense of appreciation, savoring each moment and relaxing into the beauty of it.
I’m still learning and doing new things because this is who I am also but I’m more conscience of how it will impact the life I love.
How about you, are you stacking things on top of an already full life, never savoring the moments you have? If so, step back and see what’s really important and prioritize the things that mean the most.
Living and loving your “new” old life may be the awakening and change you need.