Allow yourself the space to reconnect with what you truly want from your day, your week, and your life

Our busy lives can seem to make it hard for us to stop, think and really connect with what we would like from life. The opportunities always seem endless, and so do the obligations, distractions interrupting us constantly in all these various directions that pull our focus every which way but towards our true desires. We need to take a break and find another chance of clarity, define what we want from our every day, week or general life.

The Importance of Reflection

Writing a reflection has the magic that makes us understand who we really are and what do we actually want. Moments of silence in your day may be profound. Journaling, meditation or just sitting in silence allows us to reflect and with each layer of noise we strip away. This very conscious pause is our true heart speaking loud + clear, prompting all of the things done and decisions made.

Setting Intentions

Once we have sorted it out, the next phase in this reflection and return is setting intentions. Our intentions are the map guiding our day to day decisions. When we identify what it is that actually want to be doing with those days and weeks, however… well now there’s a more useful structure in place for you keep consistent work time towards the things important to us. Whether that is more time with family, following a long-held passion or simply prioritizing self-care; intentions take our desires out of wishy-washy la-la land and into real life.

How to Fit in More Care

Creating that space in your day is essential to help you reconnect. This could involve cutting extraneous commitments or reshuffling your priorities to create space for activities and projects that align with you. This can mean adopting habits such as time blocking where you schedule in blocks for self-reflection and other activities that bring joy to your life.

Embracing Change

Returning to this point and identifying our real desires might bring the necessary realization that would stir up change. This potential transformation must be embraced, even if intimidating. After all, as you change your job or begin a new hobby and reset each small habit from day-to-day life to none other than pushing out of the comfortable zone creates itself where you find what actually strikes deep chords within yourself. Change is scary, but often what it takes to find your life’s work.

Conclusion

It is a very individualized journey of returning to what you actually want from your day/week/life. Creating room for reflection, developing clear goals, shifting your routine and learning to accept change can bring you closer.to living a life in tune with who we truly are. As the cliché goes, it is never too late to embark on this journey. Allow yourself to investigate what you actually want, and notice how it changes your experience of every day.