Creating The Life You Want To Live
Today we’re talking about how you can actually create the life you dream of living. Discover how to envision the big picture growth you want for your future and the 4 ingredients needed to get you there.
First off we want to let you know that it IS possible! We’ve found that you really can create the life you want to live and it doesn’t have to seem so distant.
How have we done this? By learning that you can create the life you really want AND find joy and fulfillment in the meantime.
When you start believing that you can create what you want and come at it from a place of gratitude + contentment, THEN you can apply these 4 ingredients to help you start seeing progress.
4 ingredients to create the life you want to live
We’re calling these ingredients because although we think all of them are very important, it’s up you how you use them. You might find you need to add lots of #3 into your life or just a little more of #2.
Here are the 4 ingredients to creating the life you want to live:
Find Your Purpose
Manage Your Time
Do Thought Work
Have Grace For Yourself
Just like any personal or creative growth work, YOU have to find out what works personally for you and the current stage you’re in. The best part is that YOU get to decide what your end result is!
We have wonderful podcast episodes, free guides and paid resources for each of these topics. Keep scrolling and you’ll learn how to work on each one.
Find Your Purpose
In this step all you’re doing is finding out what matters most to you!
You might already have some idea of what matters most to you, but until you can clearly write it out into a purpose statement you won’t have the guidance you need to move forward.
No matter what life throws at you, you can have clarity and direction when you know your purpose.
If you need help finding your purpose, we have a few great resources to help you do just that:
The Best Questions To Ask Your Future Self - free guide
Ep. 92 How To Write A Purpose Statement - A free article + podcast episode that helps you get started writing your own purpose statement.
Find Your Purpose Course - Includes a beautiful workbook + online videos that will not only help you find your purpose, but give you the confidence to start living your purpose out! (Click HERE to check availability)
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Here’s what our Find Your Purpose Course can help you with!
Decide what you want
Uncover your unique gifts
Write your very own purpose statement
Set aligned goals
Celebrate your progress along the way
2. Manage Your Time
After you’ve found your purpose and know what matters most to you, it’s time to incorporate those things into your life right now!
This step is KEY to creating the life you want to live.
If you already have a purpose statement, then see how you can incorporate some of those things into your life this week. Practice in little ways, make a simple plan and then start doing this today. You’ll figure out the next steps as you go along and readjust.
We have SO many resources when it comes to helping you manage your time well so you’re in luck!
Start with our FREE Time Blocking Toolkit
Read our guide, Time Management For Creative Moms (ebook)
Come up with your very own Time Management Rules
Learn the 5 Mindset Shifts For Time Management - Learn to become more effective with your time, plus listen a FREE chapter from our ebook.
Grab your Free Time Management Toolkit
This is your quick-start kit to help you easily block out time for your creative projects. CLICK HERE to access your free toolkit and get started today!
3. Work on Your Thoughts + Mindset
In this step, you’re working on your mindset of what you think is possible.
Start with working on YOUR THOUGHTS. What are your thoughts right when you wake up, during the day, or right before you fall asleep? What do you think a lot about?
Remember that to create the life you want to live, you HAVE to create the thoughts you want to think!
Your thoughts -> your feelings -> your actions -> your results
Use your beautiful and powerful mind to relieve all those negative emotions your thinking mind has created. You can practice to relieve pressure from your goals, stress, guilt, resentment, roadblocks, fear, doubt, etc.
Here are a few of our favorite resources when it comes to working on your mindset:
Grab your FREE Create Your Own Mantra Worksheet - Hundreds of women have used this worksheet to help them create a personal mantra that’s unique to them and the mindset they want to enjoy.
5 Mindset Shifts For Time Management - Learning how to become more effective with your time all starts with your mindset!
How To Develop Belief in Yourself - Learn how you can have, do, or become whatever it is that you truly desire!
Patreon Class: Develop Belief in Yourself - This class can totally transform your mindset! It’s been our most popular class so far! (In session July + August 2021) If this class is no longer in session, you can still gain access to it and past classes when you join our VIP level in Patreon.
4. Have More Grace For Yourself
The most powerful thing you can do, no matter what you want to create, is to come at it from a place of love, abundance and grace.
Love the person you already are and always have been!
You’re already doing SO well! You’ve already done so much! You are already enough, no matter what you do or don’t do.
Love is the key ingredient to your progress. Again it goes back to our thoughts. Instead of that scarcity mindset, “What’s lacking, what’s wrong, what’s missing, I don’t have…” You can choose to come from a heart FULL of gratitude instead.
Try some of these podcast episodes and blog posts to help take better care of yourself:
Giving Yourself Grace - Learn what this means and HOW to actually do it.
Loving Yourself and Your Efforts - Podcast episode + article that can easily help you practice loving who you are and what you do.
How To Take A 10 Minute Reset - Our favorite little practice to boost your energy in the middle of the day.
You can do this. Be kind and gentle. Don’t forget to take care of yourself and look back at how far you’ve already come.
It really IS possible to create the life you want to live.
If you’re still not sure where to start, contact us HERE and we’d be happy to connect and guide you one-on-one.
xoxo,
Laura + Kristin
One Last Reminder!
“You have infinite potential. You belong. You are significant. You have a special purpose in the world that ONLY you can fulfill. You have everything you need to fulfill your purpose. You are loved perfectly by a Creator no matter what you do.”
This is also a podcast!
You can also search The Progress Project on any podcast app.
Episode #174 Creating The Life You Want To Live
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