How do we organise and simplify our life to create more positivity, calm and confidence?
The secret is knowing what are the most important priorities in our life and what order to priorities them!
Once we know this it becomes BEAUTIFULLY simple to organise and simplify our life to create more positivity, calm and confidence.
So what are our top priorities and how to we prioritise them?
1. OUR WELLBEING
Making our well-being our number one priority is not about prioritising self care. It is much more than that! When we create space in our life to eat well, exercise, listen to positive messages, learn new things, spend time in silence or a productive meditative state to think, write and reflect, it heightens our intuition and opens us up to receiving more inspiration to help us in our everyday life. Also, when we are feeling our best on a consistent basis we become a more reliable support for ourselves and others. Further more it is important that we invest in positive friendships, make an effort to look our best, create order in any space that is an extention of ourselves; our bedroom, our home, our office, our friends.
Remember, these are all the things that greatly influence our wellbeing, and when we do them we can be the best version of ourselves to contribute to the lives of those we love and care for.
2. OUR MARRIAGE
Making our marriage our next greatest priority is key to creating more harmony in our life and the life of our children. There is no one in this world more committed to you than your spouse. They have chosen us as their family. They have made a verbal and written vows to be there for better or for worse. Also, how we turn up in our marriage automatically creates belief’s for how our children believe they should turn up in their future marriage. Do we work as a team? Do we forgive quickly? Do we make an effort to meet each others needs? Are we united in our parenting, our budgeting, our faith, our vision for the future? Are we working together to meet all our family's needs? Are we affectionate towards each other. Are we spending quality time together on a consistent basis? If we are not married or our spouse has passed away or our marriage has ended, are we looking for a spouse who will embody this type of partnership and commitment to us and our children? If our spouse has passed away, are we honouring them in the memories we tell our children? If our marriage has ended, are we speaking constructively to and about our children's parent?
Remember, their is no truth you cannot tell your children constructively and appropriately for their age. The intention just needs to be love.
3. OUR CHILDREN
Our next greatest priority is our precious children. They are the greatest gift in our life and the best way we can serve them is to be stable in ourselves and stable in our marriage. Our wellbeing, emotionally, physically and spiritually in ourselves and in how we turn up in our marriage will provide the best foundation for our children, and the majority of their learning for their future. When we have children, we are responsible for their emotional, physical and spiritual care, and developing their natural gifts and talents, as well as preparing them to live happily and independently in the future with a love for learning and serving others. It is a great responsibility, and the best way to do this is spending time with them and teaching them by example and with correct principles so they can make good decisions throughout their own life.
Remember, that our children are the next generation, and everything we invest in them will be multiplied and will influence our world more than anything else outside of our home.
4. OUR RELATIONSHIPS
Our fourth greatest priority in our life is positively impacting the lives of others, openly or secretly. When we reach out or connect with others with this intention it uplifts both our life, and the life of others. This can be done best in small and simple ways, or large and leveraged ways, depending on the season of our life, and the circumstances of our day to day. We must also remember the impact that our example has on our children. It is the greatest influence in their life when it comes to teaching them to consider how their natural abilities could serve others. It also encourages them to become more aware of the needs of others and not just their own. Furthermore, it is a great tonic for ourselves when we are feeling low, because we cannot uplift someone else without feeling the positive impact on ourselves.
Remember, this also becomes a vital tool for our children when we are not with them to pull them up when they are feeling down. What a gift for them and others.
5. EARNING A LIVING
Next on our priorities is earning a living. It does not matter how we earn a living once we earn an honest living. Throughout our life we will have different opportunities to earn a living and these opportunities and income levels will vary depending on the economic climate, our circumstances, our experience, our education, our skills, our capability, our expertise, our time commitment, our passions, our needs, our family commitments, and the value we are able to create in the world or to provide for our employer. While earning a living is important to sustaining our basic needs and our desire to create value or contribute to the world, it cannot override our commitment to our wellbeing, our marriage, our children, our relationships and our integrity. Also, when we are operating as a family unit it is important we are remain united in this process. Whether our spouse, ourselves, or both us and our spouse are earning a living, it is a joint effort. However we choose to provide a living for our family does not matter as much as meeting our commitments to our higher priorities. If it doesn't allow us to meet all our commitments to our higher priorities, it is time to come back to the drawing board.
Remember, no success is worth failure in our home or in our wellbeing.
6. GIVING BACK
Our last and final priority is meeting our innate desire and responsibility to give back. While we do not get to choose the circumstances we are born into, we do get to choose how we give back to the world with the circumstances we are given and with what we create for ourselves. As we grow our gifts, talents, time and income, we can better take care of others. When we view our gifts, talents, time, relationships and income with this perspective we start to see how we can slowly and consistently impact the world around us by how we live day to day. If we increase our wellbeing and organise our life more intentionally and simply we have more time, energy and knowledge to give back. Also if we are united in our marriage, and invest in our children, we can work together as a team to create a more organised simplified life that creates more positivity, calm and confidence that allows us to give back more.
Remember that we need to learn to walk before we can run, and to create a solid foundation in our life so our efforts can be consistent and stable for ourselves and for those we are trying to help!
SOME FINAL THOUGHTS
As you consider these priorities and how you are currently prioritising your life, remember that life is a journey and we gain wisdom from our mistakes and our trials. They are necessary for us to know more, and to become more. Give yourself grace and give that same grace to others too.
We are all born perfectly imperfect, and we are all on our own journey to living our divine purpose.
Also remember that finding balance is like cycling a bicycle.
We need to keep moving to find it.
So wether we are crawling, walking, running or wheeling in this season of our life, what matters most is that we are moving forward!
Finally, never forget your worth in the world.
You matter, your life matters, and together we can organise and simplify our life to create more positivity, calm and confidence TOGETHER x