So is it good for you?Do you ever pause? I have made a conscious effort to pause and reflect. My morning routine involves pausing and reflecting through meditation. I have found this enriches my day and gives me that mental pause from the thoughts and also the thrust of the day. So is it good for you? Yes, taking the time to reflect to just listen to your thoughts and observe gives you that self-awareness to know what your self-talk is saying and just to know that you are not your thoughts. Some of the episodes from the Inspiration Nation podcast have come from that reflectionBy pausing and reflecting we can let ideas bubble to the surface, I know when I have meditated I have had some awesome ideas pop up and I have had to make a note of them. Some of the episodes from the Inspiration Nation podcast have come from that reflection and that pausing. In fact, this blog was born out of one of those ideas I wasn’t meditating but I was aware of my thoughts and this is where the idea came from. I usually have a rigid structure, eat, wash up, check on the Nation, post some content then bed.So how was this idea for the blog born? Well, just this week I was having a usual week where I usually work on my dream in the evening, (this blog being part of that!) but in the middle of the week for some reason, I finished my day job and just sat! I don’t know what prompted it, now thinking back my wife and children had to go out so the TV was free. So I don’t usually do this because the TV is usually on with someone else’s programmes, and that’s a good thing as I can usually avoid that temptation! But on this occasion it just felt right, it’s not often that I just sit and spend the evening just going with whatever happens. I usually have a rigid structure, eat, wash up, check on the Nation, post some content then bed. But for some reason I switched on the TV and started flicking through Disney, I put on The Age of Ultron, something inside me just wanted to sit and enjoy this moment. The house was empty and I was on my own, usually, when I sit I get a bit fidgety because I know I should be working on my dream instead of just sitting, but over the last three years, I have been solidly working and totally and obsessively focussed on creating my dream. At this point, something was telling me just to sit and enjoy this moment. For some reason, I got caught up in the story and enjoyed just sitting and watching so I did. I sat there enjoying the film and did nothing except that! At this point, something was telling me just to sit and enjoy this moment.So how was this idea for the blog born? Well, just this week I was having a usual week where I usually work on my dream in the evening, (this blog being part of that!) but in the middle of the week for some reason, I finished my day job and just sat! I don’t know what prompted it, now thinking back my wife and children had to go out so the TV was free. So I don’t usually do this because the TV is usually on with someone else’s programmes, and that’s a good thing as I can usually avoid that temptation! But on this occasion it just felt right, it’s not often that I just sit and spend the evening just going with whatever happens. I usually have a rigid structure, eat, wash up, check on the Nation, post some content then bed. But for some reason I switched on the TV and started flicking through Disney, I put on The Age of Ultron, something inside me just wanted to sit and enjoy this moment. The house was empty and I was on my own, usually, when I sit I get a bit fidgety because I know I should be working on my dream instead of just sitting, but over the last three years, I have been solidly working and totally and obsessively focussed on creating my dream. At this point, something was telling me just to sit and enjoy this moment. For some reason, I got caught up in the story and enjoyed just sitting and watching so I did. I sat there enjoying the film and did nothing except that! So the question I now ask is was that activity i.e. watching the TV a total waste of time?So I went to bed after watching TV and for some reason, I felt content, I really can’t explain it but I felt hat I had given some fuel to my inner body, it was like I was receiving a message from my inner self just to go with it and enjoy the moment and I did. You might ask so what’s the point of all this? The point of all this and I have since discovered that I had much more energy the following day because I had done this and switched things up again I felt even more revived and this lead to writing this blog about the experience. So the question I now ask is was that activity i.e. watching the TV a total waste of time? In my view no, because by really listening to what you need it gives you even more energy to push on and what you’re reading now was created by pausing reflecting which lead to this success of writing the blog. I am trusting that instinct to know that I’m on the path and sometimes things aren’t going to make logical sense and I’m prepared to go with thatThe lesson I have learned is that you must listen to the inner you, what does your inner you need at that moment. I am trusting that instinct to know that I’m on the path and sometimes things aren’t going to make logical sense and I’m prepared to go with that. So does pausing, reflecting bring you success it does for me. I suppose it comes down to what success means to you and this is a very personal journey for all of us. Just remember some things won’t make sense but it will be made clearer later and that’s exactly what happened. So pause reflect and reap the rewards! Let’s go
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