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Have you ever been inspired to make a new recipe?
You look online or grab your favorite cookbook and feel a little excitement about trying something new for dinner. You take a quick inventory of the additional items you may need, jot them down and tuck them away to grab on the way home.
It sounds like fun, right?
Or you wake up Saturday morning with a desire to purge. Isn’t it more satisfying to clean out a closet or organize your garage when you feel a little flutter of excitement about having more room for your clothes and car?
Conversely, isn’t it awful to have “clean the garage” staring back at you from your list, imploring you to take some action with the beleaguered patience of a bike that is missing 1 tire and your tax returns from 1973?
What changes in us?
Why are we inspired by a task one day, and not the next?
Most likely a set of external and internal circumstances come together in any given moment to leave us feeling energized or not. And often we need to take action whether or not we “feel” like it.
“But, if we can be aware of where we are inspired on any given day and harness that, we can zoom through tasks like the Road Runner evading the traps of low energy set by our internal Wylie Coyote.”
Let’s face it, I don’t care how “inspired” you are; slogging through rusty and dusty tools will never take precedence over an opportunity to sip cocktails poolside with George Clooney.
However, if George happens to be busy on the day you wake up with a yen to sort, organize, purge and toss, there is little that is more rewarding than following your inspiration.
And inspiration is not relegated to household chores alone.
There are some days when you are able to solve problems at the office with the ingenuity of Ben Franklin and deliver that presentation with the eloquence of Martin Luther King.
Let’s harness the power when we have it so we can take a nap when we need it.
Coach Me Quick Tips for Plugging into Our Inspiration:
1. Notice what you “feel” like completing or organizing and see if you can accommodate that desire in the moment.
2. Allow some flexibility for yourself on your “to-do” list. Give yourself some choices in terms of tasks on any given day and follow your gut.
3. Notice when you are in “slogging” mode because you really don’t have a choice in that moment but to do what you have to do – and acknowledge yourself for your efforts.
4. Notice when you feel energized and see if you can identify what created that energy. Can you re-create it too?
Happily writing blog posts in L.A.,
Jamee
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