Action for Change

What does ‘taking action’ look like to you?
 
Here is a different kind of blog for you.  And perhaps one that requires a bit of imagination. 
Let’s take a look at an example. (feel free to insert your very own ‘want’)

Are you ready for it?

You want a loaf of bread but do not have it in your house. Now what?

Step one
You acknowledge you want it.

Step two
You acknowledge you have not got it.

Step three
You start to problem solve and try to work out how you can get it or if you really need it.

Step four
You conclude, you will have to physically do something to get it.  This might look like, texting someone or ordering online or walking or driving to the shops etc.

Step five
You decide which option to choose.

Step six
You start moving towards the option you chose in step five.

Step seven
Along the way you might realise that you might need to change something in order for you to get what you want, be that exactly the same or close to what you were after in the beginning.

Step eight
You get your loaf of bread.

Did you get it to do nothing with? Or do you have to take further steps for it to satisfy why you wanted it in the first place?

This reminds me of that wonderful phrase we may have heard from our mothers or we use ourselves – Actions Speak Louder Than Words!
It is all very well to have words floating in your head, but they will remain just that if we do not put these thoughts and words into action.
Some may find this easy and others it could feel like the hardest thing they have ever done.

So now that we have some idea of what we want, what’s next?

Well, we really should just start where we are at.  That means, starting with all the feelings and thoughts that are coming up for us, good and not so good.
Why?  Because this brings more awareness to our state of mind.    Being mindful and purposeful in the process.

Just like a house being built, you would need the things under the ground organised and secured first and then the foundation laid firmly on top, before any real creation can be built.

So, I would like to encourage you to start where you are at, change one small thing, see how that one change starts to impact your life.  When you are ready you might like to change something else that has been on your mind. 

“If you talk about it, it’s a dream, if you envision it, it’s possible, but if you schedule it, it’s real.” — Anthony Robbins