I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel less than fantastic.
Impatient, tense or lacking the tolerance for BS are all words and phrases you could use to describe what I’m like on those days and I’m probably not the best person to mess with… especially if you come at me with ample servings of BS!!
The thing is, days like those are part of the deal with being human – it’s not an elective.
There will always be off days, and that’s okay.
But what happens when you get a whole string of those off-days, maybe lasting weeks, months or even years?
Too many of us say that we’re in a rut, feel stuck, fed-up, or bored and admit that we don’t want things to be that way, but we don’t know what to do to change.
I have to correct you on this… as I know that deep down, you know EXACTLY what to do to change things for the better.
We all do.
It’s part of our inner guidance system… our intuition.
The problem for most people is that, when you’re stuck in a rut, you don’t have the energy or motivation to change things for the better due to lack of positive momentum, and it’s tough to find the insight or resources you need to make that transition into the positive realm.
Here are two fun and easy tips you can use right now to climb, or better yet, gracefully leap out of that rut and start to see a dramatic improvement in the quality of life that you experience within your consciousness.
1. Make Some Simple Yet Extraordinary Positive Changes
Life tends to run smoothly when we establish systems and routines for things, but the problem comes when things run too smoothly and we become blinded to any ideas or choices that sit outside of our routine.
All the stuff we do every day becomes the norm, running on auto-pilot, and it becomes our whole world.
Start with making one or two simple changes to your day – be it at breakfast time, your choice of podcast, workout routine, route or mode of travel to work, lunchtime routine, etc.
Don’t worry about what the changes are or whether they’re right or wrong, just make a couple of simple choices that will serve you well.
Doing something differently or changing parts of your routine, instantly takes you out of the norm and allows you to shake off the things that make you feel confined.
Step out of your routine and you’ll be in a position where you’re able to make different choices, see things differently and ultimately, achieve different results.
2. Use Your Intuition
Your intuition is your most powerful ally.
The incredible thing is, that we all have the capability to use our intuition, even if we’re not currently aware or able to recognise it.
The dictionary definition of intuition is:
1.a. The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition.
1.b. Knowledge gained by the use of this faculty; a perceptive insight.
2. A sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression.
One of the most significant connections you’ll ever have in life is that with your intuition. Tuning into it and learning to trust it is a practice that can have some truly remarkable effects.
Accessing your intuition is a bit like working and developing a muscle, but unfortunately it can be harder to locate than a bicep or quadricep, which tend to stay in the same place.
Here are some quick tips for accessing and trusting it –
• Practice maintaining an open-minded, playful, experimental, non-judgmental attitude. This is the most fertile ground to tap into your intuition.
• Practice making wild guesses in your everyday life. Guess what a salesperson’s name is, what a new person or place will look like or who’s calling on the phone. Don’t worry about getting it wrong, you’re just working that muscle.
• Try a few simple observation exercises in your daily life. Whether you’re in a restaurant, on a train, in a bar, or out shopping, practice noticing non-verbal behavior in others. Look for shifts in posture, eye movements, vocal tone or tempo, etc. Guess how they’re feeling or what they’re talking about.
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