The Daily Do

Do You Feel Overwhelmed By The Week Ahead? - Day 369

Hesitation and urgency are part of the same confusion, opposite ends of overwhelm and not knowing what you’re doing. Very little’s truly urgent and decision’s easy when you’re calm; stop, sit still and let it go, and from there you’ll form a plan. The week rolls out before you and already there’s lots to do, you feel it coming like a wave that’s overwhelming you. Don’t rush to stem the flow by getting any odd job done, stop, breathe, break it down and then just start with one!

Do You Search For Your Purpose? - Day 368

We often look outside ourselves for our purpose and direction, when our reason lies in our own lives, begging for our attention. A purpose close enough to reach out and be warmed by every day, the fuel of purpose is in living well, not in immortality. 'Being' who you want to be is not a future goal, it’s a decision in the here and now, and from here your purpose flows.

Do You Feel Trapped By Overthinking? - Day 367

If things aren’t right, you’re trying to change but get stuck in your head, get out of there and grab the reins of controlling your day instead. What you eat, how you prepare for sleep, and your morning plan..all are squarely in your control, and you hold this power in your hand. You can use this to beat overthinking and get back on your way, put down the anxious thinking and live firmly in today.

Do You Want To Grow? - Day 366

Grow? Yes! Yearn? No. Happiness does not come from endless aching to have more, but from the deep satisfaction of fulfilling your need to grow. Turn your desires towards how you expand yourself and put this into action, immerse yourself in daily growth, here lies your satisfaction. Put in place some learning, start a book and set a goal; daily progress is the food that nourishes your soul.

Do You Know How Much You Can Change In One Year? - Day 365

What have I learnt in 365 that I can pass on to you? That life expands in direct proportion to everything you push through. That action is the evidence of fear being overcome, and that you only grow when you move the 'do' to 'done'. When life hands out the lemons and you find your lemonade, don’t stop, expand and grow, chime and resonate. Thank you for this year, for listening and growing too, and I’ll see you for 366 of this our Daily Do.

Do You Want To Change Your Ways? - Day 364

If you really, really want to change you must release your pain, sit in silence with yourself and forgive yourself again. The root of why we’re angry, jealous, mistrusting or afraid, is a soft place inside us that we can find and change today. Trace unwanted traits you have back to where they first appeared, sit in silence with yourself and let self love repair.

Do You Feel Fear Is Stopping You? - Day 363

Fear is physical and you can learn to stop it in it’s tracks, sense the symptoms and ground yourself before the overthinking attacks. As children our bodies learn and memorise ways to feel and cope, and, as adults, our bodies repeat these mechanisms impacting how we behave and talk. But you can learn to feel fears symptoms, wake up, interrupt it with grounding, then repeat a phrase saying you’re alright; retrain the physical symptoms of fear then crack on, empowered and bright.

Do You Put Your Happiness On Hold? - Day 362

Waiting to be happy until you achieve some distant goal is like turning off the source of life and putting joy on hold. Creating conditions on your happiness can bring the opposite about, but find your happy in today and watch your dreams roll out. Trust your inner compass, then you can trust your daily graft, happiness is in the bricks that build the bigger path.

Do You Worry More At Night? - Day 361

We can think and feel all kinds of stuff when actually we’re just tired, hungry, worn out, drained and weak feels like doom, gloom and being uninspired. Blood sugar is entwined with our perception and our fear, don’t trust your thinking when your tired or hungry, in the morning you'll be clear. Allow yourself your tiredness, turn off tonight’s need to fix, put down the jigsaw of your life, and in the morning it just clicks.

Do You Feel Like You Are Failing? - Day 360

Forgive yourself your failings, they’re really not that bad, wrongly set against the expectations you’ve created in your head. Far better is to set your goals on realistic daily quests, honouring yourself with your simple daily best. And when feelings of failing hit you, forgive yourself but also ask, "Is making life perfect in one day just too great a task?" Dream huge but patiently allow these dreams to manifest, to unfold in purpose and your value of living your daily best.