Thoughts with Love, a series.
Last week I mentioned I sat down and wrote out what my ideal day would look like. It was from this vision that I shaped my current day to day schedule, and it helped me define my priorities.
If you want to try this activity out too – you’re in luck! I’ve designed a one page worksheet to help you clarify your Ideal Day too.
So grab a favourite beverage, sit down someplace you will not be disturbed, and open your notebook or grab the worksheet I’ve designed, here.
Settle into your spot, make sure you’re comfortable and take a moment to become very present in this moment.
Take a deep breath in to the count of three, hold it for three seconds, and exhale to the count of seven. (If that isn’t comfortable for you, simply shorten or lengthen the amount of time I’ve suggested here – or skip the grounding exercise altogether.)
Try that a couple more times, and then close your eyes and visualize yourself waking up in the morning.
It’s your ideal day. You are the best version of yourself. In your minds eye, or just as an imagination exercise – can you picture what kind of day the best version of you would have?
Get as detailed as you can.
What time is it?
What are you wearing?
What does your bed and room look like?
The key here is to state these details as facts.
As though you already have incorporated and achieved your ideal day.
This is future you explaining to present you, what their day looks like.
The worksheet will walk you through the below questions, or take your time imagining or writing them down for yourself:
For most of the day I feel: (try naming 3 adjectives, for example: energetic, lighthearted, present etc.)
EXAMPLE: I am present, playful, and open hearted.
The habits, activities, and hobbies I fill my time with are:
EXAMPLE: I get outside daily, I make time for personal yoga & meditation practise, I listen to my body.
My natural traits, strengths, and skills that I utilize & sharpen daily are:
EXAMPLE: I use my strengths of compassion and communication to connect with my peers. I am naturally organized and efficient, and I sharpen daily my skills of discipline and shaping personal habits.
The 3 ways I fill my own cup daily are: (these can be as simple as making your favourite beverage in the morning, spending 10 minutes meditating, doing your workout, journalling, listening to music. What makes you feel relieved to have done and you miss when you don’t do?)
EXAMPLE: I spend 20 minutes moving, meditating and reading each day. I fill my cup by caring for my body, mind and personal development.
Now take these ideals into your future.
How can you incorporate those habits now?
What traits, activities and adjectives define the Best Version of you?
Polish those up!
The world needs the best version of you, so take time to readjust your aim and place clear goals to aim at.
I recently completed this journalling exercise for myself and developed a little daily checklist to aim at. The secret is to not get so caught up on checking every single box, every single day. Yes, that’s the ideal and the goal I am aiming for…
But my revelation here was that I can’t let an imperfect checkmark day get the best of me. Demotivate me into not checking off more tomorrow. No, there will be empty boxes on my habit tracker. But I started with three… way back in the day. Now I am up to six habits/routines/rituals that I have built into my day.
There are many ways to check in on yourself. I love the Level 10 Living method, and I try to do that one once a quarter. (I’ve linked an article from Shelby at Little Coffee Fox to break the Level 10 Life for you if you’ve not heard of it! Pinterest is full of ideas on this one too.)
Thank you for reading and or journalling along with me today.
Wishing you a beautiful weekend.
With Love,
Esta
with love , Esta 