It’s been eighteen days since I decided that I wanted to reinvent myself. Eighteen days since I decided to take a sabbatical from social media. Eighteen days since I have made a commitment to take a spiritual retreat within my life journey. These eighteen days have been invigorating, positive and happy feelings in my book of life. As of today, I have deleted two forms of social media and I plan to keep up the deleting. It’s funny because initially when I made the choice to reinvent myself, I felt very emotional, confused and uncertain. I think this may have been because my gut was fighting the truth. I don’t always listen to my gut but I know I should. During winter solstice I had made many resolutions, maybe this is why I'm beginning to feel complete.
Note to self, if you plan to take the steps to reinventing yourself then start slowly as you don't want to make any harsh, radical decisions you might regret. So far for me, It’s feeling positive. You too might feel like change is much needed, so before you decide to sell your house, up-route your family and quit being a mom, maybe look at the root of your feelings.
First off, the root is in your head, the stories we tell ourselves, which aren’t all lies but some mental stories we tell ourselves can lead out of control. Deciding to make some changes in your life may require some alone time, so get to the calendar and schedule that time. Thats the beginning to reinventing yourself. Next, get rid of the clutter inside your thoughts, and weed out the negative things and people in your life. By the time you read this I won’t be that much further ahead in my personal reinvention and it’s never too late in joining me on my spiritual retreat. Start with a list of resolutions, write down your priorities. Who and what comes first for you. Be very specific about the resolutions/goals. For example, “I want to lose 10 pounds”, Not “I want to lose weight. Take your time as you move down the list and if you need to consult a life coach before you establish your list, then get to it. It doesn’t hurt buying a few good reads like, The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz and The Mastery of Self, by Don Miguel Ruiz JR.
Good luck!
As I begin my spiritual journey, I established my priority on my list which is my family. My marriage needs freshening up, just like stale clothing left in the dryer. We’ve had our struggles but haven’t we all? I’d like to think that my feelings aren’t alone, but after 18 years of marriage it’s getting messy, lazy and toxic, as is my body, lol (laugh out loud). Needless to say, I’ll be working on my marriage, while visiting the treadmill and giving much love to my family, as I always do.
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