I woke yesterday feeling a little flat. A little left of centre. A little unmotivated. And because of that I thought I’d skip my morning routine.
THAT WAS A BIG MISTAKE
Let me tell you why.
The why is really multi-pronged. Meaning that there is more than one thing, one reason and one way that it was a mistake.
I didn’t do my morning routine.
I didn’t do my mindset work.
I didn’t move my body.
I didn’t do my writing.
I didn’t create my content.
I didn’t stay true to my highest self.
And by the end of the day I was feeling irritated, on the verge of angry…
Which is pretty much out of character for me these days.
But.
Because of where I’m at right now as far as awareness of myself deep within, at a core level.
And how attuned I am to my mindset and the power that my ego mind still has over me from time to time…
I could see it for what it is.
I was able to recognise the root cause.
I was in the perfect place to pull myself out of that rut.
TO CALL MYSELF OUT ON MY OWN BULLSHIT!
You see.
I RESISTED CREATING A MORNING ROUTINE FOR A LOOOOOOOONG TIME!
So long in fact that any semblance of repetition or organisation was pretty much NOT a thing in my life.
But, I absolutely swear by them.
I recommend that everyone have one.
That we all take time for ourselves.
To be present.
To clear our minds.
And to express our creativity.
Sure, I was getting up each day, enjoying my tea and doing my work… writing, creating, working with clients, etc.
And yeah, I was making sales. Things were OK.
But.
Things weren’t fucking awesome!!
And fucking awesome is exactly what I wanted to have in my life.
It’s what I wanted to be.
It’s what I wanted to feel.
It’s what I wanted to experience.
Every. Single. Day.
There was something, or should I say, some things missing from my life. From my business.
Things were sporadic.
I was all over the shop.
And when I say things I mean:
My messaging
My showing up
My sharing my truth
My content creation
My creation in general
My leads
My sales
I was getting by, and in saying that I don’t mean that I was scraping by BUT I wasn’t living in my true power. I wasn’t asking for what I truly wanted. And I wasn’t living according to my highest truths, my highest self, and I wasn’t fulfilling my dreams, desires, passions and sure as fuck not my purpose.
So in truth.
I was neglecting myself.
I was neglecting my life.
I was neglecting my business.
I was neglecting my calling.
There came a point early last year when I decided that I’d had e-fucking-nuff of doing that. Of existing like that.
AND I DO MEAN EXISTING!
Because, for me, and I’m pretty frickin’ sure that it’s the same for you, I wasn’t actually LIVING my life.
I was MOVING through the MOTIONS day after day, after day, after day… Fooling myself into believing that I was being, doing and having all that I could.
Telling myself that all the STUFF I was doing was getting me closer to where I kept saying that I wanted to be.
Letting the STORIES, the FEARS, the RESISTANCE; all of the FUCKING BULLSHIT running through my head on repeat, like a fucking broken record, dictate the state of my health, happiness, relationships, success, wealth and ultimately my life.
Giving my ego mind PERMISSION to claim the POWER from within me that I REALLY needed to be stepping the fuck and CLAIMING as my own, from a place of conscious awareness, so that I could live my life as the best… The highest version of myself.
SO I DECIDED TO CHANGE THAT. ALL OF IT!
I made some BIG adjustments to my life.
To my day.
To my business.
To my life.
AND EVERYTHING CHANGED. OH HOW IT ALL CHANGED!
I dived deeper into my mindset than I had in quite a while.
I dived deeper into understanding myself at a core level than I had in years.
I dived deeper into knowing what was (or wasn’t) serving me, why, and how.
I dived deeper into discovering my truth, as ugly and confronting as that sometimes was.
I dived deeper into doing what needed to be done so I could show up daily as the best version of myself.
And in doing so I discovered that sooooo many of the things that I had been resisting were indeed the very same things that I needed to be doing.
And that if I didn’t take ownership of that, if I didn’t hold myself to account for what I hadn’t been doing, that I didn’t accept that for what it was, for the truth of it that I would continue to exist my way through life.
That existing would become my destiny.
And I was fucked if, once I had that realisation, I was going to continue down the path of not HONOURING MYSELF.
Of not honouring the truth that IS.
Of not honouring the ISness of what was.
Of not honouring the GIFT of life I have been given.
Of not honouring the PASSION and PURPOSE that call me.
So.
Even though it was a rough start, and that even now I fall off the rails occasionally, I dug in and I set about creating a morning routine.
Journaling
Mindset
Meditation
But there were things that were missing.
That I was still struggling with.
There was still STRUCTURE that I needed in my day.
And as a rule-breaking rebellious badass, that word alone has the tendency to send me off the rails.
Because as a true rebel, at heart and at the core of my being, structure is equal to if not on par with rules and my entire being tends to balk at them… To reject them. To go rogue.
BUT NONETHELESS, I NEEDED TO SUBMIT
I needed to find a way.
To let, along with my mindset work, writing and creation be the most important part of my day.
To make it a non-negotiable.
No matter how flat I am feeling.
No matter how emotional I’m feeling.
No matter how many distractions come up.
No matter how much busy work there is to be done.
And I’ve tested many theories and practices and tried so many different methods.
I’ve invested in (myself) working with mentors in an effort to find my groove. To find the missing piece of the puzzle.
Bit by bit I got there.
I got closer and closer every day.
But there was still something missing.
Until.
I FOUND EXACTLY WHAT WORKED FOR ME
You see.
The thing is…
I am naturally creative.
We all are in our own way.
And for me when I don’t give myself permission for creative expression… Everything suffers.
I GET OUT OF ALIGNMENT
And when I’m out of alignment with my higher self and with my purpose, I simply stop creating.
I get blocked up.
With what I call creative constipation.
And THAT^ has a ripple effect.
Across all areas of my business and my life.
I get impatient with my partner.
I don’t show up online how I want to.
I feel really lethargic and uninspired.
I move through my day without purpose.
Without drive.
When I don’t create I’m not stepping into my true power.
I’m neglecting my creativity.
I’m not being true to my higher self.
I don’t serve my tribe the way they deserve.
The way they need me to serve them.
I let my higher self down.
I let those around me down.
I let those who need me down.
I let those I was born to serve down.
I’m pretty much just counting down the hours and the minutes until I get to go to sleep and wake up fresh to start another day… But properly.
SO TODAY I’M BACK AT IT
Not the not showing up side of things.
But the actual showing up and being true to my higher self side of things.
SO YOU SEE GORGEOUS, I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CHANGE WHAT I WAS DOING AND HOW I WAS DOING IT.
I created a rock-solid morning routine.
One that I do in pretty much the same way, the same order…
Every. Single. Day.
So to make sure that today wasn’t at all like yesterday.
To make sure that I showed up in all of my badasses glory. As being true to my higher self.
To my tribe and those I was born to serve.
To my passion and my purpose…
Today I left the house before 7am.
I took myself and my boxer dog, Baxtar, for a good 40 minute walk.
Then I sat for 4 hours at my favourite cafe doing what I do best. The stuff that I do every other day. The stuff that I love. Those things that set my soul on fire. That set me up the RIGHT WAY so I can love every minute of my day.
And.
Be true to myself.
Journaling
Reading mindset
Meditating (while watching the whales swim by in the ocean)
Writing
Listening to music
Creating
Now, I know that this may all appear to be a little pointless, even mundane to some of you, almost like Groundhog Day.
But for me.
THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR
I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that spending the first half of my day doing those things raise my vibration, set my soul on fire and allow me to express my creativity.
Which in turn put me in the right frame of mind so that I can show up as the highest version of myself while:
Serving myself.
Serving my tribe.
Serving my passion.
Serving my purpose.
And.
Being true to myself.
Which, in all fairness.
Is the greatest love I can give to myself.
Love, Truth & Badassery,
Remember… You Have One Life. Hit The Fuckin’ Button!
Lauz xx
Mindset & Online Empire Creation Mentor
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