Intentional Change

Instructions for "Intentional Change":

• Think of a change you have been considering, or trying to make recently. It could be to take more exercise, eat healthier, get more sleep, have more fun, expand your social circle, etc.. 
• When you get into bed tonight, take a minute to picture yourself doing that thing. For example, if your change is to eat healthier, picture yourself eating a lush green salad, if it's get more exercise, picture yourself taking an energetic walk. Really get into it, and imagine that you are actually doing your chosen thing now.
• Now write that change on a piece of paper or card 10 times, making sure to phrase it in a positive manner, in the present tense. So, again, if it's eating healthily, you would write: "I enjoy eating nutritious and nourishing foods." Bring your full awareness to this.
• Leave the card by the bed, perhaps by the alarm clock, so it'll be in your line of sight when you wake in the morning. 
• Repeat the phrase to yourself 10 times, with full attention.
• Repeat every night and morning this week (or for longer if you like)

If you want to sustain a change in your life, or form a new habit, you have to bring it into your awareness every day. This serves not only to remind you of the direction you want to take on a conscious level, it also works subconsciously to whisper in your ear each time a choice point arises over the course of the day that will move you closer, or further away from your desired outcome. These little choices, over and over again, are all steps in the right direction.
Think of it like a ship crossing the ocean, if you adjust the course of that ship by just a degree, it might end up in another continent!

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"Intention is the core of all conscious life. Conscious intention colors and moves everything." - Hsing Yun

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