MICHELLE WORLD:

• I take the time blocks I’ve created for myself and rework them so there’s more free time/me time.
• I view my schedule as a guidepost and not a steel cage.
• I take responsibility for what needs to be accomplished & the structure I set for myself, but I give myself a freakin’ break and allow some flexibility for The Good/Important Stuff.
• I take time for myself & view that time as not a luxury but a necessity.
• I don’t put things (shoes, clothes, dishes, papers) down – I put them away.
• I have a lot of freakin’ fun!
• I let go of the tasks that aren’t really working for me now. I put them somewhere for a rainy day, or a different time. If I hesitate in doing so, I dig deep to see why and possibly how I can fit this into my life.
• I realize there’s no time for the bullshit and let it go, too.
• I only concern myself with pleasing the people who mean something to me.
• When I realize something is broke and I have the tools to fix it, I follow those steps for just a day. Then I can see what works for me and throw out what doesn’t. Rinse & repeat.
• I ask others for support.

As you can tell from my post yesterday, I was being a bit tough/down on myself about all the things I’ve been looking to change that I wasn’t following through on. I know I couldn’t live in Ideal World just like I couldn’t live in Realistic World. Neither one of them would work for me.

So, I decided to live in Michelle World – a place where I can grow and thrive, be comfortable and relax, face resposibility and achieve my dreams. I started to see what that place looked like for me and how I could get there. With a nudge from Merci Miglino, an ICA trainer who allowed me to be coached on structures during class last night, I saw how I can take all of these tools I’ve put in place and make them un-scary. I saw how I had fear around them being too rigid as well as thrusting me into Responsibility World a little sooner than I was ready. When I recognized that fear & shaped it in a more positive way (in coach speak it’s called “reframing”) I saw the possibilities.

The possibility of not feeling like a chicken with her head cut off.

The possibility of reaching my goals simply due to the fact that it’s scheduled into my calendar.

The possibility that I don’t need to spend 2 hours on a Saturday cleaning my time apartment.

The possibility that I won’t be stretching myself too thin and I can have more “me” time.

The possibility that something was broke & I have the tools to fix it.

The possibility that I can still be a carefree, silly grown-up and not a strict, librarian type of grown up.

So now I’m throwing this back to you (you’re not off the hook that easily). What does [Your Name] World look like? What do you do there? What do you not do there? Leave me a comment – I’d love to hear about where you want to live!

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