DECISIONS... DECISIONS

When's the last time you made a conscious decision? Chances are you made about 35,000 of them yesterday (not a typo). 

Did you make this decision based on necessity, or comfort? Limiting beliefs or the understanding that you are limitless? Was it influenced by your inner child or your older wiser self? Did you meditate/journal on it or did it just kind of fall into place? 

I've been in a practice of intentional decision making over the last few weeks for something I'm personally working through. Upon this, I came across a 7-part meditation series all around making a decision. At first, the thought of taking 7 days to meditate on just one single decision amongst the 34,999 other decisions I'm making felt alarming, but then I knew it was just what was actually needed.  

Now sure, I've taken time to make many decisions in my life. Days. Weeks. Months... we all have. But I wanted to give this particular experience a try. So I went through the series and it was more than I could have imagined. Maybe because I've not gone through this exact process before, but I came out with more clarity about myself, a deeper appreciation for the value of stopping to pause and a better understanding on why I make certain decisions the way that I do. 

So the next time you might be feeling stuck on a decision, I invite you to step back and try these few daily practices: 

• Day 1: Meditate on the decision at hand. Notice if you're at the beginning, middle or end of the decision and any emotion that arises around moving forward with the decision. Journal on what you notice. 
• Day 2: Meditate on being your own witness. Notice where you have limitations set and what emotion is associated with those limitations. Journal on what you notice. 
• Day 3: Meditate on the energy flow in your body. Energetically there can be rigidity around where you are feeling stuck. Notice what your body is telling. Journal about what you experience.
• Day 4: Meditate on what is needed to take care of yourself. Ask yourself what you need to trust, forgive, move on and let go. Journal on what you notice.
• Day 5: Meditate on your older, wiser self. Visualize what you look like, what you are feeling and who you are surrounded by. What would you say to yourself now, knowing what you know as your wiser self? Journal about what you notice. 
• Day 6: Meditate on your younger self. Pick an age where you can see yourself and feel your emotions. What would you say to your younger self, knowing what you know now? Journal on what you notice.
• Day 7: Meditate on your limitlessness. Visualize where you want to be, who you want to be with and how you want to feel. Journal on what you notice.

xo
Bailey