Are You Creating or Reacting?

Living by simply reacting to everything that happens around you is basically “living by default” or “living on luck.” It’s a pretty stressful way to approach life. You’re primarily driven by pain and in the process, you avoid manifesting opportunities that will actually serve you.

I’m here to tell you, creating a life on your own terms is infinitely more satisfying! Here are a few tips to help you shift from reacting to creating.

You’ll know you’re reacting if the quality of your life fluctuates between poor and tolerable.  You’ll leap into action when your comfort falls below a certain standard. You’ll work hard to bring it back up to a tolerable status. Then you’ll relax again, only taking further action when the situation becomes dire again.

Without intention, you’ll get whatever happens to come your way. People with satisfying lives didn’t get there by accident. Be brave enough to choose a path and stick with it.

Discover the power of visualization. Visualization is powerful on multiple levels:

·       Visualization forces you to determine what you want.

·       Visualization keeps your objective fresh in your mind. It serves as a reminder of what’s important to you. It will help you spot opportunities when they present themselves.

·       Visualization makes your objective believable. Imagining success over and over trains your brain to believe that it’s possible. You only need to spend five minutes each day visualizing your desired outcome.

Know the difference between action and reaction. With action, you’re moving toward a chosen reality. Reaction seeks to bring the situation back to “normal.” Action is taken to create a new reality.

What could be more fulfilling than creating a life that inspires and excites you? Reacting to life consists of solving one problem after another. Who wants to spend life doing little more than dealing with unnecessary challenges or passively waiting for the next issue to appear? Living this way invites stress and uncertainty. Create the life you want instead!

It won’t happen automatically. There’s too much emphasis on the idea of allowing the universe to deliver the results you desire while you wait patiently on the couch. Maybe you know someone who woke up one morning to a brand-new Porsche in their driveway. But that is highly unlikely. In most cases, you have to act to receive.

Respond to challenges rather than reacting to them. Most of the difficulties you have are the same ones you’ve faced numerous times in the past. Create a solution and a prevention plan.

Decide to choose the type of life you want. Remind yourself of your choice by visualizing it regularly. Take advantage of the opportunities that you notice. Avoid living by default and create the life you desire and deserve!