What is Your Why?

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Written By Raine Creative

Why do you desire the things you desire?

When you were a child, you believed you could do anything. Hell, you may even have believed that you could fly. You were open and eager and ready to explore and experience all the amazingness that life could offer you.

If your why involves what you are doing with your life, then keep at it and rock on! If, however, your why has nothing to do with where your life currently is, do you know what your why is, and the reason you desire it?

Getting to know your why

For a lot of people, they actually haven’t the foggiest idea of what they desire for their life. They may have an idea here, a thought there, an abstract notion along the way…but are unaware of what shape it can and might take and how to implement it.

The question, when you know your why, that might come up is this: Are you worthy? Do you deserve this?

Great or small, whatever why drives you, in all likelihood, has the same end goal in mind. No matter who you are, or what your why is, odds are the reason behind it is going to be similar, even if the shape is not.

The reason: Satisfaction. Contentment. Happiness. Joy. Feeling good.

How do you know and achieve your why?

Mindfulness. Becoming aware and cognizant of your thoughts and feelings will get you where and why you desire to go. Too many people allow themselves to be disempowered and pushed around into societal expectations and following the reality of the collective consciousness because that’s what gets drilled into them.

But remember – your why changes as you change, grow, and evolve.

Consciousness creates reality. 

This week’s Applied Guidance for Mindfulness Tool:

If you are uncertain about what your why is, this week’s tool is designed to help you find your why. And if you think you know your why it can help you to makes sure you are on track.

Write down or type out and answer these questions:

·         What activity gets you fired up?

·         What do you do where you lose track of time?

·         How do you feel after this activity?

·         If you were the last person on Earth – would you still seek this activity?

There are other questions of this nature that can help you learn your why. But these are a good basis.

Also, keep in mind that you can have more than one why, and that your why will change as you change.

Raine Creative
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