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I dont want to write

I just had to share this post by the Fabulous Sandy Grason as I could relate to every word (except as a being with 8 years of recovery, I turn to food).
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I wrote this post a while ago to heal myself, it’s taken me this long to post it.

(warning: rant coming…. if you’ve ever felt lost and little depressed and wasted too many hours of your life wallowing in it all, then perhaps you might relate to this post, but there aren’t any tips or action steps to turn your life around, it’s just a rant…would love to hear your thoughts)

I don’t want to write about….ready. set. go.

This is one of the writing prompts I use in my workshops. It has a way of cutting right to the heart of what you need to address in your life. And since I’ve spent a good amount of time lately moping around the house, reading blogs from people I don’t know and don’t really care about, obsessing about things that have absolutely nothing to do with my work, and asking myself questions that have no good answers like:

why can’t I have a little bit of HER life?
why does her life look so cool and easy?
why can’t I be on this show?
Basically I’ve been falling down rabbit holes faster than you can say Alice in Wonderland.
I finally realized I needed to do this exercise on myself.

So here goes.

I don’t want to write about how I feel like I’ve lost a little part of my Self, my true voice. I’ve been so focused on bringing home the bacon that I can’t even remember what I used to write about before I was studying marketing and how to make money.

I don’t want to write about how I feel YUCK today.

I just want to stare out the window and do nothing.

I don’t want to write about how all my friends are coaches and if I call them to dump, they will just try to ‘coach’ me out of it and I don’t want to be ‘coached’ out of it right now. I want to wallow in my stuff, like a warm fuzzy (yet slightly itchy) blanket. I want to wrap myself in the darkness for just a bit and let it consume me.

I don’t want to write about how I’m tired and I don’t want to be happy, fun & sandylicious and I just want to down a bottle of champagne and orange juice, scratch that, that sounds too bubbly. I need something stronger, something meaner, something really macho, like whiskey or bourbon. Yeah, I want to down a bottle of bourbon and watch bad reality TV.

I don’t want to write about how I’ve been endlessly comparing myself to other more famous, more rich, more beautiful, more accomplished writers and frankly, I’ll never measure up.

And, by the way, I don’t think this exercise is helping me one damn bit.

It’s been a long, long time since I posted something very personal, that had absolutely no advice, no tips, no action steps, no resolution, no words of wisdom. I think I’ve run out of wisdom, maybe I never had any to begin with…???

I’ll go drink that bottle of bourbon (Diet Coke) and pass out (take a nap) on the couch, wrapped in my fuzzy, itchy blanket of darkness and decide later whether or not to share this rant with the world.

(7:30am, next morning…..)

So, that’s where I stopped writing, I shut down my computer and went in search of my Soul. I played with my girls, hung out with my family, we went skiing and soaked up the sun (I did my very first double black diamond & bashed my knee really hard when I fell down, down, down the mountain). And… eventually…. I started to feel like myself again.

Okay, so here’s what to do when you’re feeling this way — I’ve laid out 3 simple steps for you to do .….just kidding.

However, I did find this anecdote from Elizabeth Gilbert that helped give me a new perspective, so I’m going to share it with you, simply because it made me feel better.

“I have a friend who’s an Italian filmmaker of great artistic sensibility. After years of struggling to get his films made, he sent an anguished letter to his hero, the brilliant (and perhaps half-insane) German filmmaker Werner Herzog. My friend complained about how difficult it is these days to be an independent filmmaker, how hard it is to find government arts grants, how the audiences have all been ruined by Hollywood and how the world has lost its taste…etc, etc. Herzog wrote back a personal letter to my friend that essentially ran along these lines: “Quit your complaining. It’s not the world’s fault that you wanted to be an artist. It’s not the world’s job to enjoy the films you make, and it’s certainly not the world’s obligation to pay for your dreams. Nobody wants to hear it. Steal a camera if you have to, but stop whining and get back to work.” I repeat those words back to myself whenever I start to feel resentful, entitled, competitive or unappreciated with regard to my writing: “It’s not the world’s fault that you want to be an artist…now get back to work.” Always, at the end of the day, the important thing is only and always that: Get back to work. This is a path for the courageous and the faithful. You must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place.”

After reading that, I felt like Liz Gilbert slapped me across the face and said “Sandy – Snap Out of It!”

So, my friends, I am finding that “other place” to create from. Not for recognition or some desire for external success (or to sell something and bring home the bacon). I am getting back to work and doing the only thing I can really, truly call my work, write. I’m driven, like many of you, to search and dig and analyze and over-analyze my life, other people, our emotions, the reasons and the seasons, constantly trying to figure out this journey of my life.

That’s why I named this blog The Road to Fabulous, because I believe we are all on this road together, sometimes it feels like we’ve arrived- we ARE Fabulous- and we’ve got it all figured out, and everything will fall perfectly into place from now on. Then life takes an unexpected turn, and we feel confused or betrayed: “Hey! I thought I was done with all of these life lessons. I thought I’d figured everything out. What happened?”

Life happened. Maybe tomorrow I’ll be fabulous.

Now I’m gonna quit my whining and get back to work.

How about you? What do you do when things feel dark and depressing? How do you “get back to your work”? I’d love to hear from you….

Sandy Grason is a Rock Star Author, Int’l Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host & Hot Mogul. Get on the GueSandy’s next Virtual Cocktail Party® or book a private one-on-one lifestyle design strategy session today at www.SandyGrason.com
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Resolve to Evolve and watch your problems Dissolve!!!

The first thing I think of when it comes to the New Year, is new years resolutions. Do you? I have set them myself for years, and being a personal trainer, yoga teacher and life coach, I have worked with thousands who have done the same. The health clubs fill up, people start eating better and life is exciting and happy. But then March rolls around, spring breaks hit and most people fall flat on their faces when it comes to keeping up the energy they started out with in the NEW YEAR!

Why is this you may ask? Unrealistic goals! Not setting an intention behind WHY they want to make these changes, and not having the support and, or proper education on how to make lifelong lasting lifestyles shifts.

This is where a coach, or someone who has walked the talk comes in. There are many ways to make changes, yet to actually have these stick for the long haul is another story. What’s the answer? There are many, and I am happy to share a few with you here now!

Intention- Why are you making changes? What are the results you look to achieve as a result of these goals?

Awareness- It all starts with being mindful. Slowing down and paying attention to what you are doing in this given moment.

The Switchover- If you are letting go of a negative habit, you need to have a positive one to takes its place

Baby Steps- Start off slow, make small changes that you can realistically handle and gradually add more.

My intention last year was “Focus” and keeping that in mind in all I do, brought some amazing results, this year it is “Clarity”. There are so many options and choices out there these days, and I am choosing to be clear on how I am spending my time and energy and resources. What is your intention this year? I would love to hear it!

We are always changing, and fortunately or unfortunately it’s for the better or worse, we don’t stay the same. Why not let 2010 be the year of transformation? Are you ready? Will you invest the time and money in yourself that it takes to live a happier and healthier life? What does success look like to you? Are you ready?

Check out my resources page for tools and practices that will help you do just that. Or better yet, take me up on a FREE call to find out how you can start Radically Transforming your life. Or better yet, do the call and attend a workshop I am offering. Regardless of where you live, you can join me on the phone or in person, and I can guarantee you that you will be happier.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.- Henry Ford
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Create a dream life full of gratitude!

The second Chakra is the goddess chakra, Swadistana, located just above the root. The element here is WATER. As beings, we arrive in the world, in a fluid environment, swimming around, full of potential and freedom. As creative beings at heart, we are here on this earth to express ourselves.

Through the “Fun and Healthy Lifestyles” practices we explore the MIND to discover our unique expression of our purpose through journaling and other artistic pursuits with our BODY, and SPIRITUALLY we share our gratitude for all there is.

Journaling

Journaling is a creative tool that allows us to connect to mind with our thoughts, to our bodies with our hands, and to our spirits, that inner dwelling that is seeking our purpose or passion in this life. By simply writing things down, we communicate our needs, our wants, and our feelings. We use writing as a practical tool to communicate with others in our personal and business lives. Here, we use it to set goals, to write out our innermost feelings, and to heal.

Free writing is the practice of writing for a commitment of time or pages, keeping the hand continuously moving, or in today’s day and age, continuously typing, and flowing with the stream of thoughts – whatever is coming and going from the top of the head, without letting the hand(s) stop. If you find that you get stuck in this practice, you simply write, “I don’t know what to say,” and something will arise. (Or – When we feel “stuck” in this practice, we simply write, “I don’t know what to say,” until something arises.)

In Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist Way, she calls these writings, the morning pages. “Put simply, the morning pages are three pages of longhand writing, strictly stream-of-consciousness: ‘Oh god, another morning. I have NOTHING to say. I need to wash the curtains. Did I get my laundry yesterday? Blah, blah, blah….’ They might also, more ingloriously, be called brain drain, since that is one of their main functions.” The morning pages are simply a way to release all the ongoing thoughts that run through our minds like crazy. They are an outlet for us to open up to the creativity that is inside, but stuck behind the oodles and oodles of thoughts.

We experience roughly 60,000 thoughts per minute. Amazing! While, many of these thoughts are repetitive, I have also read that we have to hear something 100 times before we really get it, understand it, and embody it. I am not a scientist, but I have spent many ( or ten? but not 37) years actively studying my own mind and have found writing to be a deep practice of connection to my whole being. The act of getting the thoughts and words out and down on paper, clears a space for discovering new, creative and divine thoughts to fill our minds and our lives.

Goals and Dreams

Why is it that we may have a dream or goal, but, can’t get ourselves to take action, or even initiate the effort toward making it happen? We want something so badly; yet, we aren’t willing to go through the process of bringing it to life. Often times we realize we have been in love with the idea of the impact it will have on others, the places it may take us, and the person that we will be when it is all done; yet we struggle on a daily basis, to sit down and create a plan of action. We want the results without doing the work, yet without action, goals remains dreams.

Gratitude

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.–Oprah Winfrey

Being grateful is being full of great! It’s appreciating the benefits you are receiving from a situation or object, the act of expressing gratitude.

Gratitude is an attitude of thankfulness. When we have gratitude we go beyond the striving and clinging and hoping and wishing and wanting, we find ourselves in the present moment content with what we have. We embody the ability to appreciate all the goodness that is currently surrounding us. It is a space and of serenity, one of knowing that we are provided for and a place in which we can rest and feel a greater connection to all there is.

Gratitude can be perceived as an emotion of experiencing and realizing value of what one is receiving or already has within ones life. Ones who practice gratitude daily experience higher levels of health and well being. Practicing gratitude brings more happiness, less stress, less depression, and more satisfaction in your life. The practices of gratitude will allow you to handle life transactions better as well as creating a positive way in which to deal with obstacles that may come up in life.

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