Wyndsong Writes

Modern Married Momma wrote about her Life Purpose Statement and how to get your own in her blog today.  Since I didn’t know how to create one of my own and feel the need for one, I figure I would try her exercise and see how it works for me.

Basically I’m answer the questions below.  Some of them seem very simple, but I’m not sure if I have the answers to them.

Declare Purpose.

1. Scour your home and your closets for hints. Who are you? Who am I?  That’s a great question. Who am I?  Looking around my house you can see that I’m a reader, a mom, a homeschooler, interested in politics, spirituality, and healing.  Healing myself and others.  I have more books on health that I do on self help.  And I have tons of self help books.  I’ve always wanted to be a healer, spiritually, phsycially, psycologically… a healer.
2. Dig up the past. Who were you at 6 years old? What did you believe was possible and what did know for sure you wanted to do? At 6 I was a star in my own musical.  I wanted to sing and dance and be a mom.  I wanted to take care of my family, make them happy and healthy.
3. Daydream. Who do you want to be? I want to be a healer, a teacher, an inspiration to others.  I want to help people find their way to their dreams, no matter how difficult it may seem, I want to show them that there is a way to get there.  Which means I have to get there myself first.

1. What brings me joy? My family, my sons, my boyfriend, my mom
2. When do I feel the best in me shine? When I’m helping someone I love.  When I”m giving of myself to someone who needs me.
3. Why do I get up in the morning? This is another really good question.  One that I’m not sure of the answer.  I usually get up because I have to.  The business phone rings, or my alarm goes off and I can’t ignore it for some reason.  I realize that I’m supposed to be saying what gets me excited to get up in the morning, but right now I’m not sure what does or what would.  I feel a little trapped.  Some days I love my business because it’s going well and it’s not too difficult to make money.  But other days it’s horrible and no matter what I try to do something goes wrong and costs us money.  Those days makes me want to run away from it.  Which of course is part of why I don’t find it easy to get up in the morning.  And the fact that it isn’t something that I can leave for a little bit to do something fun or interesting with the boys, means that I resent it for taking up so much of my time.  And of course the resentment keeps me from feeling happy and good which keeps me in a cycle of dispair and hopelessness.  Which are NOT abundance gathering feelings.   I need to change my attitude about my business much like I need to change my attitude about my body.  Until I can love and accept who I am, where I am, what I’m doing, and my life as it is now, then I”ll never get the life that I want.

So to answer the question is, WHY do I get up in the morning?  Because I love my life and want it to be the best it can be.

The next question is:  How do you love something that you don’t like or want?  Finding the good in it and focusing on that instead of anything else.

So what is good about my business?

It allows me to work at home and be with my sons.
It pays all of my bills and supports my family.
I”m not working for someone else.
I have the freedom to sleep in sometimes.
I’m good at it.
I can play online while still working.
I can write while I”m working.
I can give money to my mom sometimes.
Steve and I are working together.

What is good about my body?

Even though I’m not active or watching what I’m eating, I’m not gaining more weight.
I lived through a horrible accident.
I gave birth to two beautiful boys.
My allergies get better all the time.
I’m still attractive to Steve.
I’ve got great cleavage.
I don’t have diabetes.
Dispite my weight, I’m still pretty healthy.

I think I will add to this list as time goes on, but these are the things that I need to focus on and be happy about.  Instead of the things that I don’t have.