Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Danielle LaPorte of http://www.whitehottruth.com/.
Most of us have to-do lists. Many of us have long terms goals. Few of us have a list of how we actually want to feel in our life.
And aren’t feelings the whole point? The income, the relationship, the hot bod’, the high thread count cotton sheets - everything on our to-do, to-get, to-experience lists all drive back to the feelings that we crave … connected, comfort, powerful, rich in love and cash, beauty, vitality, useful, calm.
And so it goes that a solid make-it-happen strategy should be grounded in the awareness of how you want to feel. It’s the elemental point that most action plans and goal setting systems overlooked.
Feelings are magnetic. Each feeling is a beacon that attracts a reality. Love attracts love. Gratitude attracts more reasons to be grateful. Generosity creates a generous response. What we focus on expands. So choosing to focus on feelings that, well, feel good, is a sure way to create the experience you want.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO FEEL IN THE CORE AREAS OF YOUR LIFE?
- Career
- Relationships
- Spirituality
- Wealth
- Wellness
Write out a few desired feelings in each area. You’ll likely see a pattern emerging - it usually gets down to three or four key emotions that you’re always hankering for. If you have goal lists or vision boards, write your desired feelings on them - front and center. Stick a note of your key feelings into your day-timer. Look up the definition of each of your feeling words. Become a connoisseur of desired feelings and you’ll transform your wants into realizations. Desires are dynamic - they love to be danced with adored, explored.
I’m clear that in every area of my life I want to experience: communion, affluence, sexiness and creative freedom. Those desired feelings drive everything I do - from how I interact with the waiter at the restaurant, and or my blog audience, to what I write, wear and dance to. How I want to feel sits in the margins of my schedule and the center of my heart.
PLAN FOR FULFILLED FEELINGS
If I’m feeling less than affluent, I give - I write a thank you note, I check out the entrepreneurs I’ve sponsored on Kiva.com, I pick up the tab at lunch. If I want to feel more communion I intentionally plan to create it. I’ve just mapped out a plan for the New Year that includes a road trip to see my soul sister in Vegas, a week at the Burning Man festival, a budget to go to more concerts, and a commitment to have one dinner party a month - all things that make me feel closer to life and to love.
CLARITY CREATES SIMPLICITY
When you’re clear on how you want to feel, you can be open to what life wants to give you. You’ll be anchored to the function, rather than the form. And this is really the essence of simplified living - a focus on what matters most. The house, the partner, the job may not “look” like you wanted, or come when you expected, but if something or someone generates the positive feelings you’ve been longing for, you’ll be able to let that good stuff into your life.
When you’re clear on how you want to feel you instinctively know what to say yes to, and when to say, “no thank you.” And that’s the best feeling in the world.
You can find Danielle LaPorte at http://www.whitehottruth.com/. She helps entrepreneurs rock their careers, is a former think tank exec, and author of the Amazon bestseller, Style Statement: Live By Your Own Design.
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只有了解自己的真实所愿,才能以此制定未来计划
我们中的大多数人都会对将来有所打算,同时也会有很多人为此设定一些具有远见的目标,但是,却很少很少人真正明白究竟对于生活我们想要得到些什么。
其实,我们的真实情感和意愿才是最最重要的,难道不是这样吗? 收入、人际关系、魅力四射……这些出现于我们对于未来想做、想得到、想经历的打算之上的一切一切,都不过只是回归到了我们对于生活的感受,也就是对于生活的渴望、人与人之间紧密的联系、安逸、权利、博爱还有金钱、美丽、生机、互帮互助还有冷静。
因此,若要为未来制定一个固若金汤、毫无破绽的蓝图,那就必须要建立在充分认识自己真实意愿和感受的基础之上。非常重要的一点就是,如果没有遵循这样一条原则,那么大多数行动计划和目标设定的系统都不过只是纸上谈兵、不切实际。
对于生活的感受其实是非常神奇的。每一种感受,都是一个与众不同的灯塔,照亮一种与众不同的人生。想爱的人,会让生活充满爱;感恩的人,会怀着一颗比他人更加感恩的心;而宽厚的人,也会对他人更加的仁慈和大方。也就是说,只有明白什么才是自己真正想要的,才能得到我们想要的生活。所以,选择自己真实想要的东西,好吧,就比如说想要生活的更好,也未尝不是一种创造属于自己生活的一种方式。
那么,对于生活,你的内心深处究竟想得到的是什么呢?
在每一个领域都写下一些自己的真实感受,也就是那些所期待的东西。很有可能你会发现在这些领域中会出现一些模式,也就是说总有那么三四种的情感是你始终都在渴望着、追求着的。如果你有制定一些目标计划或者拥有写字板的话,那么就把这些期待的感受都写在上面——由表及里。每一种感受,都要用一个适当的词语来形容并记录于板上,然后在词典上查找每一个用于形容感受的词语的定义,如此你就能成为一个定义情感方面的专家,并且,才能真正的把真实所感应用于实际中得以实现。对于生活的渴望往往会成为我们的动力——而渴望也往往与热情与探索相联系、相作用。
我本身就非常清楚对于生活的方方面面,我究竟要得到些什么,他们分别是:交流,富足,性感还有个性的自由。而这些感受正是驱使我如何生活和工作的理由——小到让我明白在餐厅与服务生或者在博客上与笔者应该如何交流,大到我该写些什么、穿些什么或者该发展成什么样的人。那些我所期待获得的东西,主宰了我的计划表里的方方面面,也主宰了我内心的每一个角落。
计划也是为了满足内心的感受
如果我感到内心不若以前那么充实了,我就会给你写一封感谢信、给那些我在KIVA网站上支持的企业家们写支持信或者在午餐的时候为他人一起买单。如果我想要获得更多的交流,我就会下意识的制定一些计划来实现这样一个目的。事实上,我刚刚还为新年制定了一个计划,包括如何拜访居住在维加斯妹妹的旅游线路、如何花上一个星期来度过火人节、制定一份预算以便可以观赏更多的音乐会以及如何才能实现每个月都举办一场晚宴的目标——而这一切的一切都不过是为了让自己在生活中得到更大的满足以及获得更多的爱而已。
只有了解自己才能让生活简单
只有了解自己的真实意愿,才能感受到更多生活给予你的东西,如此你会更加注重结果,而不是所谓的形式,而这恰恰就是简单生活所具有的真谛,也就是说什么才是你真正关心的东西。房屋、伴侣、工作,这些看上去都有可能并不是你所想要的东西,或者说是你期待的东西,但是,如果某些东西或者某些人真是集合了那些你长久以来所期待的东西的话,你就会毫不犹豫、极尽可能的得到这些东西。
只有当你真正了解自己的感受,并且会本能的知道什么时候会同意,什么时候会拒绝的时候,那也就是你真正的领悟自己、知道自己要做什么的时候。
您可以在http://www.whitehottruth.com/这个网址上发现更多关于Danielle LaPorte的文章。她时常帮助企业家们加快他们的事业拓展速度,并且曾经是他们的智囊团,现在她是亚马森报的作者,生活座右铭是生活是由我们自己所创造的。