life-iu-news-awareness-3.29.22-designyourday

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Design your life. If you didn’t know any better, you might say that sounds hard, right?We use the word “design” to describe how a person can plan and create highly specific and rewarding results in their lives, in any area.Sometimes people misunderstand that!They think “designing” means being more controlling, more restricting. Cramming more in. Being policed or policing yourself. Living a strict life of rules, regulations, goals, promises, consequences…Where’s the fun in that? We sometimes get this pushback from new clients. They’re afraid that designing their lives will take away their spontaneity and freedom.I’m afraid I won’t enjoy this, the inner chicken will say.But I don’t want to follow rules, the inner brat will chime in.Learn about the voices in your head, the chicken, brat, and weather reporter in Module 2 of Inner.U LIFE. Login and listen to the module here. What they don’t realize is that they ARE already living by an internal set of rules, theories, and guidelines that have been determining their behavior and thinking patterns for a long time.Whether they like it or not, they’ve been following rules like:“It’s ok to cheat on my diet if I’m stressed out,” or“I work late nights and weekends if they ask me to,”And dealing with the results.See what we mean? Designing a life of your dreams means YOU consciously set the goals and guidelines, in accordance with your own highest ideals.Designing means you get clear on what will make you happy, and what you need to do to make it happen.And yes, sometimes it IS a challenge.If it was that easy, we’d all be doing it! Most of the time, however, designing your life is a fun, exciting, and liberating experiment.Here's how to do it...