So, I've been trying to get around to starting this blog for exactly 6 weeks now. Along with trying to get around to posting on my other two public blogs and one private blog for my membership-only community. And along with trying to get around to managing my business more effectively. And maintaining my health more effectively. And nurturing my relationships more effectively. And...you get the picture.
But life gets in the way, right? Not any more. Starting today, life is a priority. Life the way I trully want to live it, that is. It's what in my books and retreats I always refer to as "living my ideal life on my own terms starting NOW." Because I always, without fail, practice what I teach (though I'll admit sometimes I need a lot more practice than some of my audience members do!), so I figured that now would be as good a time as any to chart my progress toward my four foundations for my ideal life...business, balance, body, and bliss.
I call it "The Entreprenyear...My Year of Living Changerously." I'm looking for every possible strategy and system, tip and tactic, resource and rump-kicking I can benefit from in the next 52 weeks to rock my own world. And hopefully in the process I'll run across a few things that will help you rock your own world, too. Why Entreprenyear? Because I want to go about this whole endeavor with an entrepreneurial spirit.
en·tre·pre·neur: äⁿn-trə-p(r)ə-ˈnər, -ˈn(y)u̇r\
Etymology: French, from Old French, from entreprendre to undertake — more at enterprise
Definition: one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
I'm undertaking the enterprise of ME. My life. Who I want to be. How I want to feel. Why I want to create this ideal life. And What I want to do to leave a legacy...to impact this world in a positive way. But I've got a confession to make. I'm almost hesitant to admit it, but I've got a really great life already. I do. I'm actually a somewhat irritatingly happy and fulfilled person doing what she loves surrounded by people she loves and, with a few exceptions such as addictive behaviors regarding chocolate and cheese, which are well-documented in all of my books, I'm fairly healthy, too.
I've sensed, though, for a while now that there are ways to "take back" parts of my life that I've outsourced to someone or somewhere or something other than myself. It's been a tough couple of years for everyone, myself included, on a number of levels. I'm not going to share my whiny version about how the economic downturn messed up my financial mojo or share some stunning array of emotional or physical traumas that have pummeled me as of late. Dang, you've got enough of your own to sift through, I'm sure.
What I DO want to do, though, is really embrace and explore the change process--what it looks like and what it feels like to grow in ways you really want to in those four areas of business, balance, body, and bliss. I want to broadcast what works and dissect what doesn't. And I want to listen to what sends my heart racing from joy or fear or anticipation (or all three) and share those things with you to see if any of them do the same for you.
I want to be truly IN this moment of my life, with a clear sense of purpose and a serious sense of humor to see what 365 days can produce for me. And ideally, for you, too. Here's to a year of living changerously.
