Facing A Fear Organisation 101
Last year, I tried to focus on facing one particular fear each month for 2014.
What I found difficult though was sticking to just one.
Aiming to be more open one month may have clashed with needing to ‘say yes’ more or ‘say no’. No rulebook can really be used when one is maneuvering through life’s maze of everyday obstacles.
I decided to take a stab at redefining my approach to ‘facing a fear’.
I am really fond of Gretchen Rubin’s: The Happiness Project and Happier at Home.
She focused on a few simple ways to make her life happier each month whilst staying true to herself.
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It’s all so easy to write a long list of resolutions or things we’d like to change without actually putting in the work to bring instigate it.
I wanted 2015 to be a little different.
In doing this, I decided to dust off my copy of The Happiness Project and revisit it for some inspiration.
Rubin sets herself 12 commandments that she reminds herself to live by whilst focusing on a set few goals each month.
Here are my personal Ananya commandments in no particular order, other than the order they popped into my head!
Don’t be scared to
- Be honest
- Be vulnerable
- Be Bold
- Be Kind
- Be Your Own Best Friend
- Be True to Oneself; Be Ananya
- Strive to Be Beauty-full, not Beautiful*
- Ask for Help
- Apologise when required; not excessively and not reluctantly
- Know when to say ‘yes’ and when to say ‘no’
- Stay committed
- Give 100% to everything
- Sing one’s praises
- Embrace Uncertainty
- Forgive
- Believe in miracles; Believe in the impossible
- Surrender the final outcome
- Do What Is Right, Not What Is Easy
- Laugh Often
- Challenge oneself but Know When to Rest
- Cry
- Be Still
- Be confident (enough to Go it alone when required)
- Fake It Until You Make It
- Celebrate The Little Things
The list will hopefully allow me to focus my energies when undergoing this personal challenge.
Managing to compile a list of 25 fears to attempt for the year I turn 25 indeed also makes me happy –
What’s that –?!
Celebrate the Little Things!
In addition to these ’25 Commandments’ I figured it should go hand in hand with a few goals that will hopefully lead on to that ‘bigger picture’ of ‘sorting out my life’. But you’ll just have to stay tuned for that list…!
Until then,
Namaste | from Ananya xo
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