Sometimes I have to negotiate with myself when it comes to doing anything. For example, this morning I wrote down in my schedule that I was going to take a yoga class. When I’m consistently showing up for yoga, my physical, mental and spiritual are elevated but I can easily talk myself out of it. I logically know showing up to class is in my best interest yet I will choose the short term comfort of not going.

Today I’m in negotiation mode. If I show up to class I don’t have to do anything else. If I want to stay in child’s pose the whole time and breathe, that’s great. The goal is to get there. That’s it. More times than not what ends up happening is that I get there and I’m inspired to move. That’s why I will choose going to a class over practicing at home any day. The yoga teacher and the yogis around me encourage community movement. It feels like we are in this together and I’m transported into my flow state.

Thanks for showing up to read…I will see you after class!

I have life goals:

*To be an angel investor and support businesses that positively impact the world

*To own property in Portland, Oregon

*To be healthy-physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually

*To make at least six figures supporting people in their life goals and doing it in a way that is authentic, spiritually sound and rooted in truth

*To do yoga until the day I die

*To have the freedom to work anywhere in the world

*To get published in Modern Love, New York Times

Those are just a few. The thing is they might change in the next three months, six months or a year and they have before. The macro goals give me direction for what to do in the micro day to day.

daily goals

*meditate at least 5 minutes a day

*do some form of yoga, even if it’s one pose

*drink 48-100oz of water a day

*eat two meals instead of three (intermittent fasting life)

*read a chapter a day of a book

*write a page a day

*connect with the people I love in some capacity (text, call, e-mail, go out for dinner)

*connect with people I don’t know and expand my network of people I love

*give the energy out that I want to receive-joyful, grateful, full of possibilities—>this is the big one.

focusing on my perspective dictates the course of my day. i can create whatever i want by solely focusing on this. it’s a commitment to the life I want to live and the people i want in it.

Here are ways to hone in on the perspective:

*meditate—>start with 1 minute, focusing on your inhales and exhales. Next week, 2 minutes.

*gratitude list—>knowing and appreciating what you have right in this moment leads to expansion and abundance

*connecting with at least one person you care about—> even though we are connected more than ever with technology, it can sometimes have the adverse effect and have us feeling like siloed humans. additional good feels if you are the one reaching out.

*movement—>at least 30 minutes a day. a walk, yoga, lifting weights, dancing. this body is meant for movement and the endorphin rush that happens after!

The daily goals pour into the life ones. getting into a routine of taking care of yourself will allow you the ability to cultivate the life you want. It begins by doing one thing and then doing that one thing again and feeling it compound.

Sara Bareilles was asked by her record label to write a love song because back in the 2000s, radio friendly love songs were all the rage. She was like “oh no problem, I got you” and wrote the song Love Song which lyrically throws up on her record label, telling them she isn’t beat for their shit and she’s not going to comply. That song has been in my internal jukebox for years, mainly because the story behind it is epic.

Here’s the thing: I don’t know if actually happened. There are conflicting stories swirling around about the origin of the song but legit, I don’t care. The story of Sara giving a melodic fuck you to her label and going platinum for it, is everything. It inspires me to stay my path even if others don’t understand or try to lure me down another. It brings me back to the importance of trusting the internal compass, even when everyone externally is saying or doing the opposite.

She brings the song down by belting “If your heart is nowhere in it, I don't want it for a minute”

I feel you a 100%, Sara Bareilles. I’m too human for that.