Kat Ingalls

I’m not perfect at this, but I’m better. Sent messages throughout the summer to the people that matter. Not every day, or even every week, but at least a few times, and that’s an improvement.

Working with my other goal of “stop being a perfectionist” and just crossing this off even though I haven’t done what I’d IDEALLY envisioned. Ha!

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Unlike many people, I’m not motivated to develop a morning routine because I feel “rushed” in the mornings. I’m motivated because I want to feel more grounded, and go through my day with more purpose. I find that if I don’t make time in the morning to review my goals and objectives, I go through the day without making any progress towards them. And after awhile I realize that I’m not making progress - at least daily progress, which is what I want - towards my dreams. This needs to change!

Some of the most useful tools I’ve found for this are journaling, meditating, prayer, and creating art.

Journaling – Exploration
Journaling lets me see what I’m really thinking, and allows open discussion with myself. When I don’t write about my goals, I don’t examine my motivations or progress almost at all. Writing is essential.

Meditation – Motivation
Meditating helps renew my drive to accomplish goals. I’m able to focus and visualize my goals, which gives me more motivation.

Prayer – Assistance
Praying gives me the sense that I’m not on my own, which is important. It also gives me the sense that I have access to a higher reserve of willpower than I’ll ever have on my own. This gets me through when I’m on my last reserves of determination.

Creating Art – Visualisation
To me, creating art is very similar to meditation. I’m focusing on what it is I want to bring about, and visualising it, and bringing that visualisation into the physical plane. Goal manifestation is the same thing. Creating art makes a goal a little more tangable, which inspires motive. :)

Goal:
Create a morning routine so that I:
- Am more aware and in tune with myself: my strengths, my areas for growth, what inspires me, what I hope to accomplish
- Am able to work towards creating the future that I want for myself
- Am able to say I’ve made physical progress towards my goals by the end of the day :)