Radically transform your life, a little bit at a time

by Jenna | Dec 14, 2011 | Writing Articles

Last week I wrote about aligning your day job with your creative destiny and there were a few objections about the practicality of such things in this day and age.

So I want to be clear.

• I’m not suggesting that you up and quit your current job that doesn’t work for you without having something new lined up.
• I’m not suggesting that work for peanuts and stress yourself financially in order to pursue your creative work.
• I’m not suggesting that the only way to have a more aligned day job is to work part time or fewer hours (though that may be part of your solution).

I am suggesting that:

1. If pursuing your creative destiny is important to you and you believe it is your true source of life satisfaction and ultimate success, you must make it a priority.
2. In order to make it a priority, you may want to reevaluate the current things you are doing and consider changing them to be better aligned with your creative work.
3. Many people mistakenly assume there is no other solution to their current circumstances, and/or they are unwilling to challenges the choices in their lives that keep them stuck.
4. Many people resist making changes because it feels overwhelming.

IF you want to make a change in your current life or job situation, rather than doing it in one fell swoop, I encourage you to tackle it a little bit at a time.

• Begin thinking of yourself in a new way (e.g “What would it look like to put my writing first?”).
• Take a look at what’s working and what’s not.
• Get creative about new ways to approach what’s not working. What could you try that you’ve never tried before? (Getting up early to pursue your art?)
• Brainstorm what your ideal scenario would look like.
• Resist deciding there are no alternatives that might work better until you’ve thoroughly explored the options.
• Open your eyes, heart, and mind to new possibilities and solutions.
• Take a active role in pursuing those solutions.
• Start making changes a little bit at a time.
• If something big falls into place, go for it!

For a long time, I believed that running my busy coaching business meant I couldn’t write. As I wrote last week, I had to shift what I was thinking and believing first, and then shift what I was doing to make a change in my life. And now it’s happening, bit by bit.

The mistake I kept making was not believing it was possible, so I kept waiting for something to happen to make it possible, rather than making it possible myself.