Daily Affirmation 5.10.2011

I AM WORTH IT

Thoughts from a Virgo

Yes I am a Virgo, though interestingly I don't follow all the Virgo traits... HOWEVER I AM a proverbial list maker! I LOVE LOVE LOVE paperwork! Haha... I was writing my Morning Pages today and my Virgo sense came through yelling at me for all the years I didn't use this to my advantage! And to be VERY honest I didn't. Part of it was I don't like being told what to do, and was in a situation that constantly had me being told what to do. Now that I am alone, and marching to the beat of MY OWN drummer that has changed. I WANT to make the most of my Virgoian tendencies and make them work to my advantage! So During this session with my subconscious I realized how much I was going to need them over the coming months. I am starting school again next month AND have my day job AND have my fabulous Art Gallery that will be launched soon with my Bestest Friend! (OOOOOH I can't wait...LOL) AND I have this blog AND I have paintings to do AND AND AND... 

How can this be tied in with ACCENTUATING THE POSITIVE you ask me... Well here are my thoughts,

Have you ever felt overwhelmed and that your spinning in circles and getting absolutely nothing accomplished?? LOL if I was honest I would tell you that a few months ago I was like that continually. I mean it! I wanted to get things done, but never seemed to get anywhere with it because I didn't have a plan... 

Then... while talking to my Darling Goddess Sister and Bestie Shel, I was introduced to the Goddess Circle at GoddessGuidebook.com. And I started reading and becoming inspired! There was SO much fabulousness and information there in that circle that I was almost overwhelmed! I started getting a flow of wonderful Ideas lining up clamouring for attention. I didn't know which one to do first! I wanted to do all of them at once! Visions of multiple arms and eyes swam through my brain LOL. 

SOOO I started trying to Follow the 12 Zen Habits... I only followed a few at first, but then the clarity and positivity that began to flow from it was fantastic and all the other habits that I didn't think I could do just started falling into place like I had always been doing them! IT WAS AMAZING! 

I set my THREE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS for the day every night before I go to bed. (ok yesterday I was a VERY bad girl and did not do any of my habits and LET ME TELL YOU I KNEW it ALL DAY!!! ) I also set an affirmation for the day. I have my Very OWN Virgoian Notebook for this process... that is probably Very redundant in some ways but it works for me LOL... I have my Calendar... I have my Daily Goddess Planner pages.... I have my notebook paper for notes, I have my morning pages section... some people feel the need to trash their morning pages, but I want to track the conversations I have with my subconscious... I want to know 6 months from now what I was working on in this little brain of mine and HOW FAR I have come! To me this is an intregal part of POSITIVITY! Being able to give yourself Kudos for accomplishments that would never be recognized otherwise!

Anyhoobe! I am digressing LOL I do that a lot as I have SOOO much I want to share with you!

The fact that I began following this little routine was empowering to me because I COULD do it! I was not this unorganized person who couldnt follow a day planner if I tried! I COULD get things DONE!! The more things  got accomplished using my little system the BETTER I felt about it and the MORE positive energy flowed into my life! 

NOW I am working on becoming a MORNING GODDESS! WOW! Just think of all the stuff I could get accomplished if I could drag my happy rear-end out of bed at a set time each morning! (Honestly the most difficult time to get out of bed will be when I am happily curled up next to my hunny, but that's the challenge isn't it :-) )

My goal is to get up at 6AM every morning... that way I can start pulling Positivity into my day EARLY before things really get stirred up for the day! I will give myself Sundays to sleep in... since with my new schedule this will be the only Scheduled day off for myself. But I want to start NOW before I HAVE to change my schedule so that I am RARING to go and already accustomed to it! SOOO You all have to help me! HEEHEE Keep me accountable! RIGHT??? 

I challenge you to start small, start keeping a notebook of THREE things that you NEED to get done each day. They don't have to be the same every day. But THREE... this is a VERY accomplishable goal! I know I didn't think so at first, but the things don't need to be HUGE tasks anyway! Here's and example of my Three MIT's for one day last week.

1.) Call school and check to see if transcripts arrived.

2.) Clean Room

3.) Brainstorm Business Goddess E-Course Worksheet

Then as you accomplish your 3 MIT's go back and Make BIG HUGE check marks next to them and little Kudos remarks. For the example above my notes were...

1.) Call school and check to see if transcripts are in : YAY they are IN!!!

2.) Clean Room: HEY LOOK I CAN SEE THE FLOOR! (on this one I had been super crafty and my room was in COMPLETE disarray LOL)

3.) Brainstorm Business Goddess E-course Worksheet : SO MANY IDEAS SOOOOO LITTLE TIME :-)

This lets me know that I did them when I look back on ALL the accomplishemts I made during the week and how POSITIVE I was feeling about them. It brings a sense of JOY and Happiness that I got SOOO much accomplishments done in one week! Or even ONE DAY!!!!

So try it, make your own system, mine is wholly mine! It may not work for anyone else but me. But try it and see if you don't feel more Positive in just one WEEK of doing this! Feel like you are GETTING SOMEWHERE instead of running around in circles! AND CELEBRATE yourself for ALL you accomplishments no matter how SMALL you think they are. They are YOUR VERY OWN ACCOMPLISHMENTS!!!! BE JOYOUS that you accomplished them!

Brightest Blessings

Jayde

Daily Affirmation 5.9.10

I AM WALKING ON SUNSHINE!

My Wish

There are times when even I have trouble seeing the BRIGHT SHINY side of things. I am certainly not perfect or the expert of anything. What I am hoping for is to share with you my knowledge and understanding of how positive energy in your life can heal, inspire, change, and fulfill you.

Today, in this negative world it can be hard to keep the positivity going. To fill yourself with positive light when you are constantly bombarded with negative energy and people. What my goal is, is to give you the tools to keep your happy meter tipped toward Happy all the time. Even on your worst days, when everything is coming at you hard and fast and it looks dim and you can feel your smile waver. THAT is when you need to have the handy dandy Happy Zapper that just fills you up with happiness so that you can take on ANYTHING!

It is my sincerest wish that I can help you do this, right now with this blog, and hopefully in the future with more goodies that will keep you smiling!

Brightest Blessings
Jayde

Daily Affirmation 5.8.2011

I forgive myself for ALL my shortcomings!

Mother's Day Positivity

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

I find myself sitting here with my coffee thinking about being a mother. I have to admit that I have not always been the most stellar mother in the past. I had selfish bouts and feel like I was too hard on my children. That I could have given of myself more... And then I think... I was a totally different person back then, I was NOT me. I did the best I could under the circumstances I was in. And I find myself FORGIVING my old self for all her short comings. That is a powerful statement... I FORGIVE MYSELF FOR MY SHORTCOMINGS... WOW... The release of those times has been a difficult road for me. I love my children very very very much! And now that I am not with them 24/7 it is very hard. But I still find the positive in it today! 

I needed to separate myself from them. Number one, on my salary I can barely support myself let alone two teenagers. Number two, they have their lives where they are and who am I to yank them out of that??? Number three, Had I taken them with me then I left, I don't know that I could have found my true self again. Now that I HAVE found my true self again... though she is STILL awakening I have found who I truly am and was meant to be... I can LOVE them in the way I was meant to all along. 

I DO wish that I could go back and change things a bit, but then my children would be different people. 

My children are wonderful people. One is smart and will do anything he puts his mind to. The other is another creative Bohemian soul like myself, her art will give her wings and take her many interesting places! I am grateful that I was chosen to give them life.

Mom's are interesting people. They have faults and are not perfect. They have selfish moments and have regrets. But they LOVE... deeply. Even in their most SELFISH moments they would not trade being who they are... A MOTHER... I know I would not trade having my two beautiful children for all the wealth and notoriety in the world! But remember, Mothers are human... sometimes they can't see past the end of their noses or through the harshness of their own reality. It doesn't mean that they don't Love... it means that they NEED love... that they NEED your understanding... and YES... possibly even NEED your forgiveness... 

It is a liberating thing to forgive... it is freeing in a personal way that only you can describe to yourself. Either by forgiving yourself as a Mother, Or forgiving your own Mother, it is a very personal thing. But OH how positive the energy can flow from that moment on. 

Be gentle with your self and your Mother today... It is a day of celebrating motherhood with ALL its lumps and bumps! 

Brightest Blessings

Jayde

Daily Affirmation 5.7.2011

I am whole, complete and perfect just as I am, right where I am at.