Sometimes I sit down and just write. I’ll write anything and everything that pops into my head. Sometimes so many things are queued up waiting for my writing hand to catch up that some thoughts that come out disappear and get forgotten before I put pen to paper.
I have been trying lately to do this as often as possible. In fact I think it will serve me well to practice this every day as I think anyone who wishes to grow should do. This very post is a result of such activity today, edited of course into a context of some sort. Leave The Office is already documenting my personal growth whether I intended it to or not, but now it is much more of a conscious process and therefore I hope I can use it to benefit anyone else who is wanting to grow more consciously and achieve the life of their dreams.
So, on the subject of dreams I’ll ask the question what are dreams made of? The idea of this question is to envoke some deep thinking into what really lights you up. Everybody has different dreams to each other, but I am not asking about the content of your dream, but the fabric of it.
Our dreams are what drive us to do certain things when we are present to them and aware that our actions, determined by our thinking create what we experience in our lives. Everything in your life starts with you. The more you are in touch with your dreams and what it is you wish to become and experience in your life, the more likely you are to realize that dream. The details become as real as anything in the physical world, right now and by having such defined and refined details to focus on you will be aware enough to notice and act upon any opportunity that comes your way that will move you towards your dream.
What does this mean? Well if you are dreaming about being rich or successful, but have not put any details in that mental image then what is there to focus on? Most likely the point of focus will be that you are not rich or successful and any event or opportunity that arises that could help you toward your true dream will go unnoticed, or at best seen as an unimportant or even undesirable event.
I was thinking about this yesterday as I sat in front of my log stove, feeling the warmth and watching the flames dancing around with total abandon, without a care about who was watching them and after a while there was nothing between myself and the fire. I felt it’s energy and I understood it. I was the fire. It’s very difficult to put into words without sounding all new-age and spirtiual, but I know how firmly I have my feet on the ground and I don’t feel strange conveying that experience.
It felt like I was in a world where I was already living the life of my dreams. If the voices of doubt about your dream from outside or even your own "outside" negative voice is loud enough it will stop you dead in your tracks and your dream takes a sucker punch. Those flames did not have that problem. They have no ears to any judgements and therefore live exceptional lives, the life of their choosing. This is just like people who live amazing lives.
I now strongly believe my dream is possible, which is progress from a number of months ago, but whilst I believe it is possible, I need to work on weakening the belief that it is difficult.
Leave The Office is about breaking out of the "I don’t want" or the "I can’t" way of thinking into the "How can I" and "I will".
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Rob-
I think writing is important. Even if it is only for your own journal. It has to do with putting thoughts into action. The action causes you to think about what you are writing.
I am doing a lot of writing at the moment. I am finding that sitting down and writing down what I want to achieve in life and how I want to contribute is a good exercise. I mean doing it every day. Some days it’s enlightening to say the least what details go down on paper. It’s a constant refining, defining process and gives the mind something more defined to focus on all the time.
I too spend alot of time just free writing. It is a very explorative process that I relate to meditation. My girlfriend got me a typewriter a couple months ago and it has been amazing. With the inability to edit I just continue to write and I often catch myself in some deep thought or idea I want to look at further.
That’s sounds great Bradley. I am so reliant on the electronic world these days that it actually feels weird writing pen to paper and the idea of a typewriter is almost alien to me, but your point about the lack of editing and therefore being forced to think about what you just wrote and continue along that line of thought I think is a great tool for bringing awareness to what is actually going on in your mind.
I liken that to my recording studio. It only has 8 audio tracks, which forces me to commit to certain sounds along the way without being able to go back and edit easily. It’s that way of working which has caused me to create my best work.
Nice one.