We are in the middle of a Fanatical Focus 40 Challenge - 40 days of fanatical focus to uplevel your business and your life.
And today felt carries with it, for me, such a strong “get’er done” energy. You should see me crossing items off my to do list, handling calls, delegating tasks to my team, deliverables are ready ahead of time. I’m on fire!
Then I get a very subtle tap on the shoulder. You know the type. The inner knowing that you’re forgetting something…
In the midst of working, and finding myself completely absorbed in those responsibilities today, I get an inkling to stop… and just take a brief five-minute meditation-relaxation period. Just to come back to inner self in order to align work with identity. Integrity happens when what you do matches who you are, and vice versa (this is the root of all self-sabotage patterns - more on that on another post).
A funny thing happened - a familiar reminder: When I make the time to reflect on my work, why I’m doing what I’m doing when I’m doing it, the reflection infuses those tasks with a greater sense of purpose and strengthens the connection between my working life and my spiritual self.
While working, we sometimes get so caught up in what we do that it can become an obsession that may lead us to forsake everything else in our lives that is also important to us—family, friends, spirit. Taking a break from what we are doing during the day to consciously think about how our duties fit into the complete scheme of our lives, however, allows us to think about the ways in which our work fills our lives with spiritual meaning.
I encourage you to do the same: By becoming aware of the connection between your work and your spirit today, you will cultivate deeper levels of integration between your higher self and the other aspects of your life.
How you do anything is how you do everything. You are not a compartmentalized being, so you don’t live a compartmentalized life. Bring it into wholeness by balancing the outer-doingness with the inner-beingness.
When you do, you might be surprised at how easy life flows and how magical work becomes.