When you're at the point where you're wondering how to turn your life around, you are in a very powerful place. Your desire is strong and like an arrow pulled all the way back, your potential success is ready to soar if you're ready to let the arrow go.
In today's blog post, I will share seven simple ways to begin turning your life around in an easy, powerful, and quick way.
Is it ever too late to change your life?
Absolutely not! If you're still alive and breathing, it is not too late.
Even beyond age, if you've found yourself on a path that doesn't feel good to you, it's not too late to change. You could be on your deathbed, and it still wouldn't be too late. Think of all the near-death experiences that have been documented–that alone tells you that if a person wants to change and stay here in this life, they can do it even past the very last minute.
It doesn't matter what condition you're in or if you're 120 years old; you can pivotally shift your life in a powerful way and be on a new road by tomorrow.
Because all it takes is a shift in belief.
Yes, belief. If you aren't aware of the law of attraction, I suggest learning everything you can about it. Learn about the power of your beliefs and understand that you are a creator–not anything less.
How to turn turn your life around
Have you found yourself off track? Either from your normal routine and mindset or maybe you've just woken up and realized, "I don't want to live like this anymore." Yeah, I was there, too, a few years ago. And I frequently go off track and have to check myself back in occasionally.
This post is for you if you said yes to any of the above. If you want to get back to YOU, where it feels good, here are seven things I do personally to do that.
1. Take responsibility for where you are
Our perspectives, attitudes, reactions, feelings, thoughts, beliefs...these are all things that we control ourselves and that affect our reality. This is a good thing because it means that you can create the life you want since you are at the wheel.
Taking responsibility for being exactly where you are gives you the power to be exactly where you want to be.
Stop blaming anyone else for anything that's happening in your life. This is because once you do that, you no longer give your power away.
"But my mom (insert any other person you choose) is always disrespecting me and making me feel like I don't know how to make decisions for myself" (insert any other behavior and emotional response). When I have these kinds of thoughts running through my head, I remember that everyone is just a mirror, reflecting back to me how I truly feel about myself.
Instead of getting mad at them, thank them for showing you parts of yourself that you need to heal. Whether it's a person or a situation, whatever it's making you feel is really something that is living deep inside of you. It's something you already feel about yourself. Read this post if you want to learn more about how to deal with attracting negativity from others.
So if you're pointing fingers, just stop. Don't point them at yourself, either. Just acknowledge that no one has control over you, your emotions, or your reality. Realize and accept that you hold all of the power regarding your life experience.
As A Course in Miracles states, you are not responsible for your erroneous thoughts–only for their correction. This means letting go of guilt, not beating yourself up, and focusing on soothing your thoughts to reflect your desired reality.
2. Change your mindset
Your mindset will make or break you. And I'm not talking about a cute little positive mindset where you pretend to be happy and desperately try to accept a reality you're living that isn't making you happy. No girl, I would never tell you to do that.
I'm talking about adopting or picking back up your manifesting mindset, which means recognizing that your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs are literally attracting similar things into your life.
If you've been dwelling on shitty things, that's why shitty things keep showing up. Start dwelling on what you LOVE so that more lovely things keep showing up.
I always tell myself I'm channeling my inner Elf (Will Ferrell) when I want to focus on the good. If you've never seen that movie, you must. His love and excitement about everything are great models to live by.
If you can focus on the negative and point out everyone's (including yours) worst traits, try doing the opposite for a few days and watch what happens.
3. Forgive
Sometimes, the ones we hold the most grudges against are ourselves for past mistakes and actions we deeply regret. You can't live a happy life if, on some level, you don't believe you deserve one. Everything we experience, even the bad, helps us grow in some way. Forgive others and yourself and instead focus on the growth and expansion it caused you.
You are never made less by something that happened to you–only more. You are a soul in a human body, and your soul can never be dimmed or tainted. Your soul is here soaking up experiences so that it can expand, as well as to shine light around you as you share the unique experiences and knowledge that only you can bring to others.
Send love to others, even if they've hurt you. Send love to unsettling situations, because they illuminated a shadow within yourself. And send love to yourself for being brave enough to forgive, even if just for today.
4. Decide what you really want
Have you thought about what you really want in life? Not what your mom wants for you, not what you want far off into the future, not what you think you can accomplish only because it's easy–but what you want.
What would your heart most long to do if money or circumstance weren't an issue? Don't worry if it feels too big for you to achieve on your own–it likely is. The magic of this universe we live in is that it meets us more than halfway when we have a desire.
When we know what we want, believe we can have it and expect it to happen, we set magical forces in motion that arrange the people and circumstances in our lives necessary to achieve our dream.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear. - Jack Canfield
A powerful way to turn your life around is to get clear on what you want and give a few minutes of fun, focused daydreaming to this desire every day.
5. Get intentional
Become intentional with your time. Implement something daily such as a morning routine–it can change your life! A time that you prepare for your day first without letting the outside world bombard your mind is priceless and honestly a key to inner peace.
Basically, it means taking time for yourself so that you aren't lost in your head. Also, become intentional about the kind of people and information you let into your experience. Negative people, stories, and articles that promote hate, fear, or controversy only breed more negativity and drag you down.
I wrote a post about how the law of attraction works just like your Instagram feed, and here is my list of self-care articles to help you with becoming more intentional with your time.
6. Focus on your journey with gratitude
When we're running a marathon (and that's what life is, a marathon, not a race) and we don't focus on our own path because we are too busy looking around us to see where everyone else is, we start to stumble. We start wondering if we're not good enough or why good things are happening to others and not us.
Don't focus on anyone else but you. Be grateful for where you are and the things you have experienced. Every day is a fresh start to go after your dreams and improve from your yesterday.
Remember that your reality is like your own stage, and you can create anything you want on this stage, regardless of what someone else is doing on their stage. If anything, they are showing you what's possible, so send your thanks to them.
7. Start loving the hell out of yourself
Too many of us are walking around bullying ourselves day in and day out. We beat ourselves up for what we do, what we don't do, what we think we should be doing, and everything else in between!
I have struggled to understand the concept of self-love, but I have found that just acknowledging myself is so powerful.
When I'm feeling stressed about something, if I say, "Even though I'm really upset/disconnected/scared/stressed right now, I honor and accept how I'm feeling," I can feel calmer almost instantly.
When we acknowledge a child's feelings, they can move on. Just acknowledge yourself. Tell yourself how much you love yourself, even if it feels weird at first. These emotions within you need to be seen in order for them to be released. They don't need more berating or avoidance.
Yeah, you may have yelled–love yourself anyway.
Yeah, you may have fallen through on your word–love yourself anyway.
Yeah, you may have hurt someone, but love yourself anyway.
You're a soul made of love, peering through this human experience so that you can experience all the emotions in order to EXPAND and so that JOY feels that much better as you navigate between the light and shadows.
Love the heck out of yourself. You didn't come here to be perfect, and no one else came here to experience a perfect version of you either, nor you them. So stop hating on yourself and start loving this beautiful journey you're on.
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Jessica
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Michael
The law of the sewer applies here for sure. If you sew good seeds (love, encouragement, respect, etc.) eventually, you will harvest these in abundance in your life. However, if you sew bad seeds ( blame, unforgiving, unmerciful, etc.) You will harvest the same in abundance.
Jessica Dimas
Yes, agreed Michael. I believe whatever energy we're putting out is what we will be receiving back because that's the frequency we're in.
MA
Law of the sower, not sewer. Ew, yucky! 😀
Mj
Yep. Now I'm wondering what the law of the sewer would look/ smell like lol
Jessica
Your thoughts and maps for clear thinking and love are brilliant, Thank you.
Jessica Dimas
Thanks Jessica, I'm glad you found this helpful <3
Jaici
I work in disaster relief and am often thrown off track, but truly time with myself or even remembering to breathe deeply and with intention can calm my inner stress monologue and help me put things back in perspective. i’ve Also recently gotten into tarot and the study of intuitive tarot. A weekly card helps me focus and gives me something tangible to hold with me and serve as a reminder of how energy and thoughts can restrict you or move mountains.
Jessica Dimas
I'm so glad to hear that you take time for yourself since you work in such an intense environment. I'm sure it makes all the difference and I agree, card pulls have sometimes been the one thing that helped me to keep the faith. They can be so intimately accurate and supportive at the right time.
Destiny
Loving yourself sometimes is the hardest part.. how can you actually love yourself when you're full of self loath?
Jessica Dimas
Practice. You just start practicing letting yourself off the hook. I would highly recommend reading one of Byron Katie's books. They are life-changing.