Making Sense out of the Chaos!

Have you ever felt, at the end of the day there is just too many things that demand your focus and attention until you are no longer focused, or attentive?

That question is the key to discovering the illusive reality of balance and how it applies to your life right now, or how it could apply if you really start to pay attention. We do have a tendency to get caught up in what is "happening" to us in our day to day reality and we forget that we have any say about how we spend our time or what we focus on achieving. In fact I don't doubt there are those of of you right now how are reading this and rolling your eyes. I understand. I know how much it can take to actually be focused in life. However if you cannot maintain a focus on what you want, chances of getting where you want to go, or being part of the life you dream of living will elude you.

Gaining perspective is easier than you might think however. It can be a simple as using a pen and a little notebook. What you can choose to do is to write out the day. Just take note of what happened and when it happend, what you got done, what was a challenge and what didn't get done at al. Things like getting to the gym, while we know the benefits may find itself among the list of things that didn't get done! However the only way you will know exactly what is happening to your day is to put it in front of you.

Review what works and what doesn't. If you are putting in really long days, not spending time on yourself, like going to the gym or in meditation, or doing something you enjoy, you are living in chaos without balance. No worries that is where most of us tend to be until we make changes.

Once we get a good look at our life, plan on doing this process for about a week, we can see in black and white what works for us and what disables us. Where the chaos becomes our master and we spend out time reacting to it versus creating anything else. Let go of judgement, just accept that this is momentarily where things are. Now that we know this, we can begin restructuring, in essence making sense out of the chaos. This gets easier and easier the more we practice it.

You are going to keep writing, only this time instead of just observing you will begin to take an active role in how your day unfolds. List the things you choose to accomplish. Usually an excellent process the evening before, or first thing in the morning, however if you choose the morning, you must also choose to have the time to get it done. Day by day, choose what you want to have happen in your life, and than at the end of the day review what worked. You will find some stuff did and some stuff didn't. Reward yourself with a pat on the back and than ask yourself what you could do differently tomorrow to have the things that didn't work work. Apply what you discover to the next day and go from there.

As you get better and better at doing this you will start to plan your week. Meaning, on Sunday you will determine what Mon-Sat is going to look like and than make you modifications throughout the week. You may find over time that doing this monthly will be possible and that's awesome. Doing this process for the month requires a reveiw each week - to make sure your on track - and of course checking in every day to what worked and what didn't. Take heart, as you move through this it may feel challenging, it is just change. Change is good and in a short while that change you are feeling will become triumph.

This technique is simple and effective, if you are willing to do it, it will work for you. If you only do it to a degree, well, you will find yourself enjoying a degree of success. Ultimately whatever you choose to do, when you make a decision to have things change in your life, you must follow through.

Happy journaling.