10 Enlightening Questions

10 Enlightening Questions for Figuring Out What Needs to Change
To Make Your Life Feel Better!

You wake up and it’s a beautiful, sunny day. However, instead of feeling happy to start your day you rollover, hit the snooze button and go back to sleep – at least until the alarm goes off again. When you finally get up you feel sluggish and very unexcited about your day. You take a shower, get dressed and leave the house feeling stressed out. You wish you could crawl back into bed and hide from the world. You know something needs to change. If only you knew what that something was.

Does the above scenario hit home? Have you had a time in your life when you felt miles away from living your best life? And even though you knew something in your life needed to change, knowing exactly what needed to change felt as far away as your best life did?

The first clue something in our life is “off” comes from our emotions. How we feel about our life is the best measurement we have as to whether our life is working, or not working. Our emotions are like an onboard navigation system, constantly informing us of whether we are on the right track, or not.

If something in your life feels “off”, how can you figure out what needs to change so you can get your life back on track faster? The following 10 questions will help you gain the clarity you need to do just that.

1. What feels great in my life today? What’s working well?
2. What do I do that gives me a sense of joy and peace?
3. What feels fun to me?
4. What makes me feel alive? What makes me feel good?
5. What am I often complimented on?

6. What really ticks me off about my life right now?
7. What/who drains my energy?
8. What do I do that makes me feel awful about myself?
9. What do I worry about most right now?
10. What do I dwell on?

Your answers to the first 5 questions reflect what you want MORE OF in your life and what you should KEEP doing. Your answers to these 5 questions reflect what makes you happy.

Your answers to the last 5 questions reflect what makes you unhappy. These are the things you should STOP doing, or at least do LESS OF in your life.

The bottom line: doing MORE OF what you love and LESS OF what you don’t love is a good start to getting your life back on track.

Once you clearly know what isn’t working, make a plan to do less and less of it over time. Stick to that plan but give it very little of your focus. On the other hand, put most of your focus on doing more of what makes you happy. In time, your life will rebalance and you’ll wake up feeling happy to start your day!

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