By Leo BabautaIn my Fearless Training Program, one of our members talked about how she gets a lot done during the day, but inevitably puts off her two scariest tasks, and doesn’t get them done. Does that sound familiar to you? Putting off the hardest tasks of the day is a common affliction for most of us. That wouldn’t necessarily be the worst thing, except that this often means the most important work doesn’t get done. The most meaningful work, our passion project or dream, keeps getting pushed back to another day. Our days are too precious for this. We treat them like an unlimited resource, but how many do we have left? None of us know. But we do know that it’s a limited number, and they are incredibly valuable. So how do we change this habit? We stop running from the fear and start moving towards it. We let it become our training ground. Let’s look at how to train. Creating a Sacred Training ContainerIt’s important not to take this lightly. We have age-old habits of putting off our scary, hard tasks, and just saying, “I’m going to change” is not enough. We have to take this seriously. The way to do that is to create a container for our training. Think of it like a boxing ring where you train, or a yoga mat, or a meditation hall. It has boundaries that make it special, and that keep you in the training area. Think of this as a sacred space. It’s sacred because you have elevated it above all the other ordinary things you have to do for the day. In this special space, you are going to go towards your fear, and allow your habitual patterns to shift. Here’s how you might create that container:
That’s the training container. Can you feel how this would elevate your training, to create a container like this? How to Train, with JoyTraining in doing the things that scare you doesn’t have to be torture. In fact, it can be joyous. To start with, what’s the scariest thing on your todo list? Pick that for your training session today, and create the container as we talked about above. Then try these ideas to bring joy to the training:
Keep doing the task that you find scary, that you would normally put off, but do it with this sense of mindfulness, of dancing, of curiosity and gratitude and relaxation and joy. via Tumblr How to Do Your Scariest Tasks of the Day, with Joy
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