A: Hmm, where to begin? I was going to get to this question immediately, but then I thought I would step into your shoes and see the world from there. Good thing I stepped back into my own shoes, otherwise you probably wouldn't be reading this.
So now I will just crank you out a reply. It is that easy, you know. I mean consider for a moment the consequences of keeping your current pattern. Eventually, no bills get paid; there goes the access to the internet along with the electricity. Great!!! Problem solved.
Okay, so all new sorts of problems now exist. So let's try another strategy. Do everything you should be doing right down to the letter. Make everything an urgent matter and die of a coronary in a few years. Great!!! Problem solved.
No, not yet. This sounds more like a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Hmm, then where to begin?
Well let's do a quick exercise, because you might discover some fascinating things about yourself. When you think of all that you should be doing like...
I used to go around saying, "I've got hundreds of things to get done today." And I was only fourteen at the time. By twenty, it was thousands. And every time I would think about them, I would have this huge collage of images and movies only an inch from my face...my blood pressure was always high, and I soon found myself running from my own pictures.
Well the funny thing about the pictures inside your own head is that you can't get but so far. And soon enough they find you, and they seem to have amplified while you were away distracting yourself. It's like even though you tried to forget, they remembered.
All these things you should be doing, all the energy you expend on thinking about them, all the energy you spend on creative ways to distract yourself...well to use this much energy, seems like you are quite motivated already.
If so, then the question becomes, how can you use this motivation to your benefit?
When I finally got fed up with running away from what I needed to be doing, and just said, "STOP!!!" I discovered all the movies became stills, and I was able to push them all back to a point where I could view them from a comfortable distance. And this is the really interesting part.
I began looking at it from all different angles. Then I made a short list of my criterion and priorities. And I soon began rearranging the pictures in slightly different ways. In ways so they seemed to flow better. One would support the next one. Some still remained urgent, and were quite important, so I took care of them right away. While others I realized were extremely important, but just not as urgent. And I knew for these, I needed to implement a special strategy.
I created a snapshot of myself after having completed each of those things. I stepped inside each one to get a good feeling of what that is like to have completed each of these tasks. Then I stepped back out bringing this feeling back with me. (My motivation) Then I began making all new movies, movies which consisted of me following the necessary steps to achieve that image and feeling.
Knowing what the outcome was, I never worried about losing myself in the process, because I knew where I was headed. I was free to enjoy the whole experience. Imagine that? I get to learn along the way and still get done the things I want done or need to get done.
And Bill, I became extremely motivated...because on the one hand I had this way of putting all this pressure on myself, that worked just enough to make my life miserable, but not uncomfortable to do anything about it.
And the moment, I tossed that old strategy aside, and began using a totally new way that streamlined my efforts; I began creating a whole new world of opportunities. And by bringing this into light and with greater clarity and focus, I soon discovered to lighten up, relax, and enjoy the ride.
The key is to know where the ride is taking you. Your mother was right if she told you to not ride with strangers. But then again, your own unconscious mind is far from being a stranger to you, not anymore, is it? And you may or may not know that once a program is set in place at the unconscious level, all the willpower in the world is not going to stop it from fulfilling its mission.
If you don't believe me, try brushing your teeth with the opposite hand or put the other shoe on first, and remember to do this every time. You'll soon discover how much time and conscious energy it takes to keep it up. Your natural inclination is to fall back to the unconscious way of doing it. And you may find that you would just rather spend your time making the necessary changes at the unconscious levels in such a way that you find all the motivation you need, exactly when you need it, without fail.
And remember you are finished when you feel that you are. And not a moment sooner. The key here is to recognize the feeling of completion in respect to the part you are working on. Some processes take longer than others. And that is fine. Because anyone can eat a whole watermelon, when broken down into sizable chunks. Kind of like the people who eat a 96oz steaks. They eat, they breathe, they belch, and then eat some more.
Not a pleasant sight, but it works!
So remember to come up for air and SMILE and enjoy the being within the doing.
-Oz
