Focus Wheel - Loving What I Do

Settle into a few nice deep breaths in… and stretch your out breath as much as you’d like… Breathing out and out and out, feel how the long, long out breath starts to bring you relief.

Allow whatever is here to be here right now.

However the day has been, whatever remnants of memories, thoughts, emotions are here, allow them to be here as you breathe in and out and out and out. And you might like to get a sense of placing all of that outside yourself as you breathe out…. And bringing your attention to what’s inside you as you breathe, with soft eyes, allow yourself to breathe a colour in through your heart and out from your heart to give you a deeper sense of calm.

That’s it.

Now let’s take that puppy mind for a walk. Knowing that you want to be able to say, “I love the work I’m doing, feeling energised and eager as I start a new day,” you may be far from that thought right now. That’s ok. Start where you are.

Start with a few of the worst thoughts you have right now on this subject.

I hate having to work like this. I hate having to do stuff that means nothing to me. I hate how pointless life feels; when I want to be free to do what I want. I feel so resentful. It’s all such a waste of energy. I just want it to stop. I’m so exhausted. So tired of feeling like this. I really, really want to feel better. Even just a bit better would make a big difference.

I’d really like to begin to feel a bit better when I wake up in the morning. Even though it feels impossible, I do know that the way I feel is only ever about the thoughts that I think. I’d really like to find some better feeling thoughts on this subject. I’d love to find a little relief.

I like the thought that I could find some improvement by changing the way that I think. I like the thought of taking my puppy mind where I want it to go and finding some better feeling thoughts for it to play with. I’d like to believe that it’s possible to find relief on this subject. I love the idea that I could steadily feel better and better over time.

I love knowing what I know about my thoughts and the way that I feel. I love knowing that I can always find a thought that feels a bit better, even if the improvement is only very slight. I love the thought of waking in the morning, feeling some of the relief I want to find.

I know that it’s possible to think easy, calm, appreciative thoughts about the fact that I am working. I know it’s possible to find thoughts about working that feel better, and thoughts that feel worse. I like the idea of slowing the negative momentum of the thoughts that I’ve been thinking. I like the idea of choosing thoughts because they feel better, and practising them into being easier to think.

I like the idea of reaching for the relief of feeling calm about the fact that I am working for a few months yet. I like the idea of appreciating the solid foundations I am giving myself to have ease and freedom and abundance when I stop work in a little while.

I like the idea of being relaxed and aligned with where I am now, so that I can make the most of what is enjoyable about the work that I do, simply because I deserve to feel good now.

I love the idea that, in a little while’s time, after a bit of focused practice, I can show myself that I can feel better on this subject, even when nothing outside of me changes. That’s such a powerful thing to experience! I know that I can feel good come what may, if my thoughts are relaxed and aligned with where I am and what I am about to do. I know that it’s only thoughts that keep me from relaxing into my reality and finding nuggets to appreciate in each and every day.

I like the idea of being powerful enough to choose the thoughts that please me best. I like knowing that this practice will make every aspect and chapter of life feel better, so it’s time well spent and a practice well worth developing. I like the thought that the extreme discomfort of this subject means I’m really going to work to feel better. I know that challenge makes me sharpen my focus. I like knowing that this sharper focus will make it easier to enjoy all aspects of life, now and in the future.

I am so looking forward to looking back and seeing the definite shift in how I’m feeling. I know with steady focus, it won’t be long! I love the thought that I can bring myself back time after time to find relief as I let go of the stories I used to tell about this, no matter how true. I love the power t gives me to find one, better feeling thought and practise that until it feels strong in me. Then I can reach for a better one than that.

Right now, the best feeling thought might be that I know I am on my way. It’s ok to be where I am because I know I am on my way to feeling so much better as I emerge into a new day. I love the huge scope there is for feeling better. I love the idea of looking back soon and seeing how much better I now feel. I love the thought of the me I am creating, who is relaxed and at ease with what is current reality, and is finding ways to enjoy each and every day, come what may.

I love the way this work builds slowly and steadily, incrementally, with time. I am on my way! I’ve done so well to get this far already. I look forward to taking my puppy mind for its next walk and in the meantime, looking for any and all opportunities to play.

Good job!