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by Moneeka Sawyer
Your Blissful Life
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RHG Magazine & TV Guide TM - Fall/Winter 2017 © All rights reserved.
As i write this, I’m in Iceland. When my husband and I arrived, we picked up a car and started on a journey around the island. The country is so spread out that in order to see each of the sights we hoped to see, we had to drive long distances. For instance, today we drove five hours round trip to see a glacier and we ended up only spending 90 minutes at the glacier site!
This reminded me of a very important lesson: it is very important to enjoy the journey in life! Each time we reached our destination or goal, we were only there for a little while and then we were off to the next goal. We spent a lot more time on the journey than we did actually at the destination. So, if we weren’t enjoying the scenery during the journey, this trip would have been horrible.
This is a great metaphor for life isn’t it? If we believe that we will only be happy once we reach our goals, then we are committing ourselves to being unhappy or discontent during the journey to that goal. Since we spend more time on that journey, we will be unhappy much more often than we are happy!! Especially since its human nature that after every goal we achieve, we set another goal. As we move from one goal to the next, it’s really important to enjoy the journey.
This is what choosing bliss is all about. It’s about setting goals you are highly motivated to achieve, setting an actionable strategy to get there, and then making sure you enjoy the journey as you work towards your goals.
This is what I teach in my Blissful Real Estate Investor Formula Workshop. You get the strategies and resources to make you successful in real estate investing and you also get something even more important. You learn how to create the systems, mindset, and heartset so that you enjoy the whole process. Investing is a long term endeavor. If you’re going to be involved with it for a long time, you might as well set it up so you enjoy it, right?
As we enter the holiday season, remember to take this lesson to heart. This is often a season of rushing about and getting stressed out. But what if this year you decided to enjoy the journey? What if instead of feeling like you need to rush through everything that needs doing, you took the time to enjoy those moments of finding that perfect gift for someone you love, opening gifts with the family, or sharing a holiday meal with your loved ones? What if this holiday season you put more emphasis on enjoying the journey than just getting through the season? What would that be like for you? Play with this idea this year and discover how magical the season can really be. If you enjoy the journey, you will experience a truly fulfilling and blissful holiday season.
Choosing Bliss in the Journey
Moneeka Sawyer is a bestselling author, speaker, and master at helping people create meaning, purpose, passion, and joy in all areas of their lives, including their businesses and investing. She is the Founder of BlissfulInvestor.com, Creator of the Blissful Real Estate Investor Formula, and author of Choose Bliss. You can find Moneeka at www.coreblisslife.com.