Focus. This was a huge reason I felt I needed to do this affirmations journey. I needed to know what I wanted – clarity – but I also needed to be able to concentrate on the steps to get there, and not get trapped by “shiny object syndrome”. When we’re not where we want to be, it’s really easy to ignore it and look for things that are more fun, or at least a distraction from our present situation. It’s also easy to look for new places to be, even if they aren’t really what we want. Unfortunately, as I’ve discovered over and over again, that often leads to the exact same thing – being stuck somewhere we don’t want to be. It sucks.

Now don’t get me wrong – sometimes we need to get to a new place so that we can have the freedom or the time or the money to get to where we actually want to be – that’s often a step in the process. But, it can also be a distraction, and at least for me, can make us too comfortable and even LESS motivated to make moves to get what we truly want.

 By keeping ourselves a little uncomfortable, and by focusing on what we actually want and the steps we need to take to get there, we greatly increase our chances of creating the life we want.