The Anti Bucket List

Hi blog babes,

I'm in the middle of creating my vision board, and working through Leonie Dawson's ah.mazing Personal Planner this week. I'm juggling dreaming and scheming with taking action, and in a nutshell, January has been hectic.

As I've been creating my vision board and determining what I would love 2013 to represent for me, it's also striking me that there are a couple of things that I don't want this year.

I'm an avid cheerleader for only focusing on what you do want, so that you put yourself in a beautiful energy flow. Focusing on what you want magnetically puts you in tune with your desires, and it becomes a spellbinding process.

However, there have been times when I try to mask over my fears and anxieties and sometimes this creates an unsettling feeling for me. In doing so, I feel like I am lying or deceiving myself. This definitely isn't cool. What I have learnt though, is to confront my negative thoughts (because we all have them!) and to look my fears dead in the eye. In doing so I don't feel like I'm lying to myself about their existence or how they make me feel. When I confront them and see them for what they are, they shrink and I take the power away from them. I put myself in control again, and I shed a ray of light and love on them. Hellloooooo miracles!

As I have been creating my visions and goals for 2013, I thought of exposing the things that I don't want this year too. Being aware of them is going to keep me accountable so I don't begin using fear based thoughts as my crutch.

This post is a bit of an Anti-Bucket list for this coming year. I'm highlighting some things that I won't be doing, committing to or supporting this year.

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Unhealthy Living

Stress is my trigger. Food is my comfort. 

In the past I've always used food to celebrate or commiserate. I've always associated eating with emotions, so it's never really mattered how I was feeling! In 2010, while going through my 'rock bottom', I let my eating  get out of hand. Instead of making me feel better, it really started to make me feel like crap. Last year I was determined to kick the habit of using food as a reward for my emotions. Juicing and becoming more knowledgeable about food with a new perspective helped me turn things around. 2013 stretches before me with a renewed respect for food and my body. I shall not be returning to poor healthy, especially when stress related!


Procrastination

I think we all suffer from this at one point or another, but seriously, this is the culprit for not making things happen and being productive. Doing unimportant stuff does not count in being productive! Trust me! My current job is office based, and then I have this baby. I can lose hours mindlessly working, browsing and checking. There as days my mind boggles as to how I managed to waste so much time. This year I'm keeping this monster in check. I'm going back to my school days and creating a schedule so that I manage to do all that I want and need to do in a day. Be gone feelings of guilt and anxiety!


Mindless Spending

Magazines, beauty products, sale items, coffees and ooops I 'forgot' my lunch blah blah blah.... you know how it goes. I'm a demon for it. I actually calculated how much money I was wasting, and I was shocked, SHOCKED! When I totted up my expenses on things that I mindlessly bought (and sometimes never used) it equated to a loan repayment on a car, or a monthly instalment to Marie Forleo's B-School (gasp!) Strangely I managed to become debt free last year, but I don't want to slip back into any financial difficulties through mindless spending. Financial independence is so important to me. I will not be returning to this. No thank you.


Burn Out

After reading Rachel's Making Me Happy post over at In Spaces Between this week, I was kindly reminded how much of a funk burn-out can be. Rachel talked about bringing simplicity and ease into her life this year, and I'm motivated to do the same. There were a few times last year where I felt complete exhaustion and craved rest and sleep. Once or twice it took it's toll and bouncing back to full health and energy was tough. I definitely am not signing up to burn out mode this year. I'm listening to my mind and body, taking step backs when needed, and not overloading myself with commitments and obligations. Sometimes it's cool to say 'No'. Energy and clarity is vital for production and creativity. You heard it here first.


Perfectionism

There is absolutely no way that I am supporting or committing to the idea of perfectionism this year. Pursuing perfection only halts your growth and expansion. It's a dead end. Comparison also falls into this category. This year I choose to advance and accept my imperfections. Advancing is perfection darlings.

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These are some of the things on my Anti Bucket list for 2013. What are you willing to relinquish this year?