Life is full of comparison these day.  Our culture seems to be built on a foundation of comparing ourselves to others.  Lives, looks, honnies, achievements, challenges - all of them are so often compared to the experiences of others.

I was inspired to shift my focus by one of the journaling cards in the Traci Reed Designs "Love List" collection.

I decided to reflect on what brought me energy, and what did not.

Quite simply I need more of the first list and less of the second!! Here is what I came up with:

• More patience when things don't go as I expect them to
• More laughter
• More time outside in nature
• More intentional spiritual practice
• More adventures
• More softness
• More water
• More presence
• More family times together doing fun things
• More art journaling - alone and as a family
• More open hearted communication
• More heart-centred living
• More working with Sacred allies
• More Sacred solitude  - communing with my Lady
• More time focusing on the good - and practicing gratitude for it
• Less focusing on how I think things 'should' be
• Less frustrations
• Less focusing on things I want to change
• Less of perfectionist mindset
• Less giving my energy to areas of life that don't matter
• Less running away
• Less negative self talk
• Less closed hearted behaviours
• Less going through the motions
• Less buying things that I don't need
• Less longing for future days
• Less hiding away in behaviours and practices that shut me down