The feel good challenge is a challenge for you to focus on only what feels good for the entire day. Focusing on things that make you feel uncomfortable only bring more discomfort back into your life amplifying the original issue. Even if it’s something you think you NEED to focus on like a sickness or a debt. Don’t focus on fixing that sickness or debt, because you will match your vibrational level to sickness and debt, which in turn, only brings you more of the same. Instead, stop thinking about those things that bring you angst, and shift your focus to things that bring you the most joy. You will have moments where your thoughts and energy shift back to those so called problems you want to try to fix, but the key is to catch yourself, and shift your focus back onto what feels good.
As an example, the fist time I came up with the Feel Good Challenge (which, ok, in all actuality, is today, to be honest – I’ve been doing it for a long time but just named it today), I had frustrations with money, work, bad eating habits, and my relationship, all, what seemed like, were happening at the same time, and I needed to do something to change this feeling immediately (other than drink a bottle of wine – a very realistic option for me on some days).
I had money problems that were bugging me, and creating irritation and frustration under the surface. As an example, I didn’t feel like I could purchase some of the things I wanted, at the immediate moment. Sounds like a spoiled brat, youngster problem but I am definitely not a youngster and I am softening this for the sake of this post. This has been a long standing pattern with me (and probably with most of you as well); not being present and recognizing the blessings I already have, and focusing on what I don’t have, always looking to what I can obtain next.
So, what I did first, in an effort to shift my energy was purchase something smaller that I wanted just as bad as those bigger items. One of the things I wanted, that I was only frustrating myself about, was an iPad for my kitchen to look up and track recipes on. Yes, simple, small and trivial, but I didn’t feel like I was in a place to make that purchase, and looking at them online only made me feel “broke”, to be blunt, because I couldn’t just push the “Buy Now” button on the really nice ones that I wanted. And I kept looking as if this brand new $1,000 iPad was going to pop up for $50, but I was only triggering a constant reminder that I didn’t have $1,000 to just freely spend when I wanted to (certainly an abundance block I did not want to have expand on me), so why was I doing this to myself?
Well I love dressing up and wearing wigs on the weekend, so I decided to stop looking at the iPads and order a wig color that I did not have yet that was super sexy, and something I knew I could wear on Valentines day which was coming up fast. The purchase was affordable, it made me feel good, triggered a feeling of abundance for me, and brought me excitement.
I was also beating myself up over eating poorly for the past 3 days. I had done so well the entire month, and one temptation mid week had ruined everything. In my mind I had ruined everything I did that whole month and now had to start all over. (How dramatic we can be when talking to ourselves in our own heads.) So, instead of punishing myself by starving, or only allowing myself to eat salad for 3 days, I made myself a Halo Top ice cream cone. It was low in sugar and carbs, tasted amazing and I savored every bite, feeling good in the moment and not feeling guilty.
Then… I quickly shifted my energy to more things that felt good. It was Friday night and I could see messages from my boss popping up on my phone, but instead of logging into my work computer and getting quick responses off to her that would likely trigger resentment since I had already worked over 60 hours that week, I let myself just be “off the clock” and chose to go do my make-up, eyelashes and my hair; you know, I did “all the things” that are girly, to take care of me, and to make myself feel pampered and good. The work would still be there on Monday. My man turned the music on throughout the house like he does every Friday night, and I sipped my cheap champagne while I did me. My energy shifted from feeling “broke” to feeling sexy, happy and luxurious.
You get the point. There are so many things we can drain our energy on by thinking bad thoughts about them on any given day, and so many of them are subtle (like window shopping), but creating a pattern of choosing to do things and think thoughts that make us feel good, will make the same exact day feel like a completely different world. I could have kept window shopping for a damn iPad and kept my money vibrations low and sad, but would that have gotten me an iPad? Probably not. And instead, I got a bomb ass platinum ice wig coming soon, that my man is most certainly sure to go crazy over when he sees me in it. I don’t even want an iPad anymore. Ha! Ok maybe I do, but it doesn’t have to be now. 🙂
I know my example is light and fun, but believe me, this can absolutely be applied to very painful issues as well. I’ve done it. Try it! We may not feel like we have control over some of our circumstances at times, even when we do (that’s a topic for another day) but what is more tangible is knowing that we have control over our responses, our reactions and truly our feelings.
Cheers to feeling good!
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