The Secret to Creating Anything You Want

1 day at a time Fifteen days ago I couldn’t even imagine planking for more than twelve seconds. Today I did it for a full minute. I am in awe of how far I’ve come. I don’t have abs of steel, and yet my core is so much stronger compared to when I began. I am feeling and experiencing results although I’m technically not “seeing” them. I just completed day 15 of the abs challenge; two hours after downing a plate of Mexican food, one tasty margarita, and whining to myself that I was too full to start, let alone complete the challenge. If getting this done and feeling amazing after is not choosing another way to be, I don’t know what is!

I looked ahead in the challenge one time around day 8. My eyes damn near jumped out of their respective sockets. Day 30 is a beast. Go on…take a look see. Really. Go on. I’ll wait.

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Craaaaazy, right?!

What did I do upon seeing day 30? I cursed. I thought about quitting. And then I just decided there would be no more looking ahead. I resolved to take it one day at a time. That’s it. Nothing magical. No prayers. No checking astrology or numerology. No meditating. No calling upon the Universe. (Yes I am making fun of myself and all the woo-woo tendencies that make me so, well, me!) I simply recommitted on the spot and kept on keepin’ on with life, forgetting about the challenge until I needed to address it the next day.

This, people, THIS is how you create anything in your life. You feel feelings, think thoughts, and choose to move ahead gently, consistently, one day at a time. There is no skipping ahead a week, a month, a year, multiple years, etc. That will shut down all possibility in a heartbeat.

What’s possible when you work with just the 24 hours at hand? What’s possible when you
are so in the present moment living, feeling, creating, that a week or a month from now won’t even matter?