My status update

Awhile back I wrote on vowing to value my time off, vowing to take one day a week to rest (Monday), vowing to relax and be rejuvenated for the upcoming week.  I’m going to be honest here. Within 48 hours of writing that article, I broke my vow.  But, I didn’t let myself feel bad about it.  Since then, I have been better about truly taking a day to rest.  The most challenging part is letting go of the guilt that I feel for NOT working, however I consciously make an effort to let that go and I am proud of the progress I’ve made in that department.

Now I am working on focusing on ABUNDANCE in life.  Although my business is equipped to continue through the winter, things often slow down a bit when the weather gets cold and the snow begins to fly.  It becomes harder for people to travel in winter conditions, money becomes tight with the upcoming holidays, kids are busy with school and school related activities, and not to mention that it is pretty darn cold in the barn!  So the trick is for me to think of abundance of business throughout the winter and the entire year.  Each time I start to get that negative or nervous feeling in my gut about it I take a deep breath and tell myself, “Don’t think that I am “lacking” think  that I have an “abundance” and the Universe will deliver that to me.”

I practice envisioning more people signing up to take lessons, more horses in training, and more money in the bank.  I know I am putting the right ingredients together of hard work, a positive mental attitude and visualization so I know abundance will manifest.

Gratitude goes hand in hand with abundance.  It’s important to be grateful for the things I already have in order for more of the great things to come to me.  Any negative feeling about what I have will only prevent more things from coming my way.  I am grateful for the clients and the business I have and I know it will continue to grow and become even more amazing than it already is in the future.

So I am assigning myself new homework.  I am going to practice being grateful for what I have each and every day.  I am going to practice visualizing and thinking positively about creating an abundance of work for myself and in turn building my business.  Oh, AND I’m going to keep practicing taking Mondays off. 

Claire Affleck
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