I noticed I was holding a thought for this blog… and that I was forcing myself to stick to a routine rather than simply aligning with this rare moment of inspiration from my muse and writing it out. Once I noticed it, I chose alignment instead.
I noticed I was making myself feel guilty for having a slow morning. I slept in, allowed myself extra time to watch videos as I woke up, took a longer than usual shower… and then realized, this is something I’ve earned. Slow mornings are one of life’s real luxuries and is something I should embrace and align with when possible—not make myself feel guilty about.
While I was writing the above bullet point, I noticed I wrote, “Woke up late” where I now have, “Slept in.” I didn’t wake up late… I intentionally decided to sleep in. Woke up late sounds like I made a mistake… like I missed my alarm… like I had something to feel guilty about… but I didn’t. It was intentional and rewriting it allowed me to own that.
I noticed an urge to rush to “catch up” after I finally started my morning tasks. I wanted to get my workout done so I could finish my quote curating and daily writing so I could get my car cleaned so I could go food shopping so I could finish my taxes… and then I realized, rushing is how time is wasted. And today, I decided I didn’t want to waste any of it.
And finally, I noticed that noticing is a lot easier when you’re not rushing. And noticing is step one towards essentially all inner work growth.