Buong transkripsyon ng Visualize Your Ideal Work-Optional Week (ep. 247)

WEBVTT 00:00:21.553 --> 00:00:33.123 Welcome to the Mindful Fire Podcast, a show about crafting a life you love and making work optional using the tools of mindfulness, envisioning, and financial independence. 00:00:33.603 --> 00:00:36.463 I'm your host, Adam Coelho, and I'm so glad you're here. 00:00:36.974 --> 00:00:48.484 Each episode of the Mindful Fire Podcast explores these three tools through teachings, guided meditations, and inspiring interviews with people actually living them to craft a life they love. 00:00:49.134 --> 00:00:56.954 If you're ready to start your Mindful Fire journey, go to mindfulfire.org/start and download my free envisioning guide. 00:00:57.363 --> 00:01:02.323 In just 10 minutes, this guide will help you craft a clear and inspiring vision for your life. 00:01:02.533 --> 00:01:06.873 Again, you can download it for free at mindfulfire.org/start. 00:01:07.634 --> 00:01:28.088 Let's jump into today's episode As always, this meditation was recorded as part of the Mindful Fire Legends community. 00:01:28.769 --> 00:01:37.109 We have a community of people who get together to talk about the path to fi, practice meditation together, and move towards their big vision one step at a time. 00:01:37.378 --> 00:01:40.959 So if you'd like to join us, you can do so at mindfulfire.org/join. 00:01:42.128 --> 00:01:48.128 Let's begin this meditation by finding a position that allows you to be alert and relaxed at the same time. 00:01:49.718 --> 00:05:28.345 Sitting with a tall, straight back Resting your hands wherever's comfortable And dropping in to this moment with three deep breaths gently closing your eyes as you do so And on your third exhale, I invite you to check in with yourself, bringing the kind, curious awareness of mindfulness to how you're arriving here in this moment Noticing what it feels like in your body Noticing what it feels like in your mind Meeting yourself exactly where you are, how you are in this moment There's nothing that you need to do, nowhere you need to be except right here as you are Now I invite you to make your way to the breath wherever you feel it most in your body right now And just resting your attention there Aware as you breathe in Whereas you breathe out Simply resting in the awareness of this in breath and this out breath Moment by moment by moment and breath by breath by breath Whenever you notice that your mind has drifted off into distraction or thinking Just notice and gently come back to the breath and start again. 00:05:30.045 --> 00:05:31.805 Each in breath is a new beginning. 00:05:33.685 --> 00:07:50.051 Each out breath is a chance to let go And again, if you find that your mind has drifted off, just noticing What's on your mind? 00:07:51.841 --> 00:08:33.673 With that same kind, curious awareness of mindfulness, and then gently choose to come back to the breath and begin once again And now I invite you to shift gears into a visualization exercise. 00:08:35.472 --> 00:08:48.952 I invite you to bring that same kind, curious awareness to the question of what does your splendor week look like? 00:08:51.248 --> 00:09:51.419 What does a life lived, what does a week lived in abundance and splendor look and feel like? 00:09:52.740 --> 00:10:13.658 And so just imagining yourself In your financially independent work optional life, living the best week you could imagine And being patient with yourself as these ideas start to bubble up. 00:10:14.817 --> 00:11:59.990 Just observe with a curiosity and openness to what is arising Noticing where you are who you're with what you're doing If it helps, you can explore a single day an ideal Tuesday, as it were Or perhaps some elements that you'd like to include in your week seeing this week unfold And feeling into what does that feel like? 00:12:02.327 --> 00:12:06.487 What does this ideal splendid week feel like? 00:12:10.158 --> 00:13:40.009 If everything went better than expected Seeing what words and feelings arise, and seeing if you can feel them in your body right now as you visualize and walk through this ideal week Can you feel this feeling in your body right now? 00:13:42.009 --> 00:15:35.775 To whatever degree you can, just sit with that feeling And letting go of that vision for your ideal week, I invite you to come back to the breath Just simply be aware as you breathe in And aware as you breathe out And as we approach the end of this practice, I invite you to bring to mind one mini experiment, one little step, no matter how small, one little step that you can take to move towards this ideal week today. 00:15:36.885 --> 00:16:06.199 Just seeing what ideas arise And now let us finish with three deep breaths together. 00:16:07.429 --> 00:16:49.275 Breathing in And, uh Again in And, uh And once more When you're ready, opening your eyes, coming back Thank you very much for your attention again, if you'd like to join us live, you can join us at mindfulfire.org/join.