Living life with a purpose

So, I know I have been MIA for the past few months (read: half the year has passed since I last posted anything!), but life has been good. There are so many changes that has happened and new chapters are beginning.

As much as I haven't been chronicling my adventures online, I haven't forgotten to write it down in my journals. For my mid-year check-in, I have started thinking about my 2017 planner needs. I realize that this year has been really overwhelming and that due to planner-envy, I went crazy and got too many dated planners that I am struggling to keep it all together.

As much as simplicity is a concept that I want to start incorporating in my life, I find that I really struggle with it. It's a concept that feels easy in my mind ~ something that I have always felt that I can easily attain and achieve ~ but in real life, it was much harder for me to practice it. I needed a breather and have taken a step (okay maybe 10 steps back) to evaluate and reevaluate my needs.

Here are my observations that I have concluded:

1. Be true to myself. Just because it looks nice when other planner people does it, does not mean that I am capable of doing the same. I should not try and emulate what other people are doing, but rather let myself find my own voice and style. It's my own contribution to the planner community when I keep true to myself.
2. Listen to my intuition. Don't get suck in that space in between want and need. I should know better than to cave in that niggling, insistent voice that tells me I need it all, cause I know better. 
3. Be consistent. It's hard to keep at it when you have so many things coming up and wanting your attention. However, I find that early mornings help me find time for myself, to sit, enjoy my coffee and write. It helps me cause the day tends to be hectic and after a while, a pattern starts to emerge and I have continuously written every morning. There are days when I just wanted to grab my iPhone, but I try and beat the urge (cause I don't want that tech to control my life O_o) and so far, it has been good. Keep at it. It will be a great habit to start cultivating. 

Another thing that I realize, is how I'm caught in the world of wanting things to be perfect before I start to share things with others or even to myself. And the realization that there is beauty in imperfection needs to come from within. As much as you know it in your mind, or in your heart, the synchronization between those two, where the heart and mind comes together, that is where you will find peace and realize that it's okay to have imperfections. That is character and makes it unique. :)