Anami Grace | Made Up Life

What gets me closer? Is my favorite question to ask myself when I’m having a PDA attack because even though I’ve given myself an incredible amount of accommodations that work wonderfully for me. At the end of the day there are still demands, and I’m still autistic. LOL.

But I had to use that on myself today as I was fighting my own mood, a little neighborhood frustration, and just overall feeling like it’s all SO much to be a human on planet earth today. But I also really understand that I function best with a clean kitchen, and getting started is always the hard part.

Enter: what gets me closer to a clean kitchen? Can I clean one counter? Can I put all of the things away that are causing clutter? Can I add music so my body wants to move? Can I give myself a little treat when I’m done? When I look at the whole project and decide on one task that gets me closer to a clean kitchen I hack my own damn brain almost always end up with a clean kitchen. Because once I start a project I’m more likely to get caught in the movement and end up with the desired result.

And I use this for almost everything in my life. When working on my book is too much, I will ask myself what gets me closer? The answer is this. Writing 5 blog posts a week and attracting people to my perspective gets me closer to the three book deal I want. Right? Made Up Life, Made Up Family & Made Up Food are all just bestsellers waiting to happen, but sometimes I get caught up in the fact that I’ve been a million different people since I wrote them, and I want to edit my own writing instead of just. WRITING like an author.

All of this is connected to creating a rich and powerful internal world by making sure that the outside world is ready for my overall success to come crashing in like the Kool-Aid man any moment. (One would hope that my success is a little less structurally damaging, but the metaphor stands.)

And, caring for my home, caring for myself, and caring for my own ridiculousness are all incredibly powerful tools of self love for me, and they give me access to my higher self.

I create a better world by finding myself along the way, and using the care for myself as a meditation practice to be able to hear the great-all within me.

But damn if it still isn’t hard getting started when I’d rather rot on my couch and ruminate about the BS outside of me. 😉

Anyway, love and light to you all. Take Care! Bye.