During this time of the new year and life transitions, you might be inspired to reflect on the past year to create more clarity, purpose or direction for the year ahead. If so, follow that inspiration because there’s magic inside the practice of higher-level reflecting and receiving. There’s something about new beginnings that is so exciting too. It’s like a beautiful door that you haven’t walked through yet. What new fulfilling experiences will be there when you enter and explore? What revealing perspectives and adventures await? And with good journaling prompts, you can also celebrate the past year in partnership with your wise Inner Being/Soul and your Spirit Advisors too. I have a list of questions I often use at the beginning of a New Year to celebrate how I’ve grown, what I’ve learned, accomplished, and most enjoyed. Then I tap into and receive what my Soul and Spirit Advisors want me to know about the year ahead at this time.
This year I asked them this question: what are the best questions to give my clients and subscribers to prepare powerfully for the year ahead?
So in this post I’ll share what I received:
– How to quickly and happily prepare yourself for more clarity and inspiration.
– Powerful questions to experience more clarity, joy, and purposes you journey forth.
– 7 tips to help you make the most out of this revealing practice (even if you tend to procrastinate or think you don’t have the time).
So, let’s do this!
Clarity illuminates and inspires!
~ A Reminder From Your Wise Inner Being!
Smile. Bring your focus into your body and take a gentle, deep breath in and then release it slowly and completely, relaxing your mind and body. Do this three times as you smile. (Smiling is very powerful because it activates feel-good hormones and receptors.)
Now make a powerful choice; I choose to receive the best possible inspiration and guidance as I answer these questions!
Read through this entire post and review the tips before you answer the journaling prompts.
Be happily in your body, present in this moment, and let inspiration flow.
Be open to all of the magic that happens!
1. What are some of my happiest moments during the past year?
2. What did I love to explore, learn about, and do?
3. Why do these moments and subjects feel so good to me?
4. What am I most proud of?
5. What do I want to add, refine, release, and/or amplify in the year ahead?
6. What 3 inspirations have the most energy around them (from your answers to #5)? Circle or highlight the ones that have the most energy around them.
7. What awesome three to five actions am I called toward when I think of having these?
Write down the inspired (fun) actions. Then, close your eyes and feel the energy of doing them in the most rewarding way for you. See the outcome you desire as you smile and celebrate. Then do something you’re inspired to do now. Small or big are equally powerful!
And to help you focus well as you move forward … schedule sacred time for happily celebrating your heartfelt desires. Feel them done in the most satisfying ways and have fun!
TIP 1: When you notice what has the most energy or inspiration around it, you are getting very powerful guidance from your soul. Follow that inspiration! The mental level might want to discount your inspiration by distracting you with “busywork”, or you might start thinking about the reasons an idea might be hard, or why it can’t work. This is the time to remember to follow your inspiration, because that’s where you connect with your soul truth! When you follow your creative impulses, you will automatically have a stronger sense of direction and purpose. And you feed love and joy too! So, follow the inspiration; it’s giving you powerful guidance. Then, use your mental level to support your heartfelt desires. List all of the reasons why it can easily work, why this is a great idea, or why the most amazing experiences are already present and how more is always given in divine perfection. You may even want to list all of the reasons you can have more fun and ease too! By doing this, you’re allowing your mental level to catch up with what your heart already knows. Now you can move forward with your head and heart dancing in harmony together!
TIP 2: As you explore and take inspired action, more is revealed to you. So, you don’t have to have all of the answers right now. If you wait for all the details, you’ll most likely keep waiting. Take small steps and have fun, and your next steps become even more fulfilling, even more obvious and inspired. You can learn, get invaluable feedback, and receive inspiration with each step.
TIP 3: The more enjoyment you cultivate, the more inspired you become, and the more lit up your next steps will be for you. Plus, you’ll move right into inspired action, without the need to try … because you are having fun and following your soul guidance (rather than what you think you should or have to do)!
TIP 4: As you’re writing your answers, let what comes take you to more inspiration and clarity. And if you feel like taking a walk, or taking a break, or get inspired to call a friend … do that or ask what that image is telling you. There’s a reason you see that image or feel called to do that! Then come back to where you were in this process with the gift of that wisdom. Have fun!
TIP 5: If you want to wrap this up with an easy-to-remember clarifier for the year ahead, chose one to two words that help you anchor your desired experience for the year ahead, or create a short, one-sentence mantra that’s easy to remember and use. For example, you may choose the words divine partnership to remind you of your commitment to be in conscious partnership with your Inner Being or playfully prosperous to remind to keep it light. If you’re drawn toward a mantra, choose words that affirm a powerful way-of-being, for example .. I am here and I am clear or Everything always works out beautifully for me.
TIP 6: Here are some more examples of soul-aligned clarifiers that help you align and focus well. After looking at your answers, you might be drawn to the two words clarity and joy, or fun loving. If you prefer a mantra, you might be drawn to something like; I am having so much fun thriving. Some mantras I’ve used over the years to focus in a soul-aligned way are: walk in beauty, I see the magic, let’s do this! Theme words I’ve used are words like ease, thriving, fun, joy, clarity, unconditional self-love, on purpose. You can use these words, or a mantra as a guiding star for the year ahead to help you align with the fulfilling experiences that call more of YOU forth. Here’s an important reminder too — don’t let the simplicity of the words diminish their impact. There is great beauty and power in simplicity! Short = powerful.
TIP 7: If you think you need a lot of “time” to do this, and tend to procrastinate … think again! Set a 3-5 minute timer for each question, and see how much magic can happen in minutes. There’s a lot within you that wants to be revealed, so have fun and let that wisdom flow.
May this process open beautiful doors to the magic that is within you. Happy discoveries and happy new year!
Much Love,
Elari
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Elari Onawa
Life On Purpose Coach & Author Of Just Believe: How Faith In Yourself Shifts Everything
I’ve been coaching and leading Life On Purpose and Self-Discovery programs since 2003. Prior to that, I led large organizations for 20+ years, helping them align with their dreams and goals. If you’re ready for more purpose and joy, if you want to embrace more of who you are, and create more of what you really want ...I can help you have that!