The Journey Begins

The purpose of this blog is to help me become a happier and more fulfilled person. My top five priorities for this year are:

1. Find work that I love.
2. Establish a daily spiritual routine.
3. Give proper attention to family and friends.
4. Keep my good health by exercising, sleeping, and eating foods that are good for me.
5. Do the activities that make you happy.

Let's start by checking where my current status is in regards to this list.

Find Work That I Love
This is my most important goal. I have suffered through the last seven years of my life doing work that just doesn't fit me. It's not that I don't think teaching is not important; it just doesn't suit me. I feel that I take on the negative energies around me. I'm overwhelmed and stressed. I continually try to improve myself/practices, but am constantly left feeling like a failure.

Establish A Daily Spiritual Routine
Here's what this will look like for me:
Meditating for at least 10 minutes.
Reading spiritual passages each day.
Praying at a regular time.

Give Proper Attention to Family and Friends
This is one that I feel I have failed to do in recent years. Partly this is due to my demanding job. I will try to reach out more to relatives and friends this year.

Keep Up Good Health Routines
The reason for me wanting to continue to keep good health habits is to increase my spirituality. I have been terribly depressed for many reasons including my job, my failure to not establish work that would by acceptable to my soul, and my inability to trust that everything in the world is going to be okay. I feel that by following the spiritual routine above, and by following certain physical routines, I will be able to have a more fulfilling and happier existance.

I want to continue to work out at least 4 times per week; sleep at least 7 hours per night; participate in mindful breathing exercises and in mindful eating. I'm starting this by reading Rumi's Four Essential Practices by Will Johnson.

Do The Activities That Make You Happy
As mentioned before, I have been going through some kind of depression-almost like a mourning period. I haven't been able to quite pinpoint the exact cause of this sad state of mind, but I think that it has something to do with finding a dream that I thought could truly satisfy me and letting my fears and doubts stop me from pursuing it.
I'm hoping this year will bring me back to participating in activities that put me into a state of flow.