15 Alternative Lessons on Leveling Up

 Levelling up is living your truth, and taking responsibility for curating the life that you want and know that you deserve

Levelling up is allowing your light to shine, no matter what. 

Levelling up is having faith in yourself in uncertain moments.

Levelling up is showing up as you.

I have had some lessons in the level up, here are my top fifteen

1. Make a  firm and conscious decision - indecisiveness stops levelling up. To not decide is to live by default. Making a conscious decisions literally transports you to the next level.

2. Own Your Stuff - take responsibility for your actions, the moment that you start blaming, rationalizing, justifying why you do or not do, then you have given up your power. Giving your power impedes levelling up.

3. Surround Yourself with Your Tribe - who are the people around you? Who are you sharing your vison with? Levelling up requires a safe space, a tribe that will love you and yet still hold you accountable, a group that respects you, your differences and there is mutual respect for each other's boundaries.

4. Balance - Burnout is real. Rest is part of the Journey to the next level. 

5.  Listening to your Intuition/Your Divine Guidance - that voice that speaks to you guiding you, encouraging you, probing you. Listen to it, very rarely if ever, would it lead you astray, even if the guidance seems to make no sense at all.

6. Make yourself a priority - Make time for yourself. Get to know yourself, what you like, what triggers you, what brings you joy. Levelling up requires self knowledge.

7. Add Healthy Activities to your Daily Routine - following on from making yourself a priority, eat healthy foods that nourish your body, go outside, get some fresh air, exercise. Move your body. Read, travel outside of your community, take some risks. Levelling up requires it. 

8. Ask for Support - giving and receiving go hand in hand. If you find yourself unable to receive, then reconsider how and why you give. Levelling up requires you to ask for what you need.

9. Get Clear: Clarity allows for making better decisions, clarity clears the fog. Sometimes we need to ask for clarity, and that may be difficult, especially if you are a people pleaser.

10. Acceptance - Full and total acceptance of what is, before deciding a way forward

11. Stop Making up Stories - the negative, fearful, woe is me ones. the one's where you are the villain, the ones before you ask and receive clarity, the ones which keep you stuck.

12. Trust Yourself - Trust the process, you can and will handle it.

13 Speak your Truth - There will be no levelling up without being true to yourself. Authenticity is essential. If you find yourself going against what you believe, what you values are then my friend, levelling up has stalled.

14. Watch your Self Talk - what are you saying to yourself? How are you saying it? Do you speak to yourself like you love, care and have compassion? Or is it a inordinate about of berating, scolding and what if's? Check yourself!

15. Give thanks - Always and through it all. Find something that you are grateful for.

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