How to do your best work this year.


The Conscious Creator

Mantra of the Month:
Disconnect to Reconnect

Edition #41 - Read Time: 2 min.

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Happy new year!

I hope that you enjoyed a restful and restorative holiday season.

It's been a heart-filled one for us. We hosted family here in the mountains, and took some time completely off.

And it really struck me that time actually off and time kinda off is entirely different.

It's easy to get caught in the constant connection, but it's essential to disconnect to reconnect.

Disconnect from devices, to reconnect with our soul.

It's from this place that our best creations are born.

When I reflect on when I've done my best work, it's not sitting in front of a computer.

Instead it's...

Meditation.

Trail running.

Sitting with medicine.

Conversation.

Adventuring.

Not typically things that we are trained to associate with the word work, but hear me out.

Our conscious and sub-conscious mind is constantly working, calculating, uploading and downloading from the universal ethernet.

Being in a relaxed, focused, inspired state supports that function.

And don't get me wrong... screen time is absolutely necessary to execute on our ideas (and frankly, I still feel I have too much), but it isn't where the real magic happens.

So any goal, resolution, or intention you've set... take note of which activities and behaviors are truly supportive of that.

You can spend 40 hours grinding on something that sucks.

Or you can spend 40 minutes talking to the right person that builds momentum towards your best work.

Open your perspective to what those supportive behaviors are, and view your wellbeing holistically, not just as a single metric.

I'm feeling that good energy going into '25... you too?

Let's get it.

Elijah


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