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STARTING FROM EMPTY
Enter 2021 with a clean slate and positive perspective
Written by Celine Wallace Photographed by Jacqueline Pilar Model Paige Mariah with L.A. Models Stylist Gladis Barboza Hair & Makeup by Heather Roach
This past year, it's fair to say that many of and entitlement. On the other hand, when we look at us have had to re-evaluate our priorities our lives as half-full we perceive fullness. We recognize and take aspects of our life back to that our cup could be empty, so we are grateful for all ground zero. I like to view this as having the elements that are in place—not as things we expect a clean slate. As we step foot into 2021 or believe we are owed, but as gifts. This doesn't mean and lay a new foundation, I pose you we don't seek more, but we seek from a place of fullness this question: what perspective are you instead of from a place of lack. This fullness draws positive entering this new chapter with? energy into our lives and often attracts more abundance.
We are all familiar with the metaphorical story of two people looking at the same glass and one perceiving it as half-full while the other sees it as half-empty. As much as we've heard this, it's still a valuable exercise to observe our minds and notice whether we are engaged in half-full or half-empty thinking. People often refer to themselves as being of one type or the other, as if it was a permanent characteristic, but we are all capable of shifting into halffull consciousness if we make the effort.
When we look at our lives with half-empty consciousness, we perceive a lack and think that half of what we want is missing. We are coming from a position of expectation After the challenges we faced in 2020 many of us are still feeling the heaviness of last year. And, rightfully so. We can't go through substantial worldwide shifts that alter our reality and expect to bounce back unscathed, but we also can't stay in a mental space of trauma and lack. It is up to us individually to shift our perspectives and use this as an opportunity to create beauty in our lives, by addressing the things we can change and focusing our energy on creating the new.
Let's leave last year where it belongs and start from empty, welcoming in the unlimited possibilities the universe offers us if we choose to be open to them.
A couple exercises for shifting into half-full consciousness:
Imagine your life as an empty glass. This glass is your world, without all the people you know, the work you do, your home, or your current state of physical wellbeing. This glass is an open space waiting to be filled with whatever you choose to create. Once you have that feeling of openness in your mind, begin filling it with all the people, things, and places that make up your life. You may be surprised to find your glass overflowing.
Grab your notebook and draw a physical cup. On that page, write down everything that adds to your cup with positivity on one side, then everything that drains your cup with negativity on the other side. There is something reflective and releasing about writing down how we are showing up for ourselves and seeing our behaviors in front of us. This tool allows us to evaluate, then make necessary changes as we move into 2021. *
