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Happy Saturday, Friends! Welcome to Week 1 of The Language of Change! I have a confession. I have hit the snooze button so many times in my life that my alarm clock and I are no longer on speaking terms. Nine more minutes. Then nine more. Then suddenly I'm brushing my teeth and putting on mascara at the same time, wondering where my morning went. Maybe you know the feeling. Here's what I've learned: you can snooze through more than a morning. You can snooze through a whole season. We go through the motions. Same routine. Same complaints. Same words on repeat, without ever really hearing them. We're not unhappy, exactly. We're just not fully awake. Last week, I asked you to simply notice your words. Maybe you caught yourself saying "I'm so tired" or "It is what it is." That noticing? That was the alarm going off. This week, we stop hitting snooze. Your word of the week: AWAKENING An awakening is the moment you become fully aware. Aware of where you are, who you are, and what's possible from here. It isn't about doing more. It's about seeing more. Before anything in your life can change, you have to see it clearly. You can't restore what you won't look at. You can't build what you can't see. Psychologist Carl Jung put it this way in a letter to a friend: "Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." Friend, this week we look inside. Awakening moves you from "This is just how life is" to "I see what's really happening, and I have a choice." Autopilot becomes awareness. And awareness is where every change begins. Every time you say "AWAKENING," you leave behind: Going through the motions and calling it a life. Saying words you don't actually believe. Waiting for a crisis to wake you up. The comfortable fog of "someday." Swap your words this week! Every time you catch an autopilot phrase, trade it in. Instead of "It is what it is," say "I'm awake to what it could be." Instead of "I'm just tired," say "I'm waking up to what drains me and what fills me." Instead of "I don't know what I want," say "I'm paying attention, and it's becoming clear." Here's a little challenge: put a sticky note on your phone that says "Wake up on purpose." Read it before you scroll, before you check email, before anything. Let your first thought of the day be a chosen one. Declare it I decree and declare that I am awakening. I will no longer sleepwalk through my life or speak words I don't believe. My eyes are open, my spirit is alert, and I see clearly who I am and what is possible. I will not sleep through my new season. I am awake, and my new day has begun. Sit with this
For the next seven days, take the first five minutes of your morning for yourself. No phone. Not even this email! Just you, your coffee, and one question: "What do I want to be awake to today?" Write down your answer. You may be five quiet minutes away from hearing yourself clearly for the first time in a long time. Your Language of Change workbook is here
Friend, waking up is the first step. Staying awake takes practice. And practice needs a page. So I made you something. The Language of Change is a 30-page workbook that walks all eight words with you, one week at a time:
It's $9 for New Day readers, which is about a dollar a week for eight weeks of becoming.
Here's the beautiful thing about waking up: once your eyes are open, you start seeing what's been hidden under the dust. Next week, we start uncovering it. The real you is still in there, and she's ready to come back. Hit reply and tell me: What are you waking up to this week? I read every response. I'm cheering you forward from victory to victory, Sybil. P.S. Awakening starts with hearing yourself. Page 3 of the workbook, "Your Old Words," helps you catch the phrases you've been saying on autopilot, and pages 4–6 walk you through the rest of this week. It's $9 for New Day readers. Get your workbook here. |