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Five little things you can do today if your life lacks spark

We’re all human and have phases where things can feel a little flat.

I’ve noticed it’s very easy to fall into these periods when we move through life unconsciously. We forget to take a step back for a moment to see things as they really are.

But this is the very thing we need to do if it seems like we’re butting up against a wall.

Awareness is the key.

Here’s how to create more awareness so that things become exciting again:

Identify your MAIN energy drain.

There’s always one thing that consistently drains our energy that we can pick out as currently more significant than the rest.

Maybe it’s a vice you run to for its short-term hit that ultimately makes you feel hollow and tired in the longer term.

It could be a friend you spend a lot of time with who is continually negative.

You might spend a lot of time churning on worrying thoughts.

It can take courage to confront what exactly this is, and it may take some reflection or note-taking to see what this is.

What is one (perhaps seemingly inescapable) burden that regularly shows up in your life?

Determine how to use this one ‘burden’ as a source of transformation.

For whatever energy drain or burden you’ve identified, we will use it to take an empowered position moving forward now.

Every challenge can be met with either a ‘victim’ or ‘ownership’ mentality. Your burden, believe it or not, holds the key to one of your most significant sources of transformation.

There is always opportunity here, no matter how seemingly impenetrable it appears.

You now need to sit down and write out potential ways to turn this problem into a major benefit.

Drinking alcohol, for example, may significantly interfere with your mental well-being. If it’s one of your biggest issues, it also represents a means to profoundly turn your life around.