This is optimal living daily episode 1348 to tips for cultivating more meaning in your life by Christine kruseman of Christine koosman.com. And I'm just a molecule or personal narrator reading blogs to you. Mostly sometimes books anything that I think will help you optimize your life. Today's post being from Christine kloosterman before we get to it. Do you think a community is hard to build your right if you use Facebook groups or you're managing a mess of different services, but with a mighty Network you're able to build A community that's so valuable. You can charge for it. And so well designed that it essentially runs itself right now. They're offering the best deal they have available anywhere at my tea. Network.com slash old you get three months free when you sign up for a year, but have to go to my tea. Network.com slash o LD. This is the very best deal three months free go right now to Mighty networks.com / old now, let's get right to it as we optimize your life. Two tips for cultivating more meaning in your life by Christine. Koosman of Christine Clues men.com Cultivating more meaning in our lives is the primary way to fast-track feeling more connected to yourself your purpose. And those around you is why we spent a lot of time in our lab researching thinking about and emphasizing the importance of what we call meaning making in our experience does not a person out there who would turn down gaining more meaning in their life. It's something we all Crave in your for so here are two of our favorite exercises. They'll help you notice cultivate and cherish meaning in your day-to-day life. Exercise number one DaVinci turboblast this exercise is modified from one in David Gibbs book how to think like Leonardo da Vinci. The original exercise was inspired by one of the seven areas of DaVinci's genius identified by Yelp, insatiable curiosity and we've modified it to cultivate curiosity around what brings you meaning. This is how it works. You set aside 45 to 60 Minutes to just sit brainstorm and write down in a journal. Journal or word processing document. If you must every answer that pops into your head without judgment without editing and without retracting your steps until the time is up in our version of the exercise you let your mind run wild on the single question what brings me meaning in life jot down a word phrase or short sentence for each idea you have it might be a beautiful sunrise your family heritage the hardships. You've overcome write down anything you Think of no item is too small too big or too redundant people places and things ideas wishes memories relationships. They're all fair game. Just let it flow without judgment or self-editing the goal is to get to 100 answers and or keep at it for at least 45 minutes in order to thoroughly investigate the question, you'll likely end up revisiting this list from time to time. So try to create it somewhere accessible and easy to find again. Typically. What happens is you Fly through the first couple dozen entries with no problem and then hit a wall stick with it. This is where the magic happens and after a few seconds or minutes of feeling blocked your imagination will expand and you'll break into new territory entirely new Realms and subject areas will come to you be prepared to hit a few more stuck moments when you feel tapped out and just wait it out inspiration will break through again. It's really worth it to be patient and push past the point where you would normally quit or feel done. After you finish go back and look at the list shut down the themes that emerge from the page and circle the items that trigger the biggest heart burst from you ask yourself. If you are surprised by anything what media onto your list that you've never given much thought to what things did not make it on the list that you would have expected to be there and the biggest question of all how do your actual priorities and allocation of time stack up against what you find the most meaningful are there areas of meaning that are totally absent from the life. Right now such as playing a musical instrument building something with your hands or writing love letters. It's extraordinary to see what you come up with. When you really give yourself time and permission. It's also fascinating to come back to these insights into your soul after time has passed and to compare the results against the more recent DaVinci style brainstorming session exercise. Number two buddy up accountability is a powerful way to create lasting change. It's incredibly effective to have someone to share the journey with When you're trying to create any new habits and life participants in our groups often report, that is the accountability component that has the greatest impact on their learning and change after the group meetings are over. There's even research to show that we go farther try harder and sustain our changes better when we share a goal and receive support from others who are also trying to accomplish the same thing. So to help cultivate meaning in your life invite a friend to join you in the challenge every day for 30 days. Each of you will send us Super quick bullet point email to the other to say what the most meaningful parts of your day were or perhaps the three moments that most profoundly touched your heart you two are the boss of this experiment assign. Whatever task resonates most with you. The point is that you're strengthening the meaning in your life through attention and intention you've made the commitment to each other. So there's an external Force holding you accountable for holding up your side of the deal. You will also get the added benefit of finding new material inspiration and Diaz from hearing about what move someone else's needle another hidden benefit of this exercise is his power to bond people together. There's something incredibly endearing about learning what makes someone else's hard leap. You get to know someone in a whole new way. This is a poignant experience to share with someone. You already know. Well like a family member or someone you barely know. I intentionally chose somebody I didn't know very well to do this challenge with me when I was first experimenting with it and hope that we would become closer as a result. Out and it worked today that friendship is still a source of great meaning for me to live a life filled with meaning and purpose is one of the greatest reasons for being for most all of humanity. If not the greatest when we live with purpose and meaning we experience abundance. Joy and contentment and want for nothing. It's the ultimate state of being yet. Most of us think of these abstract Concepts as things that we happen into through luck or external circumstances beyond our control. People don't realize is that meaning is all around us. You only need to learn how to see it and prioritize it and just as Tiny raindrops build a stream collecting the small moments of meaning is what fills our lives to the brim with purpose meaning and profound satisfaction. You just listen to The Post titled to tips for cultivating more meaning in your life by Christine. Koosman of Christine Clues men.com and thank you to Christine. I'm definitely gonna try that second exercise that one stood out to me and hey, I know from experience online communities can be difficult to build. But if you go to my tea network.com slash old, you'll see it's so easy and simple to setup. You'll be up and running in minutes Mighty networks are seeing some amazing results a yoga instructor double the size of her community to 90. Thousand members in just one month away from Facebook on her own Mighty Network and a life coach just starting out with no email list or following was able to generate five figures in their first month of selling a new online course in their Mighty Network. And right now they're offering the best deal. They have available anywhere at Mighty networks.com / o LD you get three months free when you sign up for a year, you have to go to my tea network.com slash old. This is their very best deal 3 months free. Go right now to my tea network.com slash o LD. I'll leave it there for today. Have a great rest of your day, and I'll be back tomorrow as usual where your optimal life away.
Kristine Klussman shares 2 tips for cultivating more meaning in your life. Episode 1348: 2 Tips for Cultivating More Meaning in Your Life by Kristine Klussman on Personal Development & Growth Mindset    Kristine Klussman specialized in Health Psychology (Behavioral Medicine) at Harvard Medical School, then founded and ran the Health Psychology program and post-doctoral training programs at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. She found her work with cancer and cardiac patients inspiring, uplifting, and humbling. She found so many of those going through life-threatening illness were - sometimes for the first time in their lives - absolutely clear what truly mattered to them: authenticity and connection. In 2016, she founded a non-profit to focus full-time on trying to understand, explain and teach what she now believes is the single most meaningful and rewarding aspect of our existence. The original post is located here: https://www.kristineklussman.com/2-tips-cultivating-meaning-life/     Please Rate & Review the Show! Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! 