{"id":7912,"date":"2021-01-03T15:31:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T22:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/?p=7912"},"modified":"2023-03-22T10:10:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T10:10:22","slug":"do-you-know-what-you-want-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/staging\/do-you-know-what-you-want-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Know What You Want in 2021?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Do You Know What You Want in 2021?<\/h3>\n<p>The first time I heard that most people don\u2019t know what they\u00a0<span data-offset-key=\"73lmd-2-0\">want sounded ridiculous..of course you know what you want!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">I didn\u2019t understand that knowing what you truly<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"9vbg4-2-0\"> want happens when you can better a<\/span><span data-text=\"true\">nswer \u201cwho am I?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Turns out it takes our whole lives to figure that out!<\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">I keep being surprised to discover more aspects of who I am..<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I finally watched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/s5Hpm-6Inxc\">Heal &#8211; the documentary<\/a> with my family last night. I&#8217;ve been wanting my children to understand how\u00a0the mind-body-soul connection works with disease.<\/p>\n<p>I am always more inspired about the power of who I am after watching these cases. \u00a0There is a remarkable way our body can heal itself through meditation, energy medicine, EFT, epigenetics, reiki healing, the subconscious mind with our spiritual connection driving it all.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to maximize your health in 2021 &#8211; it&#8217;s worth the watch &#8211; just discern for yourself what to take away.<\/p>\n<p>It was a good reminder of the natural intelligence we carry in our mind&#8217;s consciousness through our beliefs, emotions, and the &#8216;entanglement&#8217; of energy that exists between us.<\/p>\n<h4>Who You Are with One Thing is Who You are with Everything<\/h4>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">Over the holidays I asked my children to pull together all our photos from our last family vacation. I wanted to create one of those photo albums that can be<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"dv65l-2-0\">\u00a0printed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">I&#8217;d done these in the past and gotten behind! <\/span><span data-text=\"true\">They said, \u201cbut mom we already have a video!\u201d My daughter had captured our trip to Costa Rica set to music and captions &#8211; it was awesome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">We watched it again on our family room tv chrome casting it from my son&#8217;s phone as we were finishing dinner. It was so easy to re-visit all the fun memories!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">I thought &#8220;maybe<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"123s8-2-0\"> I don\u2019t need a photo album -WHY do I want that?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">But for me, there\u2019s something different about having a variety of photos from our phones (everyone&#8217;s perspective) &amp; the camera that I can sit and browse through in a physical book. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">I had to slow down to notice that..<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-text=\"true\">I prefer reading a book in hand over a tablet although I do both now.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-text=\"true\">I\u2019ve been accumulating Xmas ornaments from far-off places we&#8217;ve visited over the past 20+ years. When this time of year rolls back around, I love to unwrap the ornaments because they spark memories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-text=\"true\">I prefer writing over creating a video. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-text=\"true\">I have boxes filled with old cards and letters from people who\u2019ve touched my life in meaningful ways.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-text=\"true\">I have stacks and stacks of journals filled with writing since I was a teenager.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-text=\"true\">I keep emails alphabetized by first name. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-text=\"true\">I have a binder filled with lots of pieces of my soul-development journey.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is me.<\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">Until I see myself clearly<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"98k12-2-0\">, I cannot answer my own WHY for what I WANT?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Who are you? What patterns do you notice about the things you like to do that others don&#8217;t necessarily do?<\/p>\n<p><strong>I used to follow a lot of what was expected by those around me not knowing what I really wanted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">When you set a goal for what you want, alot of getting there requires letting go of the outside noise so you can tap into your own deeper WHY bother?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Going through a photo album I can relax, slow down and reflect. It&#8217;s the same way I love spending time with a friend (now over zoom) having an amazing conversation.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the same way I can get lost in a spiritual book seeking out my aha moments. It sparks joy and connects me to my soul.<\/p>\n<h4>What&#8217;s Underneath Your Goals?<\/h4>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">One of my goals is to reach my ideal weight, which has been ~5 lbs away from where I am (that\u2019s become 7 lbs over the last few days of chocolate, chips, wine, and too many yummy meals!!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">It\u2019s the weight where the majority of my clothes will feel more comfortable, and I feel more at home in my body. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">Another goal is to be healthier, more flexible, and stronger. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">It means exercising more when I&#8217;d rather be doing ANYTHING else!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">If I really want to achieve these health goals for life &#8211; there\u2019s an aspect of me I have to find that connects more deeply to who I am.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Where Your Soul Personality Comes into Play<\/h4>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">There&#8217;s a part of your personality that was \u201cGod-given\u201d. It is your POTENTIAL of who you can become to feel aligned, alive, and at peace. It&#8217;s you tapping into the dream of you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">If I don&#8217;t connect with this POTENTIAL of the higher ME, it&#8217;s going to be difficult to reach my goals and stay there. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">I may change, but transformation requires more than just working hard and getting a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">How I can get there also includes ME engaged with the presence of my divine fragment &#8211; the Source of all Creation. This pre-personal aspect of you wants to help you reach your highest potential.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve noticed I receive a lot more divine intervention, insights, and signs &amp; synchronicities show up like crazy whenever I&#8217;m engaged with activities that grow my soul.<\/p>\n<h4><span data-text=\"true\">How can you achieve your 2021 goals, desires, and dreams to create your best year ever?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">By tapping daily into this &#8216;invisible resource&#8217; &#8211; the divine part of you. Something more meaningful gets ignited here that allows you to not only make a change, but transforms the way you show up in life &#8211; permanently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">There&#8217;s a Great Plan you are a part of that is evolving you to live a higher level of experience. It encompasses you living your version of what&#8217;s true, beautiful and good for your soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"a65nv-0-0\">Robin Sharma says \u201cwhen you transform your fitness, you transform your business\u201d because you are more focused, have more energy and you feel better<\/span><span data-text=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"agcbs-0-0\">If I can reach more people with my soul work because I&#8217;m more focused, energized, and feel even better \u2013 that\u2019s my deeper WHY<\/span><span data-text=\"true\">. I feel most alive when people experience the magic of their soul.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">What&#8217;s your deeper WHY? What will your goal give you for your sense of purpose or what you value?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">That&#8217;s what will drive you towards your goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>A Morning Routine is Crucial<\/h4>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x2g08mq\">Robin&#8217;s 4 Best Habits<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; his structure has helped me for years set up my own soul plan with his 5 am club being the most valuable piece.<\/p>\n<p>Part of my morning routine includes connecting with my &#8220;divine fragment&#8221;. I will light a candle, or burn incense, and do sun salutations while listening to a &#8220;soul song&#8221;&#8230;here&#8217;s one of them.<\/p>\n<p>One day I was listening to &#8220;Eternal Flame&#8221; \u00a0&#8211; a 1988 song by the Bangles. \u00a0The words sounded different this time. It was like my indwelling presence of the Creator was talking to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14B6BE47-048D-4893-A121-3CA44191624E.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7922\" src=\"https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14B6BE47-048D-4893-A121-3CA44191624E-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14B6BE47-048D-4893-A121-3CA44191624E-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14B6BE47-048D-4893-A121-3CA44191624E-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14B6BE47-048D-4893-A121-3CA44191624E-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14B6BE47-048D-4893-A121-3CA44191624E-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14B6BE47-048D-4893-A121-3CA44191624E-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14B6BE47-048D-4893-A121-3CA44191624E-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/14B6BE47-048D-4893-A121-3CA44191624E.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An indescribable feeling of recognition suddenly lit me up.<\/p>\n<p>Tears welled uncontrollably.<\/p>\n<p>A deep awareness of what has been here all along came over me.<\/p>\n<p>It was an experience of profound unconditional love.<\/p>\n<p>I had connected with my soul on a whole new level just listening to what I thought was a love song.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There is a love we seek with others that cannot ever reach the divine love we first need to discover within us. It&#8217;s this love that raises your vibration and attracts the experience of love and connection we want.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">When we change our perception from fear to love &#8211; it&#8217;s known in the Course in Miracles as a miracle. We see from new spiritual eyes, and hear from new spiritual ears.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It lifts your spirit and gives you the most profound sense of calm to know you are loved. You can face whatever challenges show up in your life.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">My deeper WHY from here can help me say NO to the extra bowl of potato chips or glass of red wine. It can call me out for a walk in nature especially when I surround myself with friends who love to walk!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It&#8217;s this higher part of you that creates the experiences you want from the goals you set.<\/div>\n<h4>What Do You Want?<\/h4>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">Since we can only know ourselves where we are<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"8816s-2-0\">, it\u2019s important to understand \u201cwhere AM I RIGHT NOW?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">Here\u2019s a tool I use with clients called your \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/carolynhidalgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2020-_Soul-WOL.pdf\">soul wheel of life<\/a>\u201d. You can google &#8220;wheel of life&#8221; and find other ones, but I&#8217;ve added sections to include the soul aspects of your life, the &#8220;being&#8221; behind your &#8220;doing&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">For each section, ask yourself \u201chow satisfied do I FEEL<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"2h4am-2-0\"> in this area of my life right now?\u201d 1 = not satisfied at all. 10 = I&#8217;m totally<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"2h4am-4-0\"> satisfied. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">This gives you a \u2018helicopter view&#8217; of your WHOLE life to see which areas are low. When you join the dots, it shows you how bumpy a ride you currently have, and your goal is to make it smoother, calmer and more exciting for whatever you want as you move through your year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the year, or quarterly, you can assess again to review your own progress.<span data-offset-key=\"3bt03-2-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">Some areas may not be where you WANT, but assess based on how you FEEL right now about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You may be fine with where you are right now even if it&#8217;s not where you want it to be so it isn&#8217;t a priority for a goal.<\/p>\n<h4>Spirit Will Lead You<\/h4>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">This morning I stumbled upon something critical for how I want to reach more people. I subscribe to Seth Godin&#8217;s daily blog. I don&#8217;t always read it, but today I was led to a video clip where he said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYou can\u2019t be seen until you learn to see.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">It reminded me of Steven Covey&#8217;s 5th principle: seek to understand, THEN to be understood<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"9pdph-2-0\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">One of my goals is investing time in marketing. Something I&#8217;ve avoided for years! I need to find a way to FEEL good about marketing knowing it means\u00a0<\/span><span data-text=\"true\">stepping into my dream of touching more lives with the wisdom of the soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">I want you to experience your soul, but there is a gap between what I understand, and what you care about in your life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">Seth explained \u201cwe don\u2019t get to claim attention \u2013 it\u2019s not yours. You don\u2019t get to interrupt us, it\u2019s not your privilege. But if you can <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"csap8-2-0\">truly<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"csap8-3-0\"> see us, understand us \u2013 have the empathy for who we are, and where we\u2019re going, then it\u2019s not an interruption when you show up<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"csap8-4-0\">. Then we love hearing from you\u2026we want stuff that\u2019s about us, we don\u2019t want email, we want ME mail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>It made me STOP, and think of my ideal audience \u2013 WHY are you reading this right now? What&#8217;s in it for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">How can I make the soul work I write about more valuable to you in your life?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always just felt so grateful you are reading this at all.<\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">The challenge of writing is it\u2019s one-way. It&#8217;s easy with my clients or those I&#8217;m teaching because I have the opportunity to see and know who they are and where they want to go.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">So here&#8217;s my way of closing the gap to add more value in the coming year to you dear readers. I invite you to share your answer to these questions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is it you want to know about the soul, spirituality, the mind-body-soul connection that will help you in your life?\u00a0<span data-text=\"true\">Was there anything valuable you took away from reading this today you want more of?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">Please send to <a href=\"mailto:carolyn@carolynhidalgo.com\">carolyn@carolynhidalgo.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">Until next time&#8230;Namaste : ).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">The Divine in me sees, believes, and knows the Divine lives in you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>May this understanding help you with your goals for 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Happy new year!!<\/p>\n<p><span data-text=\"true\">May it be lighter, brighter, and filled with more soul moments you can take with you into eternity.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do You Know What You Want in 2021? The first time I heard that most people don\u2019t know what they\u00a0want sounded ridiculous..of course you know what you want! 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