How can you improve your productivity and quality of life through an enabling environment?
Well, for starters, consider creating a new flow in your environment. The ancient Chinese worked to unite the energies of the heavens and the earth in their homes. (Feng Shui literally translates as “wind-water”.) Western culture, in the
On the other hand, encourage flow through the strategic placement of supplies, efficiency measures and organization.
How does your intuition guide you when you think about creating flow for yourself? These tips encourage you to take what feels best and create your own oasis.
1. Expand your parenting into your internal and external environment.
Try to translate what holds your spirit in your immediate environment. You can create a quiet corner for quiet reflection. Maybe a rocking chair near the window or a shelf that holds your favorite memories.
Ask yourself if you would appreciate more ease or additional stimulation in your environment. Select an idea that would be easy to implement and see how it improves your indoor and outdoor space.
2. Manifest your external values in your environment.
For example, nature is a very strong external value of mine. I look out at my flower gardens and forest from every window and find tending my plants meditative. And the orderliness of my office communicates the respect and undivided attention I give my clients.
How can you “gift” your values to yourself and to those who visit you by creating an enriching space? What is a simple and affordable place to start?
3. Explore the unique perspective of Feng Shui.
For thousands of years, the Chinese refined feng shui to receive the life force, or qi, through the specific placement of objects. Of particular interest to many Westerners is its emphasis on simplicity.
Experiment by discarding the old and outdated remnants of your past. How does this affect your energy? Are new opportunities flowing your way now? Clearing your space also helps clear your perspective!
4. Your space affects your ability to work and concentrate.
Provide adequate storage for supplies and place only what you need right now within easy reach.
As a simple experiment, extend your arms to your sides, keeping them within your peripheral vision. Now look carefully at what is inside that arch. Would your ability to concentrate improve if this particular area was uncluttered and welcoming? If you take a deep breath and slump your shoulders at the thought, your body is voting yes! So this is an ideal place to start.
5.Use the best tools to maximize your time.
Essential “tools” include online classes and instruction that get the most out of your computer’s programs, as well as downloading updates that enhance the reach of your applications.
Here are 3 more tips that take time but pay back later, saving you frustration.
- First, update your essential programs.
- Then check your tools regularly to keep them in perfect working order.
- And then keep backup copies of important supplies like printer ink and pen refills. Keep them close at hand and easily accessible. This is a functional way to strengthen the nurturing quality of your life.
