What is your ‘big want’?

Yesterday it was hard to get out of bed. So nice and warm and cosy under the duvet, reading my novel. I just couldn’t think of a good enough reason not to just stay there and finish the book, at least for half an hour.

But I also knew that my morning ritual, which sets the tone for my day, is important too. Very important. Still, I was tempted to just spend that extra time lying in the cosiness of the bed.

So what got me out? I had read about the difference between ‘big wants’ and ‘little wants’, as Jinny Ditzler writes about in her book ‘Your Best Year Yet’. A big want is just that, something you want at the big picture level, in my case, to experience peace of mind and create my business success in a nurturing and sustainable way on a daily basis. A little want is something much smaller — ie, the want was to stay snuggled up in bed.

When I remembered this, it was easy to get out of bed! So next time you find yourself in this dilemma, and it might even be tomorrow morning, try remembering your ‘big want’ instead of acting from the little one, and see what happens!