{"id":9893,"date":"2010-08-01T04:53:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T09:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=9893"},"modified":"2015-02-10T10:28:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T15:28:49","slug":"i-expand-my-space-and-get-a-new-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/i-expand-my-space-and-get-a-new-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"I expand my space and get a new perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>To begin living a different life, you need to CHANGE SOMETHING.\u00a0 Anything.\u00a0 Go somewhere new, see different sights so you can put different thoughts in your head.\u00a0 The only thing that ever needs to change is my perception.\u00a0 Sometimes I need to do and see new stuff for that to happen.\u00a0 Sometimes my imagination is enough.\u00a0 Saturday morning I awoke with the thought that I wanted to drive out and do something different.\u00a0 I had an unexpected day off! I’m always glad when a client cancels because it means I have the choice to take a spontaneous goof off day – or fill the time with appointments that have been waiting months for a cancellation.\u00a0 I checked the Horizons calendar of events<\/a>, then signed on to Facebook to see what everyone in town was doing.\u00a0 I was looking for something to peak my interest and draw me to it.\u00a0 Nothing really did.\u00a0 I thought of driving down to the boardwalk in Indialantic for a surf check, but when I stepped outside, I thought I should do some watering first while it was cool.\u00a0 At 8:00am, it was 80 degrees and 90% humidity, with a light breeze, not bad.\u00a0 I sprayed Avon’s Skin So Soft on my legs and arms for the misquitoes and headed outside.<\/p>\n

It took a couple of hours, but I gave all the trees and bushes a good drink of water, and dragged some branch deadfall to the curb.\u00a0 I had a few oak branches that I had let grow long and low so it would hide my east garden from view of the street.\u00a0 Now the bamboo was so thick I could barely see beyond it.\u00a0 I cut half a dozen of the low branches and that entire space opened right up. It gave me a more expanded view.\u00a0 Ahhh, that felt good.<\/p>\n

I went inside for a quick shower while I pondered my next move.\u00a0 I could see into the east garden from my bedroom sliding glass door, and I was loving the new view.\u00a0 I could look right into the heart of the garden, under heavy oak and pine canopy, to see two lots away to the fenceline.\u00a0 It made me feel I had so much more space.\u00a0 I like having a lot of space between my molecules.<\/p>\n

Cutting the low branches outside made me want to move the sitting room furniture around to be more open and spacious inside. I wrote on Facebook, ” I wish I had a den rather than a mail room.”\u00a0 I began moving things around, and took several tables and chairs out to the shed.\u00a0 If it’s not being used, it doesn’t need to be in here collecting dust.<\/p>\n

I basically put all the furniture against the walls and left the middle of the floor empty.\u00a0 I moved the big puffy chair next to the main bookcase and moved the tv across from it, to a spot on the west wall it had never been.\u00a0 From the BPC, I could now see out the porch into the back yard, and I could also see out the front windows to the street.\u00a0\u00a0 The giant mirror in the hallway reflected the bookcase back to me.\u00a0 The energy felt different in that room than it ever had before.\u00a0 Plus I was under an a\/c vent – score!<\/p>\n

As I moved furniture, I vacuumed, wiped baseboards, and cleaned the floor. I even vacuumed the books on the bookcase. \u00a0 I realize how much I really liked the room looking sparse.\u00a0 It felt expansive.\u00a0 I felt I could breathe deeper.\u00a0 The room is 13 x 31 but I’ve mostly used it separated into 2-3 smaller spaces.\u00a0 As one space, it looked really big.<\/p>\n

I ran to the market and bought an eggplant and two cases of cat food.\u00a0 As I unloaded the car, I brought in 14 books that had accumulated there.\u00a0 I went to set them on the table, which was no longer there.\u00a0 I got to see my newly expanded room with fresh eyes.\u00a0 It felt like someone else’s house.<\/p>\n

The change felt good. I felt expanded.\u00a0 Instead of looking at a wall 8 feet away as I proofread each day, now I’d see clear across the room to outside in the yard. I felt invigorated by the change.\u00a0 I felt motivated to make more changes.<\/p>\n

When I woke up Saturday morning, all I could think about was leaving the house to find a new experience.\u00a0 At the end of the day, I’d really just spent a day at home cleaning, but it was so much more than that.\u00a0 It reminded me that I don’t need to be anywhere other than where I am right now if I want to initiate change and get the energy moving in\u00a0 a new way in my life.<\/p>\n

As usual, it’s not so much what I do, as it is the consciousness which I do it from.\u00a0 Once again, it’s all about perception.\u00a0 And I have the power to change that.<\/p>\n

Andrea<\/p>\n

11 Fun Steps Guaranteed To Initiate Change And Get You Unstuck<\/a>
\nCreating The Space For Change To Take Place<\/a><\/p>\n

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