You Are Exactly Where You Need To Be

I want to reflect on mind mapping at the moment. First of all -- what is it?

Mind mapping is a way to visually organize information. You start with the topic in the center, and branch out the ideas and steps to show how they are related. For example, you can mind map your room:

ROOM is in the center, then draw out what parts of the room you want to work on. Then you branch out that branch into the action steps. 

I was scrolling through Instagram and Pinterest, trying to find motivation for my room, photography and content, while I caught myself being starting to feel anxious about my life. I started using this mind mapping technique to find out why I was starting to feel anxious.

I saw a gorgeous living room, felt myself thinking: I wish I had my own living room to decorate, then feeling worried that I'm not making enough money to be able to do that in future.

Anxious to wanting a nice living room to worrying about money to worrying about the future. This was how I wrote down my mind map.

After I wrote it down, I started thinking about how I can prevent this anxiety. Do I just stop looking at Instagram or Pinterest? First of all, no. I don't want myself to fear going online.

Then I thought about this... THIS living room that I want.. I can make it happen. This jealousy or anxiety that I'm feeling is now a GOAL for me to have. So I go the other way in my mind map.

Save money and be smart about money to buy a house to decorate a living room.

It's a little rough around the edges, because I still need to work on my money saving habits, but that's how I used mind mapping to be aware of my levels of anxiousness... 

I almost felt like drowning myself in Netflix after I was on Instagram. Now here I am, writing about how I'm feeling. And this is how change happens.

This blog post is titled: you are exactly where you need to be. And this is mainly to remind myself, that we need to feel these feelings in order to be self aware, to change our habits, and move our piece forward in this game of life.