Home is where the peace is
It is so easy to see your home as simply the place where you sleep before heading out to the world. Instead look at it with the same eyes you had when you were excited about moving in, remembering the joy you felt when you browsed through the brochure.
Whether you live in an apartment, a back to back house, a penthouse, a building that is attached to one other or to hundreds of others in the street, this is the place you are in right now. You could be in a place you love, or you may be in one that leaves you with all sorts of feelings that you need to move on to something better. What matters is that either the whole space or a particular part of it is dedicated to being special for you.
Create a special place in your living room, decorate it just the way you want, hang great pictures around the property that inspire you. Find a corner of a room that you can fill with special photos, pictures, artwork or decorations that have special and positive meaning for you.
My own study occupies a room upstairs in my home and small mezzanine area above a lounge. The walls below the roofline are covered with fabulous cards with quotes on them that inspire me and fill me with hope. Pictures of friends and other special people smile out at me from the walls. I chose the space from a few options in the house, and it was important for me that I settled for an area where I could have some privacy when I wanted it, but also enjoy great views. The reason I live in such a great small community is precisely because of the time and thought put into the selection of the house as place that would create feelings of security and happiness for each of us.
The last thing you want to create is a picture of your home as a place of burden, debt and mortgage repayment! It is so much more fun and more practical to see it the source of inspiration and place to rebuild yourself before venturing out into the world. And the biggest irony of all is this, that the less you focus on the things you don’t want, the more you get what works for you and pleases you!
Create the space that will nurture you and allow you to be supported to do and achieve the things you seek, and to be the person you were born to be.
Nick Rampley-Sturgeon is a Speaker, Writer and Information Publisher. Subscribe to his blogs and find out about the Non-Fiction Writers’ Retreat taking place in November. Send an email to nick@smallbusinessbigprofit.co.uk
