How to Get Hits of Inspired Action when You are Busy and Overwhelmed

As coaches or self-employed individuals, we know that inspired action is the key to a smooth-sailing business.

I know for sure that if I take inspired action, be it for work or personal matters, everything falls into place beautifully.

But how do we get inspired action ideas when we are stressed and busy?

The issue is...how do you get those nudges of inspired action when you are busy and overwhelmed?

From what I know, when we are busy, stressed or fearful, our channel for creative energy to flow through, is constricted.

But when you are feeling free, expansive and joyful, inspired action ideas will hit you left, right and centre.

I came across Jess Lively’s podcast episode: What I Do When I ‘Work’ to Find Alignment and Inspired Action and she shared a technique which helps her get those hits of divine inspired action.

She mentioned that she will sit in a cafe with a laptop. And will start typing a gratitude list on autopilot.

For example: “I appreciate the sunny weather today.” “I appreciate the comfortable jeans I’m wearing today.” The list goes on.

During that gratitude typing session, she will get hits of inspired action to call someone or do something.

I thought this technique is genius. (I tried a modified version of this because I hate lugging my heavy laptop to a cafe.)

So I did a mental gratitude list whilst at a cafe. “I appreciate my healthy body.” “I appreciate the beautiful morning” and so on. I just think these sentences in my head.

At first, I thought I’ll run out of things for gratitude fast. But surprisingly, the things to feel grateful for kept flowing to me in my mind. I rarely run out of things to appreciate.

(Always remember that you have to genuinely appreciate those things at that moment. You  usually appreciate different things at different times of the day!)

It’s similar to meditating in a public place. If you hate meditating alone with your eyes closed, you can try my method 😂

I had better perspective and a stream of ideas just flowed into my mind. I had clarity to make better decisions too.

If you are willing, you can try this technique on busy days when you don’t know which task to do first.

As you mentally appreciate your life at that moment, you will be nudged to do THIS task first. And then THAT task. And somehow, your to-do list is more or less done.

Not always in a chronological order, though. You may be inspired to start tomorrow’s task or even next week’s project, today. But what needs to be done, will be done in an almost effortless way.

So when do you leave the cafe? When you feel ‘done’ and fulfilled.

Let me know if you have tried this method to get inspired action and if it works for you!

I wish you the best in everything you do.

Shikah