As a weekly commitment in my Productivity Planner I write it out. As an intention of my everyday I proclaim it. As a parentheses after every plan I make or goal I set out, there it is: Alignment before action.

Alignment for me means being in tune with my intuition, with a higher power, with myself. When in alignment I’m more present and much more able, to see clearly and act as a co-creator with the universe.

When I’m out of alignment everything I do is “tainted” with this misalignment and therefore don’t come out at its full potential. Sometimes it takes me down painful paths, sometimes it’s just a waste of time.

I know that I’m in alignment when I feel joy, curiosity, strength, expansion, faith and love. When I feel contracted, annoyed, angry or bored I know I’m out of alignment. It’s totally okay to be in this place of course, it’s part of being human. But when there my first priority is to deal with whatever needs dealing with, giving myself space to feel, to process and to let go. It’s not a time for action.

You could also explain being in alignment versus not as love versus fear. When in fear, I create more of it around me so I better not do a lot. When acting from a space of love, that’s what I’m creating more of in the world.

I’ve had three years of experimenting with this concept in my business so far, and the verdict is clear, alignment before action is all I need to create a business and life that I love. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we have all of this “hard work” backwards. When I act out of alignment I get results on a much higher level so I don’t need to do as much. And, a lot of the time, I just need to get out of the way and let things unfold in beautiful ways in front of my eyes.

So, 2020, here’s my commitment to you, once again: Alignment before action.

With all my love,

Helena