Here I am sitting here wondering if I am a truly genuine spiritual adventurer. I know who I want to become but I am far from that person. There are days I feel like such a fraud.

One of the first steps to improving yourself is to believe you are that “new & improved model”. To believe you are a(n) enter your own label (scientist, actor, race car driver…) you must think like one and feel like one. I know I want to be healthier – like I was in college. I know I want to be a professional writer, even a published author. I want to be a world traveler. I want to be a public speaker. These things I believe would make me the highest self I see me to be.

Only last month I began a new morning regimen to get healthy. I started working out on a stationary bicycle I purchased earlier in the year. It took me nearly six months and various false starts to keep this regimen up for two weeks. However short of the 21 days that it takes to make a habit, I abruptly stopped the regimen and haven’t been back to it. In fact, as I sit typing away, the bicycle is across the room collecting dust due to its inactivity. Everyone has choices in life but when it comes to my health, there isn’t much choice. Since I sit in front of a computer 40 hours a week for my paying job and then adding at least another twelve hours a week dedicated to the blog and social media, I must become healthy in order to have the energy to do those things which will make me my highest self. My plan is on Monday I will begin the regimen again. I will keep you posted on my progress.

Expressing myself through the written word is the one way I know I can articulate who I am and as an introvert it connects me with others. I know I have a gift for writing about the world around me. I have been told many times how I can take a complex idea and deconstruct it into simple terms. Isn’t that what life is about? Unfortunately, as humans we make life more complicated that what it really is. How often are we reminded by the great sages of the past, even those of the present day, to keep life simple?

Why then do I avoid writing daily and even more so…why do I avoid posting an article on my personal blog? I haven’t actually answered this question but my current solution to the problem is to do it. Nike got that marketing campaign right, “Just Do It”! Who cares how long or short an article is? Who cares if my computer spell check and I miss an incorrectly spelled word? Who cares if only one or two people read it? Who cares if I only get a few hours a sleep each night? What matters most is that I write daily, at the very least to exercise my mind and soul along with my body. I may not post an article daily but I know that I will post more often if I take the time to express myself on a regular basis.

What I have come to believe is I only have to take action to become my higher self. I am not going to lose 10 pounds after working out 10 minutes on my stationary bicycle. I am not going to be a world renowned syndicated writer after my first paid article. It may not be perfect action but any action in the direction of one’s dreams is better than no action.