SIGN LANGUAGE

Signs, they are everywhere. Most of them are missed or ignored.

You probably thought I was going to write about signing and something to do with hearing issues, but that is not what I want to share at all.

Recently I have changed up my routine a lot and found my mind is quieter, I am doing more and I have more energy. 2020 fatigue and doom and gloom found me in a daze and drained of my creative powers. So the first thing I did was get moving. I signed up for Open Fit and signed up for a 3 week Walking Challenge to motivate myself. I also downloaded the Down Dog yoga app for another experience/teaching approach.

I am doing language classes on-line, art, graphics and more. I know myself and re-discovered I do my best work when I am pushing myself hard and have challenges. All this extra work is a SIGN for my brain to starting thinking differently.

As I explore these classes, I am using my brain started getting moving. For me, that is very energizing and positive. Each night now I do one of the Open Fit sleep-related mediations. I drift off to sleep within 2-3 minutes and lightly awaken with the last sound at the end to close my iPad. Then go to sleep and stay asleep all night long.

This morning it hit me SIGN LANGUAGE (I know I took a long time getting to my point/title). I am doing things that are SIGNALING my brain to end the day and be quiet. I am getting closure for each day sort of like a brain dump. Hmmm, all the things I have been doing in the last 4 weeks are what I have done when I have been my most creative and most productive in the past. Those are times when things had a start and stop to them. The issues weren’t lingering forever.

As I look at life a bit more closely, I realize lately I have been preaching to others about reading signs but not saying the literal words. It has been implied and hidden for me to read the signs I have been sending out. I might be taking 5 languages on-line but I needed to shake up my routine to translate the signs of life into something that would connect in my brain. I needed to dig deeper and do the SIGN LANGUAGE.

I could go on forever about this. Instead, I will confirm that the planners some of the self-care and motivators put out are a good start if you are clueless about finding signs and translating them into something usual for you. Writing a list or even, physically writing something, typing it or dictating it into your e-device works too. Walking, driving or other self-reflection time helps. These are a few things I find very effective along with reading a lot of different things.

Structure and routine are great aids to organize your brain for reading SIGNS.

The point is to push yourself out of your comfort zone so you can start reading the signs. Awareness and putting words to your thoughts and experiences is not easy but is key to growth and happiness. These brain dumps so you can make space for new memories (think of them as clearing the memory cache on a computer.) If you are really reading the SIGNS life has sent you, you will find peace with the craziness in the world and won’t let the chaos rob you of the joy of being present in the moment.

I will end this post with my French class this morning. All the lessons were about pausing and changing attitudes in the translation……. throughout my life there have always been signs and coincidences. Sometimes they are obvious, other times I recognize them much later. I have a lot of light bulb moments because I am mastering the art of SIGN LANGUAGE.

xoxo, Tracy Lynne