Six ways to create rituals to support a balanced and healthy life and prevent boredom, distraction or doubt.
- Staying Focused
- Affirming You Belong
- Purposeful
- CreatesControl
- Commitment
- Build Awareness
Stay Focused
Many people, with best of intentions, decide on a goal to change their lifestyle, diet or motivation. But how often do they stay on course? It is too easy to do it once or twice and convince yourself you’ll miss just this once only to discontinue fairly quickly. While this is all too common, rituals become an important tool to develop the ability to stay focused on the activity or goal. This builds an attitude of commitment to yourself that what you are doing matters.
The difference between a routine and a ritual is that while routine is the action, it is the ritual that engages you in a conscious practice before you take the action, or the activity of the routine. Ritual is the affirmation that it is important for you to do.
Affirming You Belong
Edward de Bono described ritual as a way of defining your commitment to act, or belong as most people find it hard to do this, it (the ritual) becomes an act of defiance
Purposeful
A purposeful act, such as a ritual, takes on meaning. It becomes important as a way to demonstrate the reason for doing it is purposeful. Many rituals have elaborate ceremonies to reinforce their importance. It turns a mundane task or activity into a memorable occasion or event which enhances the experience.
Create Control
Have you ever wondered why you feel better when you have control over something you are doing? It helps reduce anxiety as an intrinsic reward reinforce the actions you are taking, in this case to lead a balanced and healthy life. Rituals help you take control of your actions.
Rituals become a useful tool to help control feelings of anxiety. or nervousness They provide a sense of structure in uncertain situations. They reinforces your commitment to the change you want to make. For example, taking a few deep breaths before giving a public talk.
Commitment
Rituals help to reinforce commitment to the goals, affirmations, or health lifestyle changes you choose. They provide the motivation to continue in the face of adversity and prevent people from remaining in doubt. Rituals reinforce the importance of those actions.
Build Awareness
Building awareness and reaffirming your intentions is a way that builds strength of character. Believing in yourself, in your capabilities that you are capable of achieving your goals. This helps measure changes you are seeking to make in your life that will make a difference.
Before you decide to commit to any rituals it is essential you choose the right activities for you. Rituals can make profound changes in your life, for good or bad, so be careful what you wish for and what you decide to choose.
The significance of rituals in this context help you create a balanced and healthy life.
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