"If you're alone, are you alone?"

The past 2 weeks I have been away house sitting for a friend. My partner stayed at our house which was only a 15 minute walk away. It was beautiful to have special dates at 'each others house'!

During the day I was home alone with the 2 cats. The same was true of the evening. I was surprised to realise that an old habit of mine started to creep back in...that of the Television being on to 'keep me company'. On the second day I realised this habit and made a concious decision to turn off the TV as I can tend to get sucked in by the 'Tele Monster' and an hour will pass then I realise I have things to do and watching TV is not helping me achieve them!

What was more interesting was that after many years of not doing this, as soon as I was living alone, the old habit came back in an instant. I thought about this further and reframed my thinking on how I was percieving my being 'alone' and how the TV was an old friend from child hood that made me feel less alone. After all the personal and professional development I have done, I am very happy to be able to be alone in my own company. The point is that old habits can come back if we are not aware of them and able to have an honest look at our actions and to see if they align with the person who we are today.

So I leave you with a question, when was the last time you checked in on your actions and asked yourself, "Do my actions align with my goals and dreams and with the person who I am today? Or do they align with the person I want to be?"

I'd love to hear what you have to say, pop in a comment in below.

Take Care

Kara