Four Room Life by Design

Design Your Life One Room at a Time

When we look at our lives as a whole it can be overwhelming: career issues, relationship struggles health concerns, juggling schedules and activities, fitting in leisure time and hoping for a chance to find a meaningful spiritual moment. I think it is helpful to break up the major aspects of our life to examine them and have deliberate intention regarding the elements of each.

I call these aspects the four rooms. These rooms; health, work, relationships and spirituality combine to house our very soul.  What is within each room and how we occupy it defines the quality of our lives. Each room is ours to uniquely fill and attend to in our own way, I call this design.

Design is a word that implies choice and intention as well as style and individuality. Ideally, while we all have the same rooms all of us have different elements within them arranged in a way that suits us uniquely.

When you look at life through this perspective it is easy to categorize things and examine the elements within as well as become more open to the choices you have to arrange things more to your liking in each room. Work for instance may contain a job with fulfillment, projects, training, achievement and salary issues as supporting elements. In this room, as with all the others, one may assess the amount of time and energy spent,  the satisfaction and meaning gained and whether the room is authentic or needs some tweaks or growth to fit into the larger design.

Room by room we honestly take stock; clearing clutter, moving things around, getting rid of things that do not fit well and adding elements of our own choosing thus making our life a better reflection of who we truly are which makes it much more fulfilling. 

This of course requires time and reflection which we can chose for ourselves. One way to do this is to dedicate silence days, a practice I started a few years ago and cherish. I simply tell my family and friends I am on a silence sabbatical and magically they respect that and ask what time I will be free. Frankly, this respect surprised me at first but I think how I named it seriously and scheduled it made the importance clear, try it. Another method is regular retreats. I think this is so important especially for women I began conducting retreats several times a year as part of my business. This provides space for learning and growth, positive connection and the chance to be pampered and to begin anew. I am offering a Fall women’s renewal retreat soon you can see details here

 http://www.lifescapestrategies.com.  Taking time to reflect, learn grow and chose what you want in your life is what design is all about and what will lead to the happiness and meaning you seek.

As you begin to look at your life from this perspective which rooms do you feel are in need of attention? Relationships, Health, Career, Spirituality?

Are the spaces reflective of your own personal style and flair containing elements of your own choosing?

Do the rooms in your life fulfill and sustain you?

When we recognize that the total of our lives is in fact made up of the aspects of our lives all working together we gain the power to choose what elements matter most. Living by design with intention rather than default is powerful. It provides a much surer route to the peace and happiness we seek because it calls upon us to be aware and authentic. Taking the time to design each room and spend time in them creates the comfort, balance and safety we need to sustain our souls allowing us to express ourselves and experience life fully.