If 2018 is feeling more powerful than past years, you’re on to something.

2018 is an eleven year (we know this because 2 + 0 + 1 + 8 = 11).

“The number 11 is perceived as a master number that symbolizes new beginnings, illumination, inspiration, and independence. It is the most intuitive, creative, enlightening, and insightful number in numerology. Eleven is known as a “messenger” and is a guiding force that helps us readjust and gravitate toward our unique divine path so that we make the most of the opportunities intended for us.” —  Alex Myles via Elephant Journal

How to harness the magic of an 11 year: the one habit to change

Did you know that in each second,  our brains receive 400 billion bits of information? Of these 400 billion bits, guess how many we allow in?

2,000.

I know, right? That feel like a lot of brilliant and novel ideas missed. Here’s what’s going on —

In any given moment, our brains are helping us shape our realities by allowing only certain bits of info in. The “decision” for which of the 400 billion bits is dictated by the neural pathways we’ve been creating our whole lives. Essentially, our brain only accepts whatever makes sense according to what we (and others) have been helping us believe. So our brains shape our realities to cooperate with the beliefs of our culture, our society, how our parents raised us etc.

So if the year of 11 is delivering up creative, insightful, enlightening moments — if it’s being the messenger leading us to opportunities — how can we be sure we don’t miss them!?

Here’s a tangible practice to start re-paving your own neural pathways:

For the next 24 hours, try opening yourself to “more reality” by doing the following:

// Challenge the idea that cleaning your apartment isn’t fun (or some similar task). Instead, get pumped to clean the apartment as if it’s the world’s next greatest party.

// Challenge the idea that you’re unskilled at (fill in the blank). Instead, only tell yourself and others that you’re a total whiz at (fill in the blank) for the next 24 hours.

// Choose an “absolute” you have about the world and challenge it. Instead, believe the opposite for the next 24 hours.

Simply spending time in these “opposite thoughts” gets you on track to re-paving you neural pathways and ultimately opens you up to wayyyy more possibility for your life.

Suspend your disbelief about things just for the day. The only reason many things are true for you is because that’s what your brain has trained you to believe. Try this instead, and see what happens.✨

#morningmischief

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