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Today I'd like to talk to you about 'coming home'.
To get in the mood, let's ask Mel to join us, shall we? 
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When returning from a Summer holiday: don't you love the feeling of coming home?
Opening the door, that familiar squeek, finding all the mail on the doormat, greeting your pet? 
How green your garden, how much mail!
Reuniting with friends sharing stories?

But how much 'home' can you actually get?
Many people can't truly come 'home' cause they have no 'home'...
Not that they're homeless; they might very well have the most beautiful house, no,
I'm talking about their true 'home': the body/mind/soul that they do not inhabit.
 
Not connected with their inner world, many people have 'signed out'.
They go through life numbing themselves. Numbing to not have to feel.
Not really knowing what lies deep within them.
Denying their natural state of well-being, they go through like a phantom.

Phantoms have voids that need to be filled. 
And the ego mind will come up with very clever ways to do just that.
Basically it could be anything from serious addictions like smoking, alcohol, 
drugs to shopping, watching TV, eating, gaming, gossiping, there are so many an subtle ways. 
Anything will do.
It brings in clutter & noise and prohibits you to connect with your inner world.
It's a downward facing very addictive spiral.

I think many 'phantom people', on a subconscious level, 'know' their true state. 
Filling voids leaves you with nasty nagging sensation.
A feeling, fear, an urge, a call to action,
like background music repeated  over and over again.
  
  "come on home, baby now
  come on home now, right away
  I'm coming home baby real soon"

Feel good?

SO HOW CAN THIS BE?
We are bombarded by imput in the external world: Cell phones ringing, checking your last Facebook messages, Neon signs along the road, TV: All screaming for our attention.
Our modern society is built to pull us outwards.
It's very tempting to 'sign out' and lean back and just slide on out.
But what will you pay? 


Well: you!
When you're not at home, you can easily become a puppet for others, loosing the steer in your own life, not knowing what it is that you really want.

WHY DOES THIS MATTER?
I agree with Sir Ken Robinson when he states that the future of our world depends on what is going on within us and that we need to reconnect ourselves with our inner selves.
influences the quality of our lives and with that it has a great impact on the quality of our communities.
Think about the health care costs, sick leaves, the penalty system, all this numbing implies.
no conformity/standardising

Our world is changing so quickly, I don't think there is any more room for signing out.
But change evokes fear. It is a mechanism of our subconscious mind to keep us safe.
However: if we are to face and solve our problems, I think these changes have to come from within every single individual. It's time to come home to ourselves.

You can do it. You are a unique person.
Did you know there has never been and will never be anyone on the planet throughout history that is exactly like you.
That's right. You are unique and special and the world needs to see you.
"Our differences are to be celebrated"

   "It's such a shame you ever went away..."

How about you? On the 'phantom-scale' from 1 to 10 how would you score?
How do you -even if it is subtly- numb yourself?
I believe in a way everybody does, even if you're not fully aware...


WHAT TO DO?
What helps me to get grounded & 'come home' is:
 SImplify, Declutter, Get creative by letting your imagination run. Move. Sit still. Eat well. Drink water.
Do things that make you feel good. There's so many things you can do
Changes are best made in small increments by adding in the good stuff.


'WHAT GOOD COULD YOU ADD IN TODAY'?
Seek the silence so you can hear the you in you
There are many modalities that can help you with that.

I personally love Moodwalks. 
It quits my mind and visualises my thoughts.
See what's really going on inside you and take charge from there.
The slightest change is perception can alter your life.

Take personal responsibility, open your mind, get out of phantom mode and put life back in your hand
It's time to get grounded and come home.

   Come on' home baby, now
   Do do do  


Next time: creative ideas and the jungle

See you then!
~Niene.nu

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Remember Lee Dorsey's song? "Working in the coal mine.."?
I heard this song the other day and it made me wonder...

Cool tune, pretty dark view on 'work'..
The lyrics talk about "how long can this go on...?"

Well. That's actually a very good question!
We currently live in times of exponential growth. 
In technology, in world population and Asia.

Check this fact:
If only 15% of the Indian people would join the workforce, this group would be as big as the entire American one...
Imagine the other 85% joining in as well? 

Well guess what: they're are! As we speak.
Plus China's workforce. And Mexico's. 
And the rest of the world's...
Where would that leave you and your job..?

Many people will go 'down, down, down'..
'Whoops, jobs about to slip down'...
Big chance their jobs even cease to exist..  Yay!

Let me explain why yay!.
According to writer and speaker Daniel Pink, any task/job that can be automated or outsourced will do just that: be automated and outsourced. 
Disappear.
Basically: any job /task you can put into a spreadsheet will most likely disappear...
Because it can be reproduced.
Replaced.

Now how does that work for you? Does it mean your 'screwed'?
For most of us it will be the end of life as we know it, the life we've grown accustomed to.

Sounds scary, right? 
Though actually it can a lot of fun.
It gives you a fantastic opportunity to re-invent yourself.
To try on a 'different coat' so to speak.


However you see these developments 'coal black' or 'option': 
in your near future you will have to push your 'reset' button.


How to do that? How to find sustainable work? 
With tasks you actually like.. 
That leave you with enough energy to have fun during weekends...
And cannot be reproduced, because you cannot put them in a spreadsheet?

Here's what you do:
Find an activity you're REALLY good at, that comes naturally and that you REALLY like to do.
Because that is what is going to make you unique.
Irreplaceable.
Than figure out how to make money doing that.

Now why would an artist write about this?
Because making yourself irreplaceable means making a shift from the left brain to the right brain.

Things you can put into a spreadsheet are left brain activities. 
It's anything logical, analytical, factual, sequences etc.
All replaceable.
Yet right brain activities are: imagination, innovation, intuition, creativity and arts!
Irreplaceable.
And as an artist, I know all about that!

If you want to keep working in the future, 
it's time for you to get into the mines, get 'down & dirty' and get your creativity up and running.

So pull those charcoals out and draw your new future.
Or pull out your camera and find new perspectives and options.
Visualize that new coat and try it on.
The Moodlab can help you with the fitting.


Maybe things are not as coal black as they may seem at first after all... 
Loosing you current job or life as you know it, might just very well be a blessing in disguise.
And mind you: millions are making the shift from the left to the right brain as we speak. 
You're really not alone.

To end with the title: IS working in the coal mine the safest job you can currently have?
Yes, as you can't put coal mines into a spread sheet, or fully automate it or ship them all to Asia.
Yet it is to your advantage to find a job that lifts your spirit and doesn't get you 'down, down, down'!


Next week: Are you in charge of what you feel?

See you then!
Niene.nu

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If you'd like to see more moods: feel free to take a look around in the MoodLab while you're here and see if Niene.nu can help you raise your 'Appetite for life"!

And yes, the photo at the top is available as a print here or as a gift card here.