When’s the last time you’ve had a major brain dump? Our business coach shares a different type of brain dump to help free up space in your mind so your thoughts can flow more freely.
You are probably familiar with a brain dump where you make a list of workflow, ideas, commitments, and to-do lists out of your head. Often this practice is done before going to bed, or maybe sometime throughout your day. The goal is to strategically organize the dump to develop a plan of action to accomplish all that is on the list.
This type of brain dump is essential for sure, freeing up space in your mind so your thoughts can flow more freely, better organize your time and efforts, and more productive and calmer throughout the day.
What if you could go deeper with your brain dump?
Allow me to introduce you to a “major brain dump” practice for removing ALL the thoughts swirling in your mind.
The intention is to remove all thoughts (anything and everything) you are thinking about by writing them down without judgment or skepticism. Doing this activity will empty everything that’s in your thoughts and the paper gets to hold all of it for you. This list doesn’t mean you’re going to do anything with it, but you are opening up space in your mind for thoughts to flow easily, often leading to reduction in stress, major breakthroughs and gain focus on things needing to get done.
A major brain dump may include your day-to-day list of things to do but will also include things like buying new bed linens, redesign your office space, or perhaps maybe you want to create a sacred space to meditate outdoors. Or maybe you want to run that marathon, enter a cooking contest, or you desire to take a long hot bath without any interruptions? Nothing is off limits.
After you write the list, file it away for at least 30 days (or more) and revisit the list to see what you wrote.
- Are there things on the list you lost interest in and can scratch off the list?
- Are there things on there that, yes, you still desire?
- Are there things that you can check off as completed?
Moving forward, use this practice when too much seems to be swirling around in your mind, and you can’t manage to hold a single thought, that’s a good time to do the major brain dump.
Cheers to creating the life you deserve!
Melissa
