It’s not something that most people like to admit, but there are days when inspiration is hard to come by. You wonder why you bother getting up in the morning, and that big idea you were so passionate about a few days ago seems to have gone on vacation without you. When that happens, it’s no wonder that it seems like your inspiration, along with your motivation, your creativity, and your energy jumped in the suitcase and went along for the ride.

There are ways to end your inspiration’s vacation early. Journaling is one of them. Writing gratitude lists is another. Other times, it’s an inspirational quote or photo that really helps to fire up the creativity engine. But when nothing else works, sometimes all it takes is an affirmation to wake me up and get me inspired again.

1. Affirmations are yours and yours alone. You choose them or create them based only on how they feel to you.

One of the reasons that affirmations seem to do the trick when nothing else does is because they come from you. When you think about it, inspiration that comes from within really is the best form.

Sure it’s nice when others say things that get you thinking and moving in the right direction again, and that card or photo that you received might have touched the right chord inside. But when you can motivate yourself and remind yourself why you are passionate about your purpose and why it used to excite you to jump out of bed first thing on a cold winter morning, you will be that much more inclined to believe it. It doesn’t matter how much others tell you that you’re smart, funny, beautiful, or worthwhile if you don’t believe it yourself.

2. Affirmations get you creating again.

You may be asking yourself how this works. Affirmations work best when you either write them out, or read them to yourself. When you start writing your affirmations down every day, just the act of writing daily unlocks something inside of you. I’m no expert on exactly what happens here but I know it works. Writing affirmations has jump-started more than one article or blog post for me when nothing else worked to break my lack of motivation.

3. Affirmations encourage you to keep going.

Since affirmations are, by their very nature, positive thoughts — after all, who would want to affirm something negative — they encourage you to keep going when the journey gets a little rough. And isn’t that what inspiration is all about … taking that extra step when you really didn’t think you could go any further?

4. Affirmations can change your life.

Some of the best affirmations I have ever used have ended up having life-changing results for me. In the last article I talked about living in the moment and you you get to choose how you live each moment. Affirmations are a great tool for helping you make that choice. Simple statements like:

I AM happy
I AM at peace
I AM full of energy
I AM healthy

repeated over and over again can change how you feel in the moment. String enough of those moments of being happy, healthy, energetic or peaceful together and you may find that there is no room for negativity at all because you are choosing only positive thoughts.

5. There’s an affirmation for every situation.

It doesn’t matter if you are feeling totally uninspired, unmotivated or just downright unhappy you can create an affirmation that helps you to move beyond those negative feelings.

How To Use Affirmations

Once you’ve decided that affirmations are a tool you can use, there are several ways you can use them.

1. You can write them out or say them out loud first thing in the morning to start your day. Some people (me included) do both.

2. You can make a screen-saver for your computer out of them.

3. You can write them on pieces of paper and tack them up in places where you’ll see them all day long.

4. You can write them on pieces of paper and carry them in your pockets or in your wallet, so if you need them during the day you can pull them out and read them quickly.

Affirmations are one of those tools that everyone can use, are completely personal and based only on your needs. They can be used in a moment and can change the energy of that moment and the ones that follow forever. You can write your own, or use ones that others have created if they resonate with you. Regardless of how you do it, using affirmations will help to re-ignite your inspiration and your creativity.

If you’d like to writing your own affirmations, here’s an article to get you started: How To Write Affirmations.

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When you start using affirmations it’s natural to use ones that other people have created. As you progress, however, you’ll find that you get more benefit from creating your own.

When you write your own affirmations they take on more of your own energy and are more attuned to your individual goals.

There is a definite process to writing affirmations. Follow these seven rules and you will find yourself writing affirmations that resonate with your energy in no time.

1. Make it personal. Affirmations are all about you, so make sure you write them in the first person.

eg. “I AM having an incredible day today!”

2. Write in the present tense. It’s important to stay in the present moment when you write affirmations. Even if you’re working toward a goal for the future, the affirmation you write or say today is all about changing how you feel at this moment in time.

eg. “I AM feeling relaxed.”

3. Keep it simple. One line affirmations work best because they keep you focused on the target.

eg. “I AM calm.”
eg. “I feel great!”

4. Keep it positive. Affirmations are meant to help you make positive changes in your life. Avoid using negative words in your statements.

eg. “I AM beautiful!”
(as opposed to “I AM not overweight.”)

5. Be realistic. Make sure that the affirmations you write are something you can believe in. If you choose something unrealistic, you won’t believe in it, and your subconscious will ignore it.

6. Write with emotion! Pour as much emotion into your affirmations as you possibly can. The more excited and happy you are to accomplish your goal, the more positive energy will flow through your words.

7. Find your own style. Keeping all of the tips I’ve mentioned in mind, it’s important that you write your affirmations in a way that resonates with you.

And now, a few more tips…

Now that you’ve got the hang of writing affirmations, it’s time to put your new skill into practice.

Write your affirmations out every day. You can put them into a journal, or write them on index cards, or even just on little scraps of paper that you keep in your pocket.

My favorite method is a combination of a journal and sticky notes that I put up above my monitor so that they’re in my line of sight when I’m working.

Say your affirmations out loud after you have written them down. This infuses them with even more of your energy and helps to make them more real.

And finally, don’t be afraid to change your affirmations whenever you need to. You are always growing and changing, so it only makes sense that your affirmations should grow and change with you.

Learning how to write affirmations is a skill everyone should develop. They help to keep you in a more positive frame of mind, and can be a big help in keeping you focused on achieving your goals.

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For me affirmations are like the acorns of the spiritual world. From the little seed of thought that affirmation plants in our mind, the possibility of something so much bigger can come into being. All we have to do is nurture it and believe in it.

Affirmations form a large part of my life, and I use them every day. I write them, I speak them, and lately I’ve taken to creating art out of them.

Here are a few I use to remind me to be happy no matter what:

• I AM worthy of happiness!
• I go with the flow. My life is fillied with easy and happiness.
• I see and appreciate the beauty in my surroundings.
• I enjoy everything the world has to offer! I give myself permission to celebrate!
• I choose only the thoughts that nourish and support me in a loving manner.
• I relax and accept the good that I know I deserve in my life.
• I follow my heart. I AM happy!

Using affirmations such as these allow me to celebrate the good things in my life. I’m a worrier at heart, so having positive affirmations in my arsenal allows my to step back and plant the “thought seeds” necessary to allow me to refocus on the good stuff when I notice myself getting too wrapped up in the stress of the day.

I didn’t always do so well with thoughts like these. There was a time when I didn’t believe a word of it. But I’m getting better, and now just even typing these words out to share with you has me smiling and breathing deeply and knowing that indeed I do deserve to be happy.

I hope that you find them as useful as I do. :)

Be Happy!

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