Follow Your Excitement

Some will say follow what excites you, follow your highest excitement, or follow what makes you feel good. There are a lot of different ways that people will tell you to do what you love.

I break it down to something very simple and have it on a sticky note right under my main monitor. Why is it there? I always glance down at it. It’s a reminder whenever I’m doing something on the computer that isn’t serving me. That isn’t exactly of my highest excitement.

Is this what I want to DO?

It’s a simple and easy phrase that poses you to really think about what you’re doing. If it’s really what you want to do. Maybe it’s existential, maybe it’s minor, or maybe it’s a just a simple question.

I want you to really think about if whatever you’re doing is what you really want to do.

It’s how I have learned to stop doing things that aren’t serving me or bringing me any sort of joy. It keeps me moving in the direction that brings me the most happiness and enjoyment in life. It also brings me the most success in life.

You don’t have to go spiritual, religious, or scientific on this concept. You just do it and ask yourself the question.

Your subconscious does the work.

Case in point, I started writing this blog post, and veered off the path, scrolling through social media on my phone.

I stopped and asked, “Is this what you really want to do?” and my highest excitement pointed me back towards writing this post.

It’s a simple practice I follow and truly using. Especially in the times where I am sitting and my ADHD does kick in and I can’t get my executive function to function executively.

What happens next?

The dopamine rush of doing the thing I want to do, that brings the highest excitement, is larger than completing any other nonsensical task or chore. You truly want to do it, you have joy doing it, and completing it is a reward in itself.

So, go forth and be sure to follow your highest excitement in life. It will bring you to amazing places.

To put it in perspective, I will follow my highest excitement after I submit this blogpost, and that is leading me to play some music. So, I am going to get behind my drum kit or pick up a guitar and play for a little bit, because that’s what I want to do. It’s not always a “productive” thing, sometimes, it’s a fun thing or hobby. However, I will guarantee, following that highest excitement in doing what I want to do, will most likely bring an idea or concept for something to further my life, business, or relationships in other ways.