Part 1 - What Would the Hero of Your Story Do Next

Hi. What would the hero of your story do next? Welcome to my 5-part Aspire 2 Inspire series, and part one is entering your hero's journey. So, if you think of yourself almost like a fictional character for a second, suspend the disbelief, even if you don't consider yourself creative, just go with me for a second here. Because we can get so locked into what we think is the story of ourselves, and how we behave, how we act, how we react in different situations that we get locked into habitual patterns that can be tough to break out of.

So, just ask yourself the question, what would the hero of your story do next? You know, if you were going to go down the road to the right, maybe the hero would go down to the left. If you wouldn't give that homeless person a dollar when you drive by, maybe your hero would. Maybe your hero wouldn't. I don't know what your hero would do . I just want to encourage you to think about things in a little different way. And so, the classic example of the hero's journey, one of them is Star Wars, and Luke Skywalker having to go on this journey to, you know, fight good versus evil and discover his destiny.

And so, what did Luke Skywalker have? He had a mentor. He had Yoda. So, I encourage you, you know, when you're becoming the hero of your own journey, you don't have to do it on your own. In fact, you'd not only have more fun, but you also be more successful if you have a mentor or friends, you know, to go with you and guide you on the journey . If you're looking to get into sobriety, that could be a sober coach or a sponsor in a 12-step program, you know, if it's a mental health journey that you're on, it could be a therapist.

If it's a financial journey, you're on, it could be a coach, you know, it could be a book. One book I'd recommend with the hero's journey is Joseph Campbell's, the, I think it's the power of myth for some great reading about the hero's journey. So, get started today, and I encourage you to write down in one paragraph what your hero would do today. Do this in the morning and see how your day changes. Okay, I'm Nick the poet signing off.