Annie's WORDUP! Design Plan - The Base Components
After much self-reflection and really getting serious about what MY desires were in life, I found inspiration through journaling and drew out a framework that I felt would be my “go-to” system for getting me more of what I wanted out of life—the WORDUp! Design Plan.
Component #1: FAITH. As mentioned in previous blog posts, it was my faith in God that inspired me to move forward. I had surrendered to the strong calling of God to "give more to the world" and decided that I would TRUST Him in my endeavor. Trust is something that I've been intentionally working on having more of in my life. After many years of seemingly bad decisions in relationship, losing myself in the process, and working diligently to find myself again, TRUST seemed to be the thing that I struggled with most. I have always been an independent person, and many events that preceded this point in my life only solidified my belief that I could trust no one but myself. The thing is that I was actually struggling to trust myself. However, it was my strong FAITH in God that eventually led me to a place of acceptance and worthiness of self, further leading me to be able to TRUST (1) that He always has my back, (2) that His desire for me is true happiness overflowing with abundance, (3) that He has already provided me with so many opportunities to TRUST MYSELF, and (4) that, in staying true to myself, I have chosen successfully and the outcomes have consistently aligned with that success. The notion that I can simply TRUST in His favor and love as the basis of all decisions is the reason why FAITH is the very first component of my WORDUp! Design Plan.
Component #2: LEGACY. What does legacy mean to you? To me, it means more than what's to follow after my death. It means spending time with my godchildren, niece and all of the other "littles" in my life, such that they will remember all of the fun times we spent together and, most importantly, such that my presence in their lives will be of positive value in the formation of their future selves. As a young girl who had experienced an intimate relationship with death at such a young age, I cherished the memories that I had of my dad, and I was purposeful in reliving them so that they'd stay alive in my memory for the rest of my life. I can still remember reading The Diary of Anne Frank and being inspired to keep a journal of my own, knowing that if anything ever happened to me, other living people could know who I was and that I actually existed on this planet and was important to the world. I suspect that I was around 8 or 9 years of age when I read this book, so it may seem a bit morbid to think that a child of that age was so familiar with the finality of death, but that had become my reality the day that my dad died: life is finite, and death is inevitable. The beauty behind being so aware of this fact at such a young age is that LEGACY has been such a strong factor in my life, so it's totally appropriate for my endgame to be that which supports leaving a LEGACY of love and light to the world through all of my interactions with others, most importantly with those of future generations whose lives would perhaps be ever-influenced by me simply from being present in their lives. This clear identification of LEGACY as the endgame has served as the ultimate benchmark for staying on track and making decisions to keep me in alignment with my purpose.
Component #3: THE ACTUAL PLAN - ANNIE'S WORDUP! DESIGN PLAN. The DESIGN PLAN is the key to successfully creating a purpose-filled and joyful life. It is the "house plan" for doing so, if you will. One would not successfully build a strong and sturdy home that could withstand the external environment without first having a sound house plan. It would be a total misuse of all current and future resources available to the builder. As such, having no "house plans" for creating my abundant life would prove foolish. So, there are four "pillars" of the Design Plan: 1) Home, 2) Business, 3) Giving, and 4) Travel—each of which serve to support, in tandem with one another, the life of freedom, abundance and love that I was choosing to build upon the foundation of FAITH & LEGACY combined.
*If you were building a “go-to” system to help you stay on track, what would be your base components? Would they include “pillars” for support? If so, how many? Visually, what would your system look like? Take time to journal your way through it, if needed.