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Good

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horizons. I'm Brian, and this

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is grateful Grains. Welcome

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back. We're on day three of

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our week re exploring ritual.

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On Monday, we had a quick conversation about

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the danger of stale tradition, asserting

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that unless we're coming to the table with intention,

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we're wasting our time. Yesterday,

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we talked how to use ritual in

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order to build new habits. Today,

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we're discussing the use of ritual and

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facilitating new memories. We

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talk a lot about the pursuit of happiness

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and meaning on grateful grains. Routes

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to joy, healing, connection,

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relationships, living a healthy

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lifestyle in order to experience life

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to the absolute fullest. Even

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so, we know it's easy to get caught

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up in the whirlwind of life. Responsibility, obligations,

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work, children, family, friends,

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the balancing act can be all

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consuming. Days, then

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weeks, then months, then years

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fly by in the blink of an eye.

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And sometimes we're busy making ends

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meet, it's tough to remember anything

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notable happening at all. It's

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all about baby steps, toward the light at the

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end of the tunnel. It's about choosing

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what we need most in life and moving toward

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it. Slowly distancing ourselves

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from anything that isn't serving us. Stealing

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back our time and allotting it as

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we see fit rather than allowing

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others to take that time from us. It's

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intention, intention, intention, intention

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in all things. I found it

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helpful to make list of where my time is

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being spent. And for each line item,

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I ask Why am I doing this?

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What is the exact purpose? Is it

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serving me? Is it leading me toward

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my goals? What is the impact on

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my physical and mental well-being. If

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the answers are positive, we find ourselves

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reinvigorated with a better understanding, a

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deeper relationship with our why.

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And we can call on that knowledge anytime

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you begin to feel overwhelmed. On

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the other hand, if we notice our time being

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taken away from us by ultimately

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unimportant obligations or relationships

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that train us, activities that aren't

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helping us grow in the right direction, or

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dead end jobs that barely keep our head above

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water. It's time to start examining

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how to escape. When it comes

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to an exit plan, it can be an immediate

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departure or it can be a

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five year journey. So long as

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we draw up the map and we know we're

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moving away from it. In

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this scenario, we find comfort in the knowledge

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that we're taking steps toward that

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end. All of this to preface

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the idea that we need to make space

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for new experiences and new

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memories. Again, sometimes

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we find ourselves in a place in life where

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we can't remember the last interest

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thing we did or the last time we really

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had fun. We talk about

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adventure a lot. Embracing the

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unknown with enthusiasts, stepping

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out side of our comfort zone.

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It's powerful stuff. It's where

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some of our biggest memories are made.

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It's those times out on a limb

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where we experience real change.

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It's where some of our most profound growth

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happens. But what's it have to do

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with ritual? It's blocking

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off a specific date and a period

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of time in order to create new memories.

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Whatever we need more of in life, whether

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it's time with family or time with friends,

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alone time, time with your significant

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other, it's all about being proactive

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about making it happen. We can

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literally decide what we need,

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point at the calendar, and start a

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new ritual. It can be an annual

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event, by annual, monthly,

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weekly, even daily. Whatever

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it is, we create it with intention.

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We carve out a time. We decide

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on the destination even if

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it's at our own house or at a park,

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and we share the plan and the intention

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with whoever we'd like to be there.

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We do it again and again and again

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exactly as often as we say

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we will. Thus, a new ritual

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is and new memories with

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ourselves or the people we love

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are being born alongside it. Thank

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so much for joining us on Grateful Cranes. You

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can find us on Instagram at goodrisings

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or you can find me at b mcfuffin. We'll

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be back again tomorrow for day four of

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our week on ritual. Until

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then, remember, the better tomorrow

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starts with today. Risings

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presented by Cavalry Audio.