How many of us end up so busy that we don't seem to have enough time for fun?  For dreaming?  For creating?  For excitement?  Especially when many of us have lists of all the things we must do, need to do, or should do.  Hey - wait a minute - what about having the fun and exciting stuff on the to-do list too???  Because, when you think about it, if we don't have some balance in our lives (like making time for fun and excitement), then all the must do's, need to do's, and should do's end up running our lives.
 
If we want an exciting life, we need to have things in our lives to be excited about.  The definition of Excite per Webster: To stir to activity or motion; To increase the energy to a high energy level; Provoke; Stimulate.  As I was looking up the definition of excite, the next word was Excitant, which means: Capable of exciting.  I don't know about you, but I desire more excitants in my life!  Let's not just wait around and hope we run across excitants - let's remember them, find them, and create them!
 
How to Raise Your Excitement Quotient
 
Below are some ideas for bringing more excitement into your life:
 
Look at what makes you excited in the various areas of your life and create more of it.  Some areas you may want to consider are:
·         Work / Career
·         Relationships
·         Spirituality
·         Leisure / Fun
·         Health
·         Abundance / Wealth
 
Sit comfortably with your eyes closed.  Take a deep breath, and then conjure up an image of a time when you were very excited.  Bask in that feeling, notice all your heightened sensations.  Next time you're feeling tired or low, take an Excitement Break - take a deep breath and imagine that time of excitement, and feel that energy pulse through your body and enliven your senses.  Remember that feeling and tap it to it whenever you need a lift.
 
Make a commitment to yourself to create more excitement in your life - even if you start with just one new or additional exciting thing a month.  It can be a simple as calling up a friend and going to a fun movie or event, or as large as launching that new endeavor you've been dreaming about.
 
The things that excite you don't have to be huge.  Some of the simplest things excite me - watching my two cats that we adopted from a local shelter (Thanks Happy Tails!  www.happytails.org) as their personalities evolve from hiding under the bed to chattering, purring, and playing.  Seeing and smelling the first gardenia on the bush by my front door, or putting all my to-do's on hold and sitting on my porch and reading.  Now those things might not excite you, but that's the beauty of excitement - like the old saying goes: 'Variety is the spice of life!'

 

Trying to remember what excites you?  Reflect on what you've always loved doing.  Walking barefoot in fresh mowed grass?  Singing?  Dancing?  Belly laughing with a group of your pals?  Running in the surf at the ocean with the salt breeze in your hair?
 
Excitement is contagious.  Who do you know that leads an exciting life?  Go hang out with them and see how they create excitement.  Even if what excites them doesn't necessarily excite you, just being in the energy of excitement can help stimulate our own creative juices.  Notice how you feel better just being around people who are excited.
 
Remember - don't wait for excitement to come your way - CREATE YOUR OWN EXCITEMENT!