So the world DIDN’T end when the Mayans predicted on 12.21.12. and we survived the holidays!

Phew.

Whatever you celebrated and whether your Preppin’ skills have left you with tons of extra supplies that you didn’t end up needing (yet?!?), don’t you think its time to stop and appreciate the moment?

With all the crazy things that are happening in our world from Hurricane Sandy to the horrific tragedy that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary school, you must have noticed things are getting a little strange.

Is the world actually coming to an end, or are we experiencing the birth of a new world and a new era?

The way I see it, things sometimes have to hit rock bottom before they can get better.

With the state of the economy, the looming possibility of the United States catapulting over the fiscal cliff and the even more scary possibility of the modern-marvel-and-once-benign 3D Printer printing plastic guns that would go undetected in our sea of metal detectors; this world has got some changing to do.

And maybe that’s exactly what it is doing.  The Mayans may have predicted global warming and some other pretty outrageous occurrences but nothing stands out to us more like the possible “End of The World”. Maybe it didn’t happen on 12.21.12. but eventually there has to be an end of the world. Right?

Marie Forleo of MarieForleo.com and Ophi Edut, expert astrologer for Elle.com and cofounder of AstroStyle.com, explained it rather chicly.  Their video explains the theory of us moving from a 3 dimensional world; one that we experience with our 5 senses, into a 4 dimensional world; one in which our smartest business asset is our intuition.  Watch the video here to see what I mean!

I think this is pretty cool as my intuition is a huge part of any of the successes I have had in my life and it is the key to finding your own happiness and creating the life you want to live.

They speak about deepening your spiritual practice as a business tool and realizing that there are more forces at play then you may have originally been aware of. Trust me; check out this video to see what I’m talking about!

With that said, here are my 5 steps to surviving the world after the end of the Mayan calendar.

1) Stop and smell the roses. If the world is really going to end, start really LIVING it!

2) Ask yourself WWJD – What Would Jobs Do? Steve Jobs that is. He famously said “When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” ~Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech.  So if today were the last day of your life, how would you want to spend it?  Do that!  WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?!?!?!

 3)  Follow these words of wisdom from Jobs “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”  Steve Jobs. Ah, I love that quote! So true!

4)  Get a 2013 calendar. You will need it because the world is NOT coming to an end, but the world as we know it is and you need some inspiration along the way.  In that case, check out my new Illustrated calendar here, specifically created to inspire you every month.

5) Plan your bucket list: your list of things to accomplish before you die! Set some goals and live an inspired life!  Set the track for how your life will go and what you will do in this flash of a pan we all have. As Marie Forleo says in the video above, “Move from Waiting to Creating”.  Don’t wait for success to find you, for prince charming to show up at your door, or for that dream opportunity bump into you as you to cross the street! Create your life the way YOU want it, and that way, if today were your last day here on Earth you can go out having lived it well!

Hope that inspires you!
xoxo

Emily