Divatude: What is it and how can I get some?

Do I have Divatude?

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Probably not.

Am I Driven, Inspiring, Victorious, and called to Action?

I don’t really think so.

But it probably depends upon what you mean when you say those terms.

And it probably depends who is saying it.

And it probably depends on the circumstances.

So, you know, maybe I actually *AM* all those things, to some degree.

Not likely – but let’s test these waters and see what plays out.

Divatude: WTF is it?

Divatude, and the embracing thereof, is a 31-day challenge I’m messing around with. It was hosted by Michelle at her blog Divas with a Purpose back in May.

I meant to start it in May. And then I meant to start it in June. And then July.

You see where I’m going with this.

I love challenges.

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I just have a difficult time actually doing them. It’s that whole following through issue we discussed a while back.

But this particular challenge keeps calling me back. It falls under my #1 Personal Commandment that Happy is a Choice – a choice we must keep making, on a daily basis, moment to moment, if we are to achieve any sort of personal joy.

Which means doing the work of choosing, over and over again, to try to be happy. One could say I am Driven to find inner peace. It’s a process. Which is fine – the journey is more important than the destination, in this particular case.

31 Days of Embracing Your Divatude:

Being Driven, Inspiring, Victorious, and called to Action!

I’ve been stuck at Day #1 for months now, since I can’t quite muster up the enthusiasm to hit Day #2. And it sucks, because Day #1 is easy-peasy:

“Make a commitment to dedicate time each day to focusing on your Divatude!”

So every couple weeks I’m like,

“I’m on this! Today is Day #1! I totes commit to that shiz!”

And then Day #2 rolls around and I forget to be enthusiastic and Life happens and suddenly it’s midnight and I have accomplished ZERO things, having meant to do ALL the things.

This time around, when I decided to buckle down and make the commitment For Realz, I decided that instead of just saying aloud,

“I commit to the 31-day Divatude challenge!”

… or writing it in my journal for the five-hundredth time, I wanted to take a further look at what it actually means to be Driven, Inspiring, Victorious, and called to Action.

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What it means to be Driven:

Compelled to succeed or excel
Striving vigorously toward a goal
Wholehearted determination
AN INNER URGE PROPELLING ONE FORWARD
Energy, ambition, initiative, motivation
A strong tendency or instinct

What it means to be Inspiring:

Filled with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence
Arousing feelings and thoughts in others
Having an influencing effect
To ignite animation and drive
Exerting or stimulating a beneficial effect
To invigorate, instigate
BREATHING LIFE INTO OTHERS

What it means to be Victorious:

Winning, conquering, triumphant
Defeating an adversary, opposition, or difficulty
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF A STRUGGLE
Ultimate and decisive superiority

What it means to be called to Action:

Having a sense of urgency to do something
Prompted or urged to immediate response
PROVOKED OR COMPELLED TO PERFORM
Conscious or habitual conduct
The need to begin or start some deed

What Divatude means to me in a nutshell:

Successfully and enthusiastically living and giving.

diva feature I think I have a new mantra. A new question to ask myself daily or whenever I get stuck:

Am I successfully and enthusiastically living and giving?

How I answer that question determines the next step I take in any given circumstance. And boy, does it clarify all my positive thinking and affirmations and Personal Commandments and self-help junk into one simple statement.

Even if I never get to Step #2, I’m already benefiting just from having put some extra effort into Step #1.

Do you have Divatude?

What does Divatude mean to you?
Does my interpretation seem right, or do you think I’m way off target?
Have you ever heard of or participated in this challenge?
What are your thoughts on being Driven, Inspiring, Victorious, and called to Action?

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