Your decision to purchase
When grappling with your shortlist of potential properties, your mind will dutifully revisit every recorded memory related to thoughts, feelings, experiences, truth and illusion it can find about ‘home’. You do not need me to elaborate; your imagination is already confusing perceptions vs reality; yours and those of everyone with whom you have ever shared a ‘home’ experience. Remember, the one you need to appease is YOU in the context of NOW.
You have googled, emailed, tagged, linked, saved, deleted, checked, and researched every possible platform for that potential ideal property.
- What more do you need to make that final choice?
- When do you feel that this might be the one?
- What would be that aha moment when you realize that your search is over?
For another perspective, here is a simplistic version of the Bagua Grid. Using this Grid as a template, or overlay, enables you to take the emotional swing out of the decision making process. You can use this anytime with any space, even if you have no intention of moving to somewhere new.
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Try it and note any issues that may arise in your mind.
• Create a 2D image of a floor plan or property site plan
• Line the baseline up with the entry to the space or property
As you assimilate the area of your space with the sectors on the grid, honour any insight into specific qualities of the rooms, building and block of land, which manifest an emotional response within you. Trust the feeling enough, allowing it to guide you to an awareness of any resistance and flow in the space that you are observing. Take the time, on your own if possible, to appreciate the view in silence. Only you know how you live your life. Only you know what supports and what stifles you. Only you can make your choice.
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Take the Grid, walk outside and stand on the curb, or even better, stand on the curb across the road. This will give you the broadest perspective of your pending space purchase.
Standing on the curb, look at your future (or current) investment and note the following,
? what does the entry look like
? what is the first impression
? what can you potentially do to add value
? where is the entry in relation to the exit
? how accessible is the front door
? does it welcome You
The aim is to determine, and reconcile, the experience you are going to have every time you enter and leave your space; the impact on your psyche is a paramount consideration, as it sets the tone for how you present and function in all aspects of your life.
Moving through the front door,
? what does the entry look like
? what is the first impression
? what can you potentially do to add value
? where is the entry in relation to the exit
? does it welcome You
It is so important to identify the flow of a layout that will compliment and expand your life, nurture your creative expression, foster harmonious and empowering relationships, and reflect the contrast to your day to day.
When you are clear that a layout will work with you now, and into the future, you are on your way to clarity, empowerment and making the most informed decision you can make.
As the exchange of money is one of the most emotional activities we undertake, investing in property is something most of us strive to do with utmost attention to detail.
How a space relates to the 9 aspects of our life, as mapped out on the Grid, is a clear indicator of the ‘emotional value’ of our investment. It may even translate in the value of your space by others, should you on-sell in the future.
Sifting through all the relevant information you gather in the process, how will you know you have calculated enough?
You just know! And when the knowing and the actioning combine synchronistically and effortlessly, you will have defined your perfect ‘home’.
Enjoy the journey?
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