If you’ve looked up your Human Design chart and next to the word ‘type’ it says ‘Generator,’ then your role, in this movie called life, is to act as a builder, producer, and doer.
Generator Quick Stats
37 percent of the population
Sacral Center is Defined
Strategy: To Respond
Possible Authorities: Emotional, Sacral
The Generator’s Purpose
Generators, you are here to do the work that lights you up.
You are here to respond to whatever feels joyful, and to DO that thing, as often and for as long as you can, until you feel good ‘n tired enough to rest!
The more you get to do that thing that lights your soul afire, the better you get at doing it, the better you feel, and the more raw, vital energy you generate for yourself.
You are built to DO, to produce, to create, work, deliver and build.
The rest of us (who are often seen to be loafing on the couch!) sit in awe, and sometimes envy, of your majestic go-power.
You are the proverbial ‘Energizer Bunnies’ who keep things moving and Get Stuff Done.
You build cities, create experiences, and generate magic with all your life-force vitality:
Thank you for doing All The Things!
Annnnd you’re 37% of the population (not including your Manifesting-Generator hybrid buddies).
Which means there’s a whole lot of us other non-doer-types in the world who ARE NOT built to keep going and going and going like y’all are.
As such, we rely on you — perhaps unfairly:
To carry our projects over the finish line.
To volunteer for the PTA fundraisers.
To coordinate the meal train for our friend who’s just had surgery.
To make the potato salad for the cookout.
Coz…we just can’t keep up, frankly.
(Don’t hate us other HD Types! We’re busy too, doing our own stuff, just in a different way. Like envisioning new creative endeavors, making improvements, analyzing and evaluating…)
But you? Your body is moving. You are always in motion. (How else would your cosmic ancestors have built pyramids and temples?)
Are you exhausted, Generator?
No wonder.
Here’s your downfall. You likely find yourself often agreeing to do things for others…
Simply because YOU CAN; not necessarily because you WANT TO.
Your Life-Force is Fueled on Joy
Sure, your energy is regenerative and sustainable.
However, because the fuel for your inner fire is JOY, you are likely to burn out when you over-extend and commit your precious life-force energy toward accommodating others.
What to Let Go Of if You’re a Human Design Generator
It may help to detox from your soul any obligatory impulse you may be having that causes you to agree to DO the crap that doesn’t light you up, because that crap? Is not what you’re here to do!
Whether due to your sense of responsibility;
your learning throughout life that you’re the most able-bodied one to get a task accomplished effectively;
whatever expectations were laid upon you as a youngster;
your sense of duty to your community, team or family;
the guilt you were raised with;
or whatever shame, perfectionism or people-pleasing tendencies you carry, doing for others doesn’t always serve your highest good.
So it’s time to pause and return to your true Self.
“If it doesn’t feel joyful, you’re doing it wrong.”
(Holler if you’d like to order a Generator Mug!)
Experiment with saying the words “No,” “I’m not available,” “Not this time,” or “I can’t” if you don’t actually wanna do something.
The next time you’re handed a project at work simply because your boss knows you will get it done,
or the next time a friend asks you to help them move a piano just because you can and because you usually agree to anything,
STOP!
Listen to your BODY.
It is speaking to you, always.
(Your Defined Sacral Center is lighting up in response to the world around you and is acting as your internal sorting machine.)
Ask:
Does that task or favor feel truly joyful for you?
Are you experiencing a sensation of openness at the thought of it?
A tingle of clarity?
A pull of excitement?
A widening of the chest?
A straightening of the back,
Or a leaning-toward that thing?
OR,
Perhaps, instead, you notice a closing-off sensation in the body?
A shrinking in your
What is your body telling you?
You are gifted with a heightened physical connection with your body’s response signal (what a gift!) through your Defined Sacral.
Your body is always responding to its environment, giving you a clear YES or NO to that which is circling in your orbit.
Build a relationship with your physical Sacral responses to get deeper in tune with whatever is a Yes, Please! or a No, thanks! in life.
(Try some rapid fire yes/no questions with a partner to get a sense of your body’s unique physical response reaction; reach out for my list of Q’s to practice this!)
And, experiment with choosing more YES’s than no’s as your data unfolds. See what happens…
No matter who you may risk disappointing,
No matter how much people may be shocked by your sudden refusal to accommodate them (like you probably usually do),
Choose YOU for a change, and watch how your energy returns & flourishes.
BUT make sure to burn off all your energy each day so you can sleep at night, doing whatever brings you joy.
Maybe it’s dancing, or pottery, or gardening or kite-surfing.
Doesn’t matter. Do it. Do it all damn day. Do it until you’re satisfactorily tired enough to conk out at night with a grin on your gorgeous face.
Satisfaction is what you desire most, and that comes from doing what lights you up inside and getting so freaking good at it that you radiate joy outward.
When you’re in that state, you’re magnetic AF and other people flock to you; they cannot get enough of your light!
Frustration is the Bain of Your Existence
If you don’t give yourself permission to enjoy yourself, you likely get frustrated and hit brick walls.
Pent-up frustration leads to burnout, dissatisfaction and disappointment.
So, take your power back & regenerate your vitality: by choosing joy.
Learn More About the Generator Type
There’s so much more nuance and brilliance that comes with this unique Human Design Type than what’s covered here. If you’d like to dig deeper into it and learn more about your unique energetic makeup, I invite you to book a private session with me. We’ll uncover all the facets of your Human Design and discuss it holistically so you can let your energy work for you to bring ease & flow: in your relationships, career, parenting journey, daily life or whatever season you’re in. Check out the options for different ways you can work with me, here!
As always, thanks for reading!
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