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Living with Routine

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R is for routine or daily practices.

Daily practices are tasks that are non-negotiable and that will set you up for success and help you move forward to take back your life. And routines are things you set up in order to keep you on track or to avoid becoming overwhelmed.

You may have heard the nursery rhyme “this is the way we wash our clothes…”
Creating daily practices helps to ensure tasks happen on a regular basis and that attention is given to the important as well as the urgent. A routine can include tasks relating to your health, to organization or home chores or work responsibilities.

A routine can also keep things on track when life happens, and you must go to plan B. Routines can help you refocus and make decisions about priorities or even help you manage time and self-care when stuff happens in your life.

For me having a routine keeps the important a priority for me and allows me to not get stuck or take steps backwards. Because it contains items, I need to do to support myself such as meditation or things I will lose sight of in the busyness of the day like clean my purse and water my plants. These are things that keep me organized and resilient even when work or other items cause me to redirect.

Here is an example from my routine: [Read more…] about Living with Routine

Two Weeks In….

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We are just about two weeks in to the New Year.

How are you doing with your resolution(s)?

When we set goals (resolutions), we often think that that achieving them, especially health goals that involve food choices, is a matter of willpower which turns into “won’t power”.

Willpower or won’t power doesn’t work in the long run. What works in the long run is making choices daily that moves you toward your goal. And then continuing to make those choices to maintain that healthy lifestyle.

A life coach can help support you in achieving your goals. Contact me to arrange for a free 30-minute introductory session. Make the choice to succeed with your resolution and support yourself with life coaching.

 

Clutter Busting: Choose to Become Unstuck

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According to www.thefreedictionary.com the word stuck (as I am using it) is defined as:

Adj. 1. stuck – caught or fixed; “stuck in the mud”
unstuck – free; “a man with a mule got my car unstuck”; “the gears locked in second and would not come unstuck”
2. stuck – baffled; “this problem has me completely stuck”

When we have a cluttered mind, body or space, we are often stuck or feel caught with no way out.

You can choose to become unstuck by:
• Creating a vision for your life.
• Believing you can achieve your dreams.
• Taking action including daily practices.
• Making daily choices.

If you are feeling stuck, contact me for a free 30 minute introductory session to see if working with me (a life coach) can help you become unstuck.

Clutter Busting: It’s a Journey Not a Destination

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What happens when you achieve a goal?

For many of us (me included), we aim and hit the goal and then we are done. This allows us to revert to our old habits. We must rethink our goals not as a destination but a journey. This will help us to continue healthy habits or maintain the achievement.

So, as you set your goals and intentions this summer, think about what daily practice(s) you need to choose to help you achieve and maintain the achievement.

Clutter Busting: Time Management

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With so many activities and responsibilities surrounding the holidays, time can get away from us especially if you are already a person who is frequently late for appointment, meetings or gatherings.

Here are some tips for getting places on time:

  • Review your checklist and calendar each morning and mid-day so you don’t have to trust your memory and so you keep your appointments as well as your tasks a priority.
  • Set an alarm for 30 minutes prior to when you need to leave.
  • While it is nice to cross something off your list, skip that last task prior to leaving. It will be there when you come back to it. Just write it down so you can mentally move on prioritize getting to your event on time.
  • Pad your estimated time for tasks. Most people under plan the time needed to accomplish tasks and, therefore, run behind or plan too many in one day.
  • Plan ahead. You never know when you might get stuck in traffic so pad your time estimates for travel even if GPS says travel time is 30 minutes.

While you can’t change time, you can change the decisions you make and that can help you be on time more frequently than not.

Try it this holiday season so you can be on time for all the festivities.