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The Power to Reshape Your Life
January 26, 2015 by 1 Comment
We each have a decision to make daily to progress and make positive changes, or to remain the same and regress. In order to avoid remaining in the same state or shape, moving backward, or reverting to an earlier or less advanced state in our life, we each must choose to get up and take the necessary steps to reshape our life.
1. Make a decision about what you want
What do you desire for your life? What are you hoping to become? What do you believe will change your life for the better? Examine your health, appearance, relationships, education, career, extra-curricular activities, who you are sowing into, and who is sowing into you. Does your current state in life align with what you truly value? As you examine your life and everyday experience, does it reveal or reflect your goals, desires, passion, and interests? What needs to change?
2. Change your thinking
Consider how you got to where you currently are. Get rid of your previous ways of thinking, possible selfish attitudes, and be open to new ways of looking at the world around you. If you are desiring or craving changes, your previous outlook or view has not resulted in the life or experience you desire. Be committed to reading, listening to, or learning something new everyday. New information and systems of belief are needed to create new habits and new life experiences. If you are not seeing change, don’t blame what is outside of you for work you have not done or won’t do within you. No one can control what enters your mind and and what is birthed from your spirit and life but you. It’s never too late to change the way you think. Make a decision to learn something new and transform your mind today.
3. Get emotionally healthy.
Emotional health and well-being will allow you to remain focused to complete your daily tasks and enable you to fulfill your life purpose. Grow beyond your broken heart, rise above what others have done to you, make a decision to excel and fly anyway. Refuse to abort your destiny. You are going to need to be open to meaningful relationships, partnering with and learning from others to achieve your dreams and goals. Emotional baggage makes this nearly impossible. Decide to seek out a professional for counseling if necessary, start to journal, begin meditating, be willing to do the work. Whatever it takes, make a decision today to regain your emotional health.
4. Develop a plan
How are you going to get to your desired destination? Who are you going to partner with and learn from in order to develop the habit or life you want? Write down your vision and what you intend to do. Break that vision down into actual steps you are going to take. Implement your plan one step, one change at a time. Be certain that the vision is something you are on fire about, and that the plan of action is one that you will enjoy. No one wants to get up each day and dread their schedule, plan of action, and to do list. You are the only one with the power to make choices and daily decisions to make sure your life and schedule includes what you enjoy and are passionate about.
5. Change your actions
What actions got you to where you are? What have you been doing with your time each day? You have to change what you do in order to reshape each area of your life. If you do not like the current state of anything about your life, you have to make a change or it will remain the same. This means you will likely have to step out of your comfort zone. Once you develop a willingness to press beyond your current level of comfort, consistency is required to reshape your life so be determined to take action daily. Whether you desire to lose weight, regain your health, start a business, write a book, meet a financial goal or learn another language. You are going to have to take action daily to see the manifestation of your goal. Schedule your actions. Make them rhythmic and habitual. Be sure that your daily routine reflects what you say you desire to accomplish. Create a system of tracking and accountability through a checklist, spreadsheet or journal to track what you are doing and accomplishing daily. Send a message to your mind, body, spirit, and the world that you will achieve what you set out to do through your commitment to daily action to reach your goals. It’s time to move into your destiny. Make the necessary changes, decide to plan your work and work your plan, and start today!
Reshape your mind, reshape your body, reshape your spirit. Get results. To have a program designed to help you make changes and an accountability partner on your journey, hire a coach today.
Love and blessings,
Marla
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Get Organized In Every Room
January 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Developing a system and good habits are essential steps in creating a clean and organized home. So today I want to share with you some of my favorite organizing tips, strategies, and ideas.
1. Make it enjoyable
To make a habit of implementing your cleaning and organization system, you must make it an enjoyable experience. First, find a way to keep your end goal in mind. Create a vision board filled with images of the type of environment in your home that you are going to create. Keep the end goal in mind at all times. Next, fill your home with your favorite scent before you start cleaning. Wonderful aromas can be very motivating to make the look of your home match the amazing scent. Finally, turn on your favorite motivational music as you clean. Music can be very energizing and can help to increase your motivation to finish the task at hand.
2. Learn from others
Developing organizational skills does not require you to start from scratch. You do not have to re-invent the wheel. You can obtain organizing inspiration, storage and organizing ideas from various books, magazines, blogs, and websites. There are many great ideas for cleaning and organizing along with instructions for how to reach your goals available to you at your finger tips.
3. Chart your progress
Having a chart or daily to-do list to mark off as you move from one task and from one room to another can help you feel more accomplished and keep you motivated.
4. Take one step at a time
Organizing and cleaning one’s home can feel like an overwhelming task when one begins. However, if you commit to taking one step at a time or starting in one small corner of a room and moving around the room to the other side until it is complete, then the task of cleaning and organizing can begin to feel much less overwhelming.
All of our homes are different, therefore we each have to figure out exactly what systems and habits are best for us. However, we can learn from others, develop a clear plan, make adjustments as necessary, and commit today to taking the first step to seeing a clean, orderly, and organized home manifest and become a reality. If any room or task feels overwhelming, break it down into smaller tasks on your to do list. As you mark off each action you have completed, you will feel much more accomplished at the end of each day. Know as you embark upon this journey, know that you are fully capable. Create your to-do list, pick one small task, and complete it right now. You will then be one step closer to your ultimate goal.
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