Take a good look around your life. Are you living efficiently? Can you simplify the processes you use to complete your daily activities? How cluttered is your house? Your office? Your schedule? Your finances, etc.
Simplification eases the stress that normal life places on you. When you simplify you are clearing away pressures and or items that get in your way of functioning. You cannot think clearly and focus on your goals if you are stumbling over items in your office, laundry, piles of mail or a stack of "stuff" that you do not actually need to keep.
To have a clear mind and the freedom to use your time to your best advantage you need to simplify your life. You need to get rid of all the "stuff" in your house that you have to move back and forth for no reason. One of your very first goals should be to clear yourself a work space in your home. This space needs to be totally yours and it needs to be clean at all times. This space should also be quiet and preferably be somewhere that you can shut a door and work alone.
You should also take a hard long look at the projects that you have committed yourself to. Often in our crazy productivity-obsessed culture we over-extend ourselves in all aspects of our lives. We say "sure" to dinner dates with a friend when we really just want to have an afternoon off. We over work our kids' schedules and our time since we are responsible for driving the kids around, buying stuff for all the teams they participate on, etc.
What have you said yes too lately that you don't really want to do? Make a list of all your activities and cross off ones that are not important to you. This includes doing things like the grocery shopping. In many cities you can pay a small fee and have all your groceries ordered online and delivered to you. The hour and a half to two hours you used to spend at the grocery store can now be spent working on your purpose. Continue with this activity until you free up over 15 hours a week to spend working on your goals.
If you are living with a significant other see if the chores are evenly spread between you and your partner. If they are not - redistribute them evenly or hire someone to do the things that you hate doing. Or trade time with a friend for something they do well and you do poorly. Both you and your partner deserve to have free time to work on your goals. Working as a team allows each of you to have time to work on projects that are important to each of you. Your spouse will be much happier and so will you.
An area that always needs serious attention is your finances. Are there items in your budget that you really do not need at the present moment? Are you paying for cable channels that you do not even watch? How about your home phone and cell phone? Do you actually use both? Can you switch car insurance to save money? How much food are you buying that just ends up being thrown away? If the family won't eat broccoli then don't buy it.
Please do not misunderstand the purpose of this exercise. Simplifying is purely to take pressure off your systems: mental and financial. The extra money that you "find" once you have simplified you will use to work towards your goals. Whereas before you believed that you could not afford to spend anything on your goals . . . simplification will start to give you room in your budget to afford to start putting money towards your purpose. Even if it you can only find $100 a month to spend on working towards your purpose that is a great start. Over time you will continue to make choices and decide whether a night out on the town or putting that money towards your purpose is the right decision. - 16928
Simplification eases the stress that normal life places on you. When you simplify you are clearing away pressures and or items that get in your way of functioning. You cannot think clearly and focus on your goals if you are stumbling over items in your office, laundry, piles of mail or a stack of "stuff" that you do not actually need to keep.
To have a clear mind and the freedom to use your time to your best advantage you need to simplify your life. You need to get rid of all the "stuff" in your house that you have to move back and forth for no reason. One of your very first goals should be to clear yourself a work space in your home. This space needs to be totally yours and it needs to be clean at all times. This space should also be quiet and preferably be somewhere that you can shut a door and work alone.
You should also take a hard long look at the projects that you have committed yourself to. Often in our crazy productivity-obsessed culture we over-extend ourselves in all aspects of our lives. We say "sure" to dinner dates with a friend when we really just want to have an afternoon off. We over work our kids' schedules and our time since we are responsible for driving the kids around, buying stuff for all the teams they participate on, etc.
What have you said yes too lately that you don't really want to do? Make a list of all your activities and cross off ones that are not important to you. This includes doing things like the grocery shopping. In many cities you can pay a small fee and have all your groceries ordered online and delivered to you. The hour and a half to two hours you used to spend at the grocery store can now be spent working on your purpose. Continue with this activity until you free up over 15 hours a week to spend working on your goals.
If you are living with a significant other see if the chores are evenly spread between you and your partner. If they are not - redistribute them evenly or hire someone to do the things that you hate doing. Or trade time with a friend for something they do well and you do poorly. Both you and your partner deserve to have free time to work on your goals. Working as a team allows each of you to have time to work on projects that are important to each of you. Your spouse will be much happier and so will you.
An area that always needs serious attention is your finances. Are there items in your budget that you really do not need at the present moment? Are you paying for cable channels that you do not even watch? How about your home phone and cell phone? Do you actually use both? Can you switch car insurance to save money? How much food are you buying that just ends up being thrown away? If the family won't eat broccoli then don't buy it.
Please do not misunderstand the purpose of this exercise. Simplifying is purely to take pressure off your systems: mental and financial. The extra money that you "find" once you have simplified you will use to work towards your goals. Whereas before you believed that you could not afford to spend anything on your goals . . . simplification will start to give you room in your budget to afford to start putting money towards your purpose. Even if it you can only find $100 a month to spend on working towards your purpose that is a great start. Over time you will continue to make choices and decide whether a night out on the town or putting that money towards your purpose is the right decision. - 16928
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When you change your habits, actions and attitude, your whole world will change. Set aside a few moments each day to work on your goals. Click here to learn about how to increase your income and create wealth in your world. This site covers topics from leadership, to tax strategies to growing your business and lot's more. Christina Helwig is an attorney and VP of Wealth Expressions, Inc.
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