Take a good look around your life. Can you simplify it in anyway? How cluttered is your house? Your desk? Your schedule? Your bills, 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 efficiently to you need to simplify your life. You need to get rid of all the "junk" in your home that you have to move around for no reason. Right away you should clear yourself a work space in your home. This space needs to be completely yours and clean at all times. This area should be quiet and preferably be somewhere that you can shut a door and work by yourself.
In addition to culling and simplifying your home you should take a good look at the projects that you have committed yourself to. Often in our frantic culture we over-extend ourselves in all aspects of our lives. We say "okay" to lunch with a friend when we really just want to have an afternoon off. We over schedule our kids' schedules and our time since we are responsible for driving the kids around.
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. Both of you deserve to have free time to work on your special goals. By sharing responsibilities as a team you allow each other to have the bliss of working 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. - 15224
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 efficiently to you need to simplify your life. You need to get rid of all the "junk" in your home that you have to move around for no reason. Right away you should clear yourself a work space in your home. This space needs to be completely yours and clean at all times. This area should be quiet and preferably be somewhere that you can shut a door and work by yourself.
In addition to culling and simplifying your home you should take a good look at the projects that you have committed yourself to. Often in our frantic culture we over-extend ourselves in all aspects of our lives. We say "okay" to lunch with a friend when we really just want to have an afternoon off. We over schedule our kids' schedules and our time since we are responsible for driving the kids around.
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. Both of you deserve to have free time to work on your special goals. By sharing responsibilities as a team you allow each other to have the bliss of working 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. - 15224
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When you change your habits, actions and attitude, your whole life 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 life. This site covers topics from leadership, to tax strategies to growing your business and many more. Christina Helwig is an attorney and Vice-President of Wealth Expressions, Inc.
