....So you think you can't fit it all into your life? If you're careful you can, I promise you. There are a few steps you must follow in order to fit all of the important things into your life and your schedule.
The first thing you need to do is set clear goals. I learned a lot about goal setting from the legendary Anthony Robbins. He says that in order to reach your goals, you have to get clear about what you actually want. Makes sense, right? If you're not clear about what you need to accomplish, you won't accomplish anything.
In order to set good, attainable goals for yourself, first you need to have a few categories from which to choose. I'm going to give you a few categories and once you get going, you'll want to add one or two of your own.
1. Physical
2. Financial
3. Home
4. Relationships
5. Work
These are in no order, whatsoever. So choose the one you that sounds most important to you.
If you choose Physical: First, you should take stock of where you are. Are you over weight? Are you a great weight but need to be more toned? Are you toned and fit, but want to make sure your heart is healthy? In this area you might want to get in really great shape - who doesn't. Should you join a gym? Will you go? You'll have to fit it into you schedule. Maybe you just need to go for a quick run each morning or evening. That will take care of cardio as well as firm things up a bit!
Here's a goal I would set: I want my heart to be healthier, so I need to get more physical. I want to run on my elliptical machine that I desperately needed to purchase a year ago. Since I bought it, I've been using it as a clothes rack. My goal is to get on that thing three times per week. Part of that goal is to get a TV set up in front of it, so I don't just walk away when I get tired or bored. I have a goal of bringing a TV in front of it by the end of the week, so I can start using the elliptical next Monday. After I have the area set up, I will go to my 365 Brilliant Days Planner and choose the three days and times I will put myself on that hideous machine. I will put a good movie in and watch 30 minutes of it at a time so I can look forward to continuing the move the next time I work out. If it's too boring and I hate it, I'll schedule to go out running instead. There. Goal set and recorded in my planner.
Would you choose Financial as your goal?: My goal would be to get debt free as soon as possible. I cannot set an exact date until I sit down with all of my bills and create a budget. I'll write down all of the bills and the balances on each one. I'll choose which one to pay off first and focus on that one as much as possible until it's gone, while still paying on the others as well. Once that one is gone, I'll focus on the next. Then the next, then the next. I'll write each payday into my planner and remind myself of which bill I'm continuing to focus on. I may even add up the entire balance of all of my debt and write a new list each payday - if it's not too depressing!!! But keeping track of it in my planner will help keep me focused on it so I don't forget and decide a new pair of Louboutin's would be more important!!!
Maybe you choose to set a goal for your Home: Note your days off. Make a list of everything in your wildest dreams that you'd like to re-do in your home. Start plugging those things into you planner on your days off. Not all at once. Just one or two things on each day. After a while, all of the things you wanted to do will be done. You've scheduled them. You're going to work on them. They will get completed.
Relationships?: Have you been neglecting people who are important to you? I'm guilty of this. Make a goal of contacting one person every other day. Mom, Dad, best friend, new friend, old friend, relative. Do not underestimate the value of your relationships. This is an important goal for everyone to set. Write who you want to call/email/write into your planner. Don't think of it as heartless because its written on paper. It is a reminder.
Remember our friend Albert Einstein: Don't waste time trying to remember things you can write down and look up later!
Last goal to discuss for now: WORK. That four letter word. Do you have your dream job? Are you happy to go to work each day? They say do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life again. Are you doing what you love? We'll talk more about this soon. For now, make a few notes about what your dream job would look like. What do you love to do so much that you'd do it for free?? I think we'd better come back to this one. For now, schedule some time for yourself in your planner to sit down quietly and think about your job. Think about what you love about it, what you hate about it. What you'd rather be doing. Pretend it's a perfect world and you can do anything you want. Get the juices flowing.....
You don't need to know exactly every move you're going to make in every area. You just need to get started. Each month, in our 365 Planners we'll be re evaluating our goals to see where we need to modify them. You will reach a goal and need to find something else! I promise that will happen to you!
Your first goal is just to get started. Get thinking. Get writing. Get going. No commitments, just ideas about your perfect, dream life!!
Get a beautiful glass of Champagne (or your beverage of choice).
We're about to start celebrating every day!!!........
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