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Ten Tip to Dramatically Improve Your Life In One Week
Keep in mind that if you want dramatic improvement, you've got to take dramatic steps. Clear some space off your calendar and dive in. I guarantee results!
- Identify and write down 10 things in your life that you are putting up with – tolerating. Perhaps it is a dirty car, a phone call that needs to be returned, a stack of papers to file, a missing button . . . . Choose 10 things that you can commit to eliminating this week and get started! You will be amazed at how good it feels!
- Take 15 minutes each day to do absolutely nothing. That's right – hide the "to do" list, put down the book, unplug your phone, and unplug yourself. Let those around you know that you are "checking out" for 15 minutes. Sit on your favorite park bench, relax in a comfy chair, lie in the grass and gaze up at the clouds. This quiet and stillness will dramatically affect your level of clarity about your life.
- Unplug the VCR, and while you’re at it, unplug the TV as well. No ifs, ands, or buts. Just do it for one whole week.
- Do something good for your body each day. With intention, step out of, beyond, your normal routine. Take a long steamy bath, go for a long walk, get a massage. Perhaps you'll want to sample something new each day. I can just hear you saying, "I don't have time." The fact is, if you make it a priority, the time will appear.
- Make a list of 50 things that make you smile, and keep it close at hand to revisit often.
- Be spontaneous! Just one time (or more if you like) be truly spontaneous. Drop the “shoulds” overboard, raise your sails to catch the wind, and go for it!
- Be incredibly selfish for one whole week. In other words – practice extreme self-care. Seem ridiculous? No, not at all. Perhaps you need reminding that the only way to be fully present for those around you is to take great care of yourself. Say NO a few more times than usual, spend time with friends who make you feel really good, stretch the box a bit in terms of what you want for yourself this week.
- Notice what you "react" to. It is the first step toward developing a high level of self-awareness. Recognize your "symptoms of reaction" – your tone of voice changing, interrupting someone else, your heart racing, etc. Being in reaction is a sure fire way to shut down a conversation. You simply cannot hear because your walls of defense are way up there. A huge shift begins to happen when you see the reaction coming.
- Make one phone call or write one letter to reconnect with someone you have been thinking about. Talk about a great source for that warm fuzzy feeling!
- Grab a few minutes of alone time to ask yourself the following questions: What if there were no limitations on what I could be, do and have in my life? What if I could masterfully design and live the ultimate life? What would it look like? Where would I live? What would my life's work be? Whom would I be with? Fill this blank canvas with colors, textures and vivid details, all the while feeling this ideal scene on an emotional level. Am I actually saying that going through this process will change your life this week? Ahhh, yes! You see, by getting very clear about what, in your heart of hearts, you'd like your life to be like, you have planted powerful and potentially prolific seeds of possibility in your life!