New Year, New You – Part 2

You have taken step one and have assessed both your current levels of satisfaction and the amount of energy you devote to each area of life. Now you are ready to consider what your ideal life would look like. Take a look at each category separately and really think about what your ideal would be. The sky is the limit here. Really go for it as you begin to make a list of what your ideal might look like in, say, health & wellness. Make a list.

So under health & wellness, I would list healthy weight, cardiovascular health, healthy diet, regular exercise that is fun. After you make your list, go back over it and ask yourself what qualities you seek. In other words, what qualities would I gain if I obtained my ideal health & wellness. I would gain the qualities confidence, energy, enthusiasm and an over-all feeling of well-being.

Next, ask yourself these questions and journal about the answers:

1. How would you ideally want your time and energy distributed differently among these areas?

2. What would it take for you to feel like you were functioning at a 10 in each area?

3. What thought or belief would you have to give up in order to have a balanced life?

This step is not intended to be completed in one sitting. It takes some time to process the information you excavated from within and integrate that into action. Take one life area a day until you’ve completed the process.

Don’t worry, you can’t do it wrong unless you don’t do it at all. And even then, it’s not wrong, you aren’t wrong. It’s a choice you made for now. You can come back to it, but put in on your calendar so you won’t use “I forgot” as an excuse not to re-visit your work.

Take a deep breath and begin. The hardest step to take is always the first step.

Source by Mary Tucker