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How To Create A Life You Want To Live

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Simple Tips To Create A Life You Want To Live

You will only ever live the life you create for yourself, but it’s often hard to accept that reality. In fact, I think most of us struggle to accept that the life we’re living right now is the life we’ve actually created for ourselves…warts and all, as they say.

The trouble is that most of us only see the warts. In other words, we only see what’s wrong with our lives and fail to see that in fact, a lot of our life is ok, if not great.

And that kind of creates the duality of what I want to explore in this blog post.

How can you create a life you actually want to live whilst simultaneously accepting that some (possibly a lot) of this present reality that you’ve created is actually what you want? [Read more…] about How To Create A Life You Want To Live

How To Stick With Your Goals

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How To Stick With Your Goals and Plans

We would all be over achievers if we were able to do the things we said we were going to do, on a consistent basis.

Indeed, the bookshelves would be devoid of diet books and productivity books would be unheard of, but this just isn’t the case.

Instead you can get hold of books on any self-improvement subject you want, because, for all of us, wanting something and actually following through on our commitment to achieve that thing can be illusive.

Regrettably, I’m not immune to this phenomenon.

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My Personal Goals Progress Update for July & August 2019

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My Personal Goals Progress Update for July & August 2019

As you know, I set, go public on and report my personal goals progress annually.  This is an exercise I have been doing since 2015 and as a result I have seen a significant improvement in my achievements and in the areas of my life where I choose to focus.  You can click these links to read My 2018 Goals and my monthly progress updates for 2018 if you want to know how things went last year 🙂 (it wasn’t plain sailing!).

As in previous years, I’ve used the Wheel of Life template to get a visual representation of where I am now.  This helps me prioritise the areas that need most attention or that I’m most drawn to, as trying to work on things that don’t interest me or serve no real purpose will see my motivation dwindle to nothing very quickly!

For those of you who are familiar with my 2018 goals, then you will see some common ground here.  Some goals, although progressed, weren’t completed last year, so I’ve picked them up again for further action in 2019.

I’ve also considered which goals are public and which ones will remain private, so even though you see a list of goals here, I also have a number of other goals that (for now, at least) will remain private.

So here we go… 🙂 [Read more…] about My Personal Goals Progress Update for July & August 2019

5 Ways To Improve Your Life

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5 Ways To Improve Your Life

As I pondered whether to write about ways to improve your life, I was hesitant, because of course, the subject is huge! So big in fact, that if you google it, you’ll returns billions of results!!

That’s a lot of people out there trying to find ways to improve their lives.

The chances are, that like me, you are one of them. And why wouldn’t you be? Who doesn’t want more fun and fulfilment in their lives?

But that still left me with the question of what exactly to write about, so in the end I plumped for 5 things that, if I were asked, would be things I’d like to improve in my life. Frankly, it was an easy place to start.

I haven’t written these things in any particular order, because there is no particular order as to how they apply to you or me. I’m also mindful of the fact that as you improve one area of your life, it will spill over into other areas and you will be drawn to make further improvements in other aspects of your life.

So, as you read through the list, just pick out the one that appeals to you the most and get to work. Don’t overthink it, don’t analyse or reflect for too long. Just pick an action and get moving…that’s how things change. [Read more…] about 5 Ways To Improve Your Life

Getting Back To Planning Your Days

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Getting Back To Planning Your Days

It’s that time of year when, between taking holidays and the kids being off school, you’re out of whack with your usual routine. Planning your days goes out of the window and you either wing it day to day or run a different hastily put together schedule that merges all your changed responsibilities.

But, as time goes on, you find yourself becoming more and more frustrated. Initially you might not even realise why you feel frustrated, after all, you’re super busy keeping everyone else occupied and happy, ferrying people around, dealing with their issues.

And then… bang! That’s when it hits you…you’re not doing any of the things that are actually important to you and your self-care or self-fulfilment! [Read more…] about Getting Back To Planning Your Days

My Personal Goals Progress Update for June 2019

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My Personal Goals Progress Update for June 2019

As you know, I set, go public on and report my personal goals progress annually.  This is an exercise I have been doing since 2015 and as a result I have seen a significant improvement in my achievements and in the areas of my life where I choose to focus.  You can click these links to read My 2018 Goals and my monthly progress updates for 2018 if you want to know how things went last year 🙂 (it wasn’t plain sailing!).

As in previous years, I’ve used the Wheel of Life template to get a visual representation of where I am now.  This helps me prioritise the areas that need most attention or that I’m most drawn to, as trying to work on things that don’t interest me or serve no real purpose will see my motivation dwindle to nothing very quickly!

For those of you who are familiar with my 2018 goals, then you will see some common ground here.  Some goals, although progressed, weren’t completed last year, so I’ve picked them up again for further action in 2019.

I’ve also considered which goals are public and which ones will remain private, so even though you see a list of goals here, I also have a number of other goals that (for now, at least) will remain private.

So here we go… 🙂 [Read more…] about My Personal Goals Progress Update for June 2019