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Life Will Always Get In The Way Of Your Goals

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Life Will Always Get In The Way Of Your Goals

I needed to write today. It felt like an overwhelming urge that had to be addressed, but when I opened up the program on my computer I drew a blank because I had no idea of what it was I wanted to write about.

Lately I’ve been writing a lot about productivity – maybe because I’ve been feeling that my productivity isn’t where I want it to be, which is true. It’s like I’ve been searching for ideas to enhance my own productivity and sharing those ideas and experiences with you.

But today I don’t want to write about productivity because it’s on my mind that life has just been getting in the way. [Read more…] about Life Will Always Get In The Way Of Your Goals

How To Get Started (Even When You’re Scared)

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How To Get Started (Even When You’re Scared)

You could be reading this during the 2020/21 pandemic or maybe (hopefully) by the time you read this, we’ve all moved on and life has returned to normal, but whenever you’re reading it, you came here because something is stopping you from getting started on that ‘thing’ that’s important to you.

You might be feeling compelled to make a start whilst also resisting. You’re frustrated, even angry with yourself for not getting on with the work or for procrastinating. But most of all, you’re sad. You know there’s an important part of you that needs to be surfaced, but right now, it still hasn’t seen the light.

So what’s causing this lack of action and, more importantly, what can you do about it? [Read more…] about How To Get Started (Even When You’re Scared)

How To Prioritise The Most Important Things In Life

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How To Prioritise The Most Important Things In Life

This is the second of a two-part blog looking at prioritising. Last week we looked at how to figure out what are our real priorities. In this blog, we’ll be looking at how to actually use those findings to prioritise the most important things we should work on each and every day. Ahead of all the emergencies, drama and trivia that comes out way!

Firstly, let me say that I fully appreciate that it’s often not easy to prioritise our needs ahead of those of the people we love. It can often feel selfish or even ignorant to take care of our own needs first, whilst we know that someone is wanting to spend time with us or just needs their laundry doing!

But, learning to prioritise the most important things and then actually working on them, will still leave you with enough energy to get the other stuff sorted to. [Read more…] about How To Prioritise The Most Important Things In Life

The Quote Series: 5 Quotes To Inspire Your Future

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5 Quotes To Inspire Your Future

Having our future isn’t a given, although we all take for granted the idea that our lives will stretch out into the future, affording us the time, energy and resources to do the things we want to do ‘someday’. But it’s an often repeated cliché that the only time we really have is now.

But what does that really mean for us?

For me, being aware of my ‘now’ and how that, through my daily actions and lack of action, is creating my future produces an awareness of what I’m doing, and how it is leading me in one direction or another. And most importantly, is that direction the way I want to go?

With this in mind, I went in search of some quotes that would help us define and really live our ‘nows’ so that our futures become the space and reality we would like them to be. And, if our future turns out to be more terminal than we had anticipated, by living the message of these quotes, we will at the very least have lived a life that was worth celebrating.

Aubrey Hepburn

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

I love this eclectic mix of beliefs from Aubrey Hepburn. It reminds me to go with my own particular oddities and not to worry about what others think. It also reminds me that I can let go of the things that don’t serve me on any particular day, wake up tomorrow and start afresh. We all need this reminder sometimes.

For a bit of fun, I decided to rewrite Audrey’s quote using my own words. What do you think?

I believe in sky-blue. I believe that laughing is the best antidote to negativity. I believe in kissing, but I believe in hugging even more. I believe in being strong but that there is strength in vulnerability. I believe that there is power in the laughter of children. I believe that tomorrow is another day and miracles appear when you’re ready to see them.

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Time in Pictures

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Time…we all want more of it, but it’s the one thing that’s finite for all of us.  Consequently, how we use our time is of the utmost importance!  So today, in pictures, are a few time perspectives.  Enjoy 🙂

 

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5 Ways You Are Cheating Your Future Self

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There’s a price to pay for everything. Every choice and action we make, along with every action we choose not to take we are giving up something else in that moment. This is the price we must all pay.

Sometimes when we pay the price, it is an immediate trade off, for example, when we literally hand over money for the new jacket we’ve just bought. This type of decision is the easy, obvious and tangible where the effect is in the now.

But what of those decisions we make where the trade-off isn’t tangible…at least, not now. Instead we will see the effects of our choices (actions and lack of action) in the distant future.

There is often a tendency to opt for a so-called ‘easy life’ by always putting off the inevitable work. The problem is that we fail to see that even in the mundane there is work to be done to stave off the long-term effects of short term gratification. Whether we like it or not, if we don’t do what what’s necessary in the moment, we will pay the price in the future.

As they say, ‘youth is wasted on the young’ and nowhere is this more apparent than in the short-term decisions made with no view to the future. But unfortunately, it’s not just the ‘young’, as this tendency for short term decision making can continue well beyond our youth.

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