Create Your Dream Life: One Step At a Time
You can create your dream life easier than you think.
This method will lead you to Your Very Excellent Life.
In my previous article, "Reduce Stress By Knowing Your Life's Direction And How To Measure Your Progress," I explained the process of finding exactly where you are in every area of your life.
Remember making your life assessment in these areas: physical health, emotional health, relationships, money matters, spirituality, fun and recreation, self image, living in the now? Go back to that assessment now.
You easily see the gap between where you are (on a scale of 1-10) vs.
living Your Very Excellent Life with a 10 in all areas.
Now you get to move forward toward that end goal truly living in happiness by creating your dream life.
Before you feel too overwhelmed to proceed thinking there is just no way to move from where you are no to where you want to be, the gaps being too wide to overcome without doing way too much work, take a deep breath and continue reading.
Feel more relaxed now? Great.
Now choose one (note I said just one) area of your life to improve.
Got it? You can choose one with a high number or you can choose one with a low number.
Your decision.
Okay.
Now that you know which area to change first look at that present number rating (on that 1-10 scale).
Now determine what single activity you can do, starting right now, that will raise your rating number by just 1-1.
5 points.
You see change happens incrementally.
When you make one little change you stick to it far more easily than you ever would if you tried to leap up by 2, 3, 4 or even more points at a time.
You can do anything if it fits into your life right? And if you can do it without stressing out, without exhausting yourself and without frustrating yourself because the task appears too difficult for you.
What do I mean? Let's say you want to begin to get healthier by taking care of your body.
Right now you rate your physical health at a 6.
You choose to eliminate eating bedtime snacks for one month.
Each night when you find yourself doing whatever activity would cause you to grab something to munch on before bed you make a conscious choice to live in the now, in the present moment and distract yourself with an activity that occupies your mind and allows you to forget about eating something you do not really need.
Repeat that behavior every night for 28 days.
Each day you succeed you will increase your motivation to continue that new behavior.
And you will do it without causing yourself pain or feelings of deprivation.
Re-evaluate your rating for your physical health at that time-after establishing your bedtime behavior.
You will notice your health gain of at least 1 point.
Now you will find yourself at a level 7 or even higher.
I know you can do it if you really want to.
You know it too.
So what are you waiting for? Begin it now!
This method will lead you to Your Very Excellent Life.
In my previous article, "Reduce Stress By Knowing Your Life's Direction And How To Measure Your Progress," I explained the process of finding exactly where you are in every area of your life.
Remember making your life assessment in these areas: physical health, emotional health, relationships, money matters, spirituality, fun and recreation, self image, living in the now? Go back to that assessment now.
You easily see the gap between where you are (on a scale of 1-10) vs.
living Your Very Excellent Life with a 10 in all areas.
Now you get to move forward toward that end goal truly living in happiness by creating your dream life.
Before you feel too overwhelmed to proceed thinking there is just no way to move from where you are no to where you want to be, the gaps being too wide to overcome without doing way too much work, take a deep breath and continue reading.
Feel more relaxed now? Great.
Now choose one (note I said just one) area of your life to improve.
Got it? You can choose one with a high number or you can choose one with a low number.
Your decision.
Okay.
Now that you know which area to change first look at that present number rating (on that 1-10 scale).
Now determine what single activity you can do, starting right now, that will raise your rating number by just 1-1.
5 points.
You see change happens incrementally.
When you make one little change you stick to it far more easily than you ever would if you tried to leap up by 2, 3, 4 or even more points at a time.
You can do anything if it fits into your life right? And if you can do it without stressing out, without exhausting yourself and without frustrating yourself because the task appears too difficult for you.
What do I mean? Let's say you want to begin to get healthier by taking care of your body.
Right now you rate your physical health at a 6.
You choose to eliminate eating bedtime snacks for one month.
Each night when you find yourself doing whatever activity would cause you to grab something to munch on before bed you make a conscious choice to live in the now, in the present moment and distract yourself with an activity that occupies your mind and allows you to forget about eating something you do not really need.
Repeat that behavior every night for 28 days.
Each day you succeed you will increase your motivation to continue that new behavior.
And you will do it without causing yourself pain or feelings of deprivation.
Re-evaluate your rating for your physical health at that time-after establishing your bedtime behavior.
You will notice your health gain of at least 1 point.
Now you will find yourself at a level 7 or even higher.
I know you can do it if you really want to.
You know it too.
So what are you waiting for? Begin it now!
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