Many of us are spending our lives hurtling along at 100mph, forever trying to get all the stuff done that we believe has to be done each day. And before you know it you get stuck in the same old same old ground hog style day and then another year has whizzed by.
Would it hurt to stop, even for just five minutes?
'Oh if only I had the time,' I know you've just thought. Well just imagine you met your 80 year old self. Where would they be living? What would they look like? What would they be saying about their life? Would they be content that they'd lived it? Or would they be full of regret for not relaxing more, spending time with friends and family or going to new places? Which one do you think will be you if you carried on with your current lifestyle and habits?
Well, the good news is that there is a very good chance that you haven't reached 80 just yet, so you can start making changes in your life. And yes, EVERYONE, can make changes in their life, even just small ones.
So just stop for five minutes...and have a think. What would you like to change or make time to do? Write yourself a list using the following headings: family, career, health, adventure, finances and education. For example:
Family: spend time with family each weekend
Career: ask for a promotion at work
Health: exercise twice a week
Adventure: book holiday to Disneyland
Finances: put away 10% of everything I earn
Education: learn Italian
Then write next to it one action you could do to be one step nearer achieving it. For example:
Family: spend time with family each weekend – purchase tickets to cinema
Career: ask for a promotion at work – arrange a meeting with my boss
Health: exercise twice a week – arrange game of squash with friend and attend a fitness class
Adventure: book holiday to Disneyland – go and pick up a brochure
Finances: put away 10% of everything I earn – set up a savings account
Education: learn Italian – buy a cd course
I am personally finding this a great way to achieve all sorts of things in different areas of your life. Not just big things like booking a dream holiday and buying a new car, but also stuff you keep putting off like tiling the bathroom or clearing out the loft!
And how am I doing this? Well with the help of a goal achievement program called The Magic 100, written by fitness expert Dax Moy. It's about writing a list of 100 things you would like to achieve in 100 days and taking daily action towards achieving as many of the goals as you can.
100 I hear you say? But that sounds like a lot and I have enough to do already!
But, it's just about taking whatever steps needed to be one step nearer all those things you need to do and always wanted to do. You get to grade them as A, I will achieve, to C, nice to achieve. Now I know I'm not going achieve all 100 of my goals, but I'm aiming to take at least one action for each of them in the 100 days.
To read all about the Magic 100 and purchase a copy for yourself, click here*
So forget goal SETTING, go goal GETTING and start living the life you will be proud to talk about when you're 80 years old!
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