Hi Everyone!
How are those resolutions coming along? If you're trying my 'one thing' concept, then you are working on making small changes on one goal right now.
The idea of doing one goal a month for last year was not a planned event. I just wanted to get my house to be neater and began to work on it. I noticed that by the end of the month, the house was staying much more organized than it ever had and all I had done was to put things back every time I used something and resisted putting something down 'just for now.' The good old 28 days makes a habit rule had kicked in.
As I went along during the month, I used a phrase over and over again until it was as stuck in my head as "It's a Small World" does at Disney (sorry if I just stuck that song in again!). I just said "pick it up, pick it up, pick it up...or put it back, put it back, put it back." I said it often in a kind of sing-song way...and it worked. It's still tucked away in my brain when I go to put something down that i should put away.
Sound too simple?? It is...most strategies that work are very simple. And that's a good thing. Who needs one more complicated, worrisome thing on our plate? It's the same repetition strategy that advertisers use to get their product stuck in our heads.
Give this a try...it's relatively easy and it works. Find a simple phrase to say to yourself as you begin to change that one thing you want to change this January...it could be as simple as "breathe" or "eat slowly" or "stretch" or "smile"....and start to reap the benefits of getting your life to reflect who you really want to be.
PS...Here is a great financial tool for this troubled year. Financial guru Suze Orman has written a book to help us navigate tough times and she is offering it for free on Oprah.com. Click here to download it.
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