***insert panicked screaming, arms flailing, chaos, mayhem*** or just know the end of the year is coming I'm taking a look at the goals I set for this year and see if I tweak my schedule, can I wrap some of those tasks up quickly? I'm not going to accomplish everything and that's ok. It's actually a bit by design. I want to try to achieve more th…
Read moreIf you aren't aware, Spring Cleaning is one of my favorite things. I wrote about it here . Everything that applies to Spring Cleaning applies to the Fall. Working with that though, we are drawing to an end for the year. If you stop now and take inventory, are there ways that you can achieve your goals for this year? Are there ways that you can end the yea…
Read moreIf you didn't know balance is a myth. If there was balance, we would see that reflected in nature. We don't. We have droughts. We have floods. And if we look at a broader time period, we will see balance. We will see floods that balance out droughts. This is the same with our lives and punishing yourself over and over again for failing to create an ab…
Read moreSometimes we need to manufacture some motivation. I wrote a bit about this with the review of The 12 Week Year . I wasn't a huge fan of the book, but I think it might be the best example of manufactured motivation. Basically, we want to use something external to us to achieve a goal. Before the kids go back to school, I want to... By Halloween... By Thanksgiv…
Read moreSome ideas on how to break your goals out into baby steps. Like baby, baby steps. Baby Dingle baby steps? Let's see who the cool kids are with that one... Run a 5 K Run a mile Run a half mile Run a quarter mile Walk 30 minutes Walk 15 minutes Walk 10 minutes Walk 5 minutes Walk to your mailbox Put your shoes on and walk to your front door Lose 50lbs Lose 40lbs…
Read moreNo need to read this. This is something I am writing to myself as the little bitch inside me needs to hear this. No, I am not disparaging myself. I got my 100% bad bitch self. And I have my little bitch self. You got a little bitch self? Not sure? Do you ever minimize yourself? Do you do things you know you shouldn't that set you up for failure? Like In…
Read moreDeveloping unwavering faith in yourself is vital in successful goal achievement and is critical when you are pushing yourself further than you have before. When you set goals that aren't probable, unwavering faith becomes a powerful ally! To begin developing unwavering faith you need to make sure you that you are being truthful in your proclamations . …
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