This quick and to the point article is from the blog On Simplicity.
- Resign from a commitment you’re not passionate about.
- Stop trying to be perfect.
- Implement a basic cleaning schedule.
- Sign up for automatic billpay.
- Automate a portion of your investing.
- Clean out your media collection and keep only the items you love.
- Plant perennials that will automatically bloom next spring.
- Clean out your purse or wallet.
- Put a paper shredder next to your mail spot.
- Winnow your wardrobe down to pieces that work together.
- Delete any social networking accounts you don’t actually use.
- Add your number to the do-not-call list.
- Create a car maintenance schedule and post it somewhere you’ll see it.
- Design a filing system that you can stick to.
- Start your day with a healthy meal.
- Turn your phone off when you need quiet time.
- Invest in a programmable thermostat.
- Set one good goal, and go achieve it.
- Record your good “shower” ideas and then implement them. (Don’t we all get our best inspirations in the shower?)
- Write to a friend with (gasp!) pen and paper.
- Set limits on your bad habits, and reward yourself when you stick with them.
- Stop trying to be a saint and indulge yourself every once in a while.
- Pay off your credit card debt.
- Avoid watching commercials and reading advertisements.
- Rediscover the pleasure of reading purely for enjoyment.
- Plan two weeks of delicious meals ahead of time and skip the nightly grocery run.
- Go to your doctor for a preventative checkup.
- Remember the joys of doing nothing.
- Singletask as much as possible.
- Learn to ask for help.
My daughter and I just transformed inexpensive composition books into personal Gratitude and Life List journals this past weekend. She returned to grad school yesterday. I found your blog today and have sent her the URL for it.
Comparing today’s entry with the Jan. 5th entry has inspired me to create two Life lists: Now and Soon. The Now lists resembles today’s entry in that it is a near cousin to a Resolutions list but has attainable, measurable goals that I can begin implementing in the morning. Accomplishing these will provide immediate feel-good energy that can sustain me while I work towards the Soon/Later list.
The Soon list (or Later for those a bit younger than me) is practical or transformation goals that may need several steps to achieve but are quite do-able and long-desired. Accomplishing these goals may require more money, skill or time than I think I have now, but writing them down will give my subconscious something to resolve and pull me towards and my conscious mind something to look forward to while I am being lifted by my Now list goals.
Thank you for developing and publishing this blog. I am looking forward to reading more entries.
I just stopped by your blog and thought I would say hello. I like your site design. Looking forward to reading more down the road.
What a lovely idea you both had. I like your Now and Soon (or Now and Later!) journals and I hope you find them to really help you live your fullest life. Thank you for sharing with us! And I look forward to your many returns!