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January 10, 2018January 5, 2018

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

January 10, 2018January 5, 2018

Self-Care for Women: Making Sure Your Needs Are Met

Self-care can be very difficult for women because times have changed significantly.

Nowadays, most women have many of the same responsibilities as they had fifty years ago, plus they work to make ends meet or because they enjoy pursuing a career.

These intense responsibilities make it more difficult than ever for a woman to take care of her body, mind, and spirit the way that she needs to.

What is Self-Care?

Self-care is what women need to do to take care of themselves holistically on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level.

Self-care for women means getting in touch with her inner self and pampering it.

After all, you deserve to be pampered!

Without taking care of your entire body, mind and spirit, you can literally drive yourself to exhaustion.

Plus, if you lose touch with yourself, then you’re more likely to lose touch with your family, friends, and career.

It’s Time to Make Time

Although it may seem as if time isn’t available, it’s time to make time.

Start with a few minutes of me-time before bed to reflect, pray, or meditate.

First, determine your preferred way to care for yourself before bed.

Maybe you enjoy writing in a journal to write your feelings out and reflect upon those things.

Maybe you feel that listening to music while taking a bubble bath is exactly what you need.

Maybe prayer or meditation helps re-center your soul.

Be sure to give priority to your me-time so you can meet your emotional and spiritual needs.

You want to make sure your own needs are met before trying to meet the needs of others.

After all, how can you effectively meet the needs of others if you can’t even meet your own?

Being a woman, people turn to you for answers.

They turn to you with questions about life, family, career, and just about anything under the sun.

You have to be mentally prepared to take on anything, which is why self-care is very important in your life.

You must be a trustworthy source for yourself before anyone else.

Manage the Stress in your Life

There are numerous demands and responsibilities placed on your shoulders, which can cause crippling stress.

Reducing your stress is crucial for your physical and mental well being.

Managing stress includes doing things such as exercising and enjoying hobbies and other activities.

If you like to work crossword puzzles, work a crossword puzzle!

If you like to play computer games, play computer games!

If you need a girls’ night out, call up your friends and go out! It’s crucial to eliminate as much stress as possible by taking some time to relax and enjoy yourself.

If you’re frustrated at work, work through those frustrations by analyzing the situation and listing the things you can do to make it better.

Just letting the situation sit and simmer is not going to make it any better because it may eventually come to a boil.

If there are situations in your life that need attention, give them attention.

This is another aspect of self-care because you’re making sure you eliminate as much conflict as possible in your life before they consume you.

This is especially important to women because women deal with conflict on a different level than men.

Where some men duke it out on a physical level, women do it more on an emotional level.

You can stand your ground by keeping your body, mind, and spirit healthy.

Paying attention to your own physical, emotional and spiritual needs is paramount to a healthy well-being in today’s world.

When you make self-care a priority, you’re able to fully enjoy your life on all levels.

Be sure to follow these self-care tips in your life. You’ll be glad you did!

How often do you take time to care for yourself?

What do you do to relax?

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January 9, 2018January 5, 2018

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January 9, 2018January 5, 2018

Overcoming Procrastination: Five Simple Ways to Get Up and Go

Procrastination: it’s something a good number of us tend to do, no matter what the task.

We know that putting something off doesn’t help us and it only makes things worse by adding stress to our lives, but knowing this only makes us procrastinate more.

How can you stop this vicious cycle, use your time more effectively, and get your tasks done sooner?

Here are 5 simple ways to get up and go and stop putting off things that must be done for the sake of bittersweet procrastination:

1. Determine why you delay working on your task.

Is it a specific task that you’re putting off, or do you procrastinate everything on your plate?

What is it about this task that stops you from doing it?

Are you scared of failing?

Do you fear that you’ll fall short of what’s expected of you?

Are you just lazy?

Are you resentful of whoever put this obligation upon you?

By evaluating the task, you can better understand what’s holding you back so you can complete the task more efficiently.

2. Make a plan.

When you make a step-by-step plan, you are setting a specific schedule and timeline to complete the task.

Write this plan down on paper.

Writing this list will help you better organize your thoughts and determine the small steps you need to take to accomplish your goals.

Give yourself attainable tasks on a daily, weekly or hourly timetable, as it applies to your situation.

You are less likely to be overwhelmed when you’re faced with small, manageable steps.

3. Be Realistic.

Be realistic about what you can achieve in your plan.

Doing so makes each step clearly attainable and you’ll be less likely to put it off.

Knowing your limits will make your goals seem easier and less of a mountain to climb.

4. Just Begin.

It sounds simple enough, but few heed this simple tip.

Most procrastinators find themselves prone to delaying the start of the task because it seems too overwhelming.

Instead, they stress and worry during the final moments before it’s due.

No matter how large or insurmountable the task may seem, beginning with even a small action will build momentum.

Simply beginning also tends to put the task into perspective and makes it seem more possible than ever.

5. Take Breaks.

Taking scheduled breaks while working on your task refreshes your body and mind.

If you go for a 10-minute walk or work on a Sudoku puzzle, you’ll feel re-energize and you’ll be in a better frame of mind to forge on.

Breaks, while refreshing, should be taken in moderation; you certainly don’t want to use breaks as an excuse to lapse back into procrastination.

Procrastinating is an ugly habit that many of us fall into.

Luckily, this bad habit can be overcome and if you are prone to procrastination you can become more proactive and productive.

Follow these 5 tips, practice them frequently, and with some time and patience you’ll find yourself getting more done, more often.

What can you do today to position yourself toward wealth?

What can you do today to begin the process of getting organized?

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January 8, 2018January 5, 2018

Making Lifestyle Changes Easier

At least 90 out of 100 people would tell you that they do not enjoy change.

Change is not easy because humans are creatures of habit.

You want to continue living in a certain routine once you have conditioned your body and mind to function in that way.

This makes you feel comfortable with your surroundings and decisions.

Even if you don’t like change, there are ways to make healthy lifestyle changes easier.

There are also tools you can use to welcome change into your life, even when you’re entering new uncharted territory.

Here are 3 ways to make lifestyle changes easier for you:

1. Determine Pros and Cons.

If you know you need to make changes in your life and you aren’t looking forward to doing so, you can do a simple exercise that will make the change easier to handle.

Take a sheet of paper, and on one side write “Pros,” and on the other write, “Cons.”

On the corresponding side you will write the pros and the cons of the change so you can see what the benefits and drawbacks might be.

You may realize as you complete this exercise that the very thing holding you back is the fear of change itself.

Seeing the pros and cons will help you realize how it will benefit you to make the change.

This allows you to warm up to the thought that change actually might actually be a good idea!

2. Incorporate the Change Gradually.

Another way to make lifestyle changes easier is to work up to them.

For instance, if the healthy lifestyle changes that you need to make center around ceasing your habit of smoking and drinking you may not want to quit cold turkey; instead you can work up to it.

Stop drinking every night with dinner, and then stop drinking for a few days at a time.

You can do the same thing with smoking so that you aren’t fighting the lifestyle change.

Preparing yourself both physically and mentally helps you to ease the change into your daily routine.

3. Use Affirmations.

Another way to help make lifestyle changes easier is to use positive affirmations.

Positive affirmations are statements that encapsulate the way you would ideally think or behave.

You can either create your own affirmations or look for statements that others have created.

The key is that you find an affirmation that speaks to you.

Words are powerful and, when you repeat the same words over time, they continue to resonate through your mind.

When the words are positive you’ll find that you can tap into the positive thought anytime or anywhere.

If you’re worried about making a healthy lifestyle change, you don’t have to be. Instead, you can remind yourself why you want to change by saying something like, “Change is healthy.

I do not get stuck in the same routines.”

When you repeat this often enough, it becomes your response to the anxiety you feel.

This makes changes easier for you to handle.

Some lifestyle changes are harder than others to become accustomed to even when we desire to make the changes.

Many times just one of these tips will help you to implement the change, while other times you may need to use a variety of methods to feel at ease about the change.

Use the “pro and con” method to see the benefits.

Then bring the change in gradually while you accept it through your affirmations.

These techniques will help you feel confident so you can enjoy the benefits of your new lifestyle.

How do you prepare for change?

What changes do you want to make in your life?

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January 7, 2018January 5, 2018

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. – Stephen Covey

January 7, 2018January 5, 2018

Instant Inspirations for Your Life

Are you lacking inspiration in your life?

Do you forget why you get out of bed in the morning?

Is a lack of inspiration zapping you of all your energy, creativity, and motivation?

If so, you’re not alone.

Many people feel that they are living without inspiration, but they don’t have to.

There are many things around us that can inspire us all to live a better and more positive life.

What are these things?

Unfortunately there is not a “one size fits all” answer to finding your inspiration because it’s different for every person.

Even though your perfect inspiration may be unique, we’ve compiled a list of some great tips to help you find your muse.

Inspirational Sayings Motivate You

Have you ever been told something nice and instantly felt a fire ignite inside of you?

This is called inspiration and it comes in many forms.

Inspirational sayings can help us remember why we need to get out of bed in the morning and why we should be grateful for the lives that we have.

These inspirational sayings often arrive in the form of cards, emails, thoughtful words from friends, and other things of this nature.

You don’t have to rely on someone else to remind you why you are important and passionate.

You can have your own sayings to repeat to yourself every day.

Find Inspiration with Affirmations

A collection of affirmations can act as your inspirational guide.

Affirmations are not just generic sayings or flowery statements like you would read in a greeting card.

Instead, they are concise, positive statements to help you instantly feel better about your life.

Affirmations help you reprogram your mind and alter the course of your life.

You are reaffirming the statement and making it part of who you are every time you say an affirmation out loud.

The positive thoughts in the affirmation replace negative or uninspiring ones that run through your mind.

Affirmations are very effective tools for finding encouragement.

Are you looking for some sayings to affirm the positive in your life?

It’s easier than you think.

Many people have a whole list of affirmations that they repeat to themselves every day.

Other people keep the sayings taped to their bathroom mirror so they see them in the morning.

Others use them as screensavers or wallpapers at work.

Incorporating affirmations into your every day life is easy and gives you a continuing source of inspiration.

You can use affirmations whenever you need them.

You may find it helpful to start out saying them in the morning.

You can also recite them when you are feeling particularly needy for some motivation.

In one of those moments where you may need a little push, for example, you could say something like, “My life is full of peace and happiness,” or “As I let go of dissatisfaction I feel happiness within my life.”

Simple statements like these can rekindle the inspiration in your life.

Affirmations work because they can be personalized to speak to your heart, mind, and soul.

They will give you the inspiration you need to be the best person you can possibly be.

What is your source of motivation?

How can you be inspired everyday?

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