Designing a new life

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Good morning, did you wake up this morning ready to get stuck into those new projects, plans and ideas that you have had? Or have you only just found the kettle after a night of hard partying?

I know it's the holiday season, but if you are serious about getting more out of your lives, then you are going to have to stop those behaviours that are not serving you. BTW Alcohol is a depressant, whilst you may get animated at some point during the consumption process, it will calm you down eventually and any plans you may have had to do great things last night will have gone out of the window.

You see if you over indulge at night, your days are going to be affected. Which is why you may be walking around holding onto a cup of black coffee hoping your head isn't going to drop off....shhh I'll type quietly.

How on earth are you going to do anything this morning feeling like that?

It's not hard to design a new life, but you have to be serious about it....a friend told me it was quite simple, don't buy those things that you shouldn't eat, don't keep them in the house, and reserve your "treats" for one or two days in the week...or weekend. My gym said something similar on the last 12 week challenge that we did...be good for 6 days, indulge on the 7th, and if you believe the creationist theory - so did God. And if it's good enough for him (or her depending on personal beliefs) then it should be good enough for us too.

However, I do know that is easier said than done, especially with Christmas, New Year and kids and guests in the house.

So whilst everyone else is nursing their hangovers - do me a favour, actually do yourself a bigger one, and look at those behaviours over the last couple of months, I know you won't remember specifics but you should begin to see a pattern emerging.

Who did you spend time with that insisted you sink to their level?

Who did you spend time with who challenged you to become more than you currently are?

The former will drain you of energy, the latter will fire you up - now the question is - who should you be spending more time with? Chances are also good that you over indulged with the former and not the latter also, so if you want to get more out of every day and your lives then you have to ask yourself if you are willing to allow the negative to rob you of vitality?

So that is the first thing....

Next, work out when did you over indulge - in anything. That includes alcohol, cigarettes, other substances, but also includes food - and yes Chocolate is a food (well sort of). When you were down and depressed or when you were on the go. As we have mentioned before, you will find it very hard to be down and depressed if you are busy, you'll also forget to eat, well I do. When I am busy with my goals, projects etc my stomach does not rule the day, my mind does.

So you need to analyse the patterns of over indulgence too.

And the final part of today is this....I bet you achieved more when you knew what it was you really wanted didn't you. As we discussed yesterday, objectives and time bound. What and when. You won't want to over indulge - why - because you won't be able to wait to get going in the morning....that's why.

So designing a new life isn't hard..But first you need to work out what was holding you back. Once you have done that, you can decide whether or not to keep those behaviours or whether they should be discarded like last week's newspaper. And then you can dust of those new year's revolutions and get started on designing the new life you have always wanted.

"Cheers"

Elle B

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