That’s it. Be Kind.
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Category: Gratitude
Approaching A Milestone
Milestones can be very exciting markers. Approaching a milestone, hitting one or even looking back on one can be quite exhilarating. In a week, I will have written a daily blog for 730 consecutive days. That is 24 months or two years.
That is 730 days of thoughts to help you, and me, get clear on what positive means and how to think better to feel better with all that goes on in this world.
I hope I have helped you get clearer, become more positive and stop and think a bit more without simply reacting to things because that is the easier way. And I hope you are gearing up to achieve anything you want in 2022.
I appreciate your interest in thinking better and feeling better. Hopefully you will enjoy the changes and improvements we have planned for the months and year ahead. #Letsgo! #achieveanything
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How Did Day 1 Go?
Were you kind to yourself? Did you achieve anything? Did you stick to your plan? Did your discipline impress you?
Hope it went well.
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Enjoy The Moment
Close your eyes. Feel it. Smile. Enjoy the moment.
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Reflect On 2021
Reflect on all the good, fun, great things you did in 2021. Also consider if you have achieved as much as you wanted to in the last 365 days. 12 months is a short time and yet it is also quite a substantial amount of time.
And, if you add starting progress in one year to developing progress in a second year plus compounding progress in a third year, you could be unstoppable!
So don’t think it’s just one year. Think of each year building on itself. You’re either getting better or drifting back each year. Be conscious about that.
Build on all your good achievements this past year, big and small. Let’s 10x those in 2022. Let’s get ready so we fly out of the gate! Become unstoppable!
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Do You Know How To Box?
It’s Boxing Day for many. For some that means sales to benefit from. For others it means returns go in a box and are shipped back to the sender. Still others enjoy walks, lunches, family time or other pursuits.
Either way it seems like a wild card day for many. If you’re fortunate enough to have this day off work and are able to do what you like with it, enjoy!
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Merry Christmas! 🎄
Wishing you and your family and friends a happy, healthy, lovely day full of merriment, smiles and joy. Peace to all. Merry Christmas. 🎄
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Enjoy Your Christmas Eve
Whether you celebrate or not, open gifts or it’s a normal day, take some time and enjoy the day. Enjoy the cheery, festive mood that many people are in. Especially enjoy your time with family and friends.
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The Storm Before The Calm
I always find December to be quite a challenge. There are the cooler days in the Northern Hemisphere, preparations for Christmas if you join in those festivities, parent teacher events, sporting finals, shorter days and end of year gatherings. Add the challenge of government rules around Covid to that and preparing and launching a book and there is even more to deal with.
Getting trees, shopping, wrapping, card writing and queuing to send cards or gifts all add on top of regular work and sleep. There is fun to be had but also a strain on your time. There are all the things I intend to do and each year I aim to start the process earlier. Thankfully my wife is very good at sorting these extra things out which always saves the day. Though we don’t get everything off of our wish list each year, we do get the essentials sorted.
And that is ok. We can’t do everything. We have to make priorities on our time and finances. Fortunately, there is a moment around 9am Christmas morning, I feel the calm settle in. What is done is done. Anything missed will be accepted or fixed later. And we can enjoy a few days of totally chilling. I love that.
The storm before the calm is necessary for me to appreciate the calm. And for those hours this weekend, I will be in complete bliss. Enjoy!
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Celebrate Your Wins!!!
An essential part of life is enjoying it. And you can create a lot of momentum if you celebrate little and large wins. So make sure you book in little celebrations after every milestone.
Celebrations can be in the form of high fives, fist pumps, a little dance, or a favourite food or drink. For slightly larger wins, book a walk, lunch or dinner. Big wins might attract bigger events like a cruise, vacation, weekend away or special purchase. It might even be as simple as spending special time with someone you have had to miss seeing while you have been achieving your goals.
This is easy to overlook or see as being just silly or frivolous. But it will make your life more joy-filled. Don’t always wait for just the big win at the end of the year or decade. Some people wait their whole life before they can smile and truly enjoy where they are and the success they’ve been creating. My suggestion though is to not wait.
Celebrate, proportionally, as much as you can! It feels good and is quite motivational. It also reinvigorates you.
Celebrate is step seven in my forthcoming book – Achieve Anything – The 7 Simple Steps to Shift from Uncomfortable to Unstoppable. Be sure you include frequent, but proportional, celebrations for every perceived win. Mix it up. Do some free and paid-for ones. You will be so grateful you did this step a lot. It really makes your life more enjoyable. Build your confidence and happy factor. Celebrate your wins!!!
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