Giving Yourself a Fresh Start
January is a month filled with potential and pitfalls. My goal for the month is to dejunk my life. For sometime I’ve felt a need to clear away the mental and physical clutter.
I don’t have a rigid set of daily goals but a process of checking into my happy center of the brain and gut. I’ve discovered through years of failed reorganization efforts and multiple organization plans that rigid means failure. I just have a streak of “don’t make me do that” a mile wide. But I have found that checking in with myself throughout the day to see how I feel about what I’ve accomplished is a powerful tool.
Instead of an overwhelming To Do List, I have a makes me happy list. Just a few things to accomplish during the day that makes my stress level decrease, gives me a feeling of satisfaction and makes me feel productive.
Arden has caught the dejunk bug too so we cleaned and reorganized my huge upstairs linen closet on Saturday. This is an A+ in my happy center!
Today I’m making myself happy by listing more books on Amazon for resell (so far in 2 weeks I’ve made $60). I get to clean up my office and earn some treat money!
My desktop is almost clear (as is my very visually based mind) and tomorrow I’ll take on my health insurance company!
