Improve Your Life
There are many ways to improve your life, but few create lasting results. Often, that is due to the nature of change, and the desire to improve one’s situation drastically and quickly. Indeed, it can be hard to muster patience when things are truly out of control. But, even then, it is often the best path to pursue.
Rather than attempting big hurdles, progressive change comes into your life when you ease into it gradually. The more you embrace changes that make you feel better, the more you will build a solid foundation for reaching larger goals.
The first step to attaining gradual and reliable improvement in your life is to simply change one little thing. Not just any little thing, either, but something that you know you can easily do. Take a walk once a week, find a lower calorie and cholesterol margarine, fold the clothes you normally pile in your drawers, or put those scattered photos into an album. Little changes that make you gradually feel better are a wonderful way to reward yourself for embarking on the path of change, one step at a time.
Next, give up something little. It should be something that you don’t really like or need, but otherwise it can be anything. Give up that committee you really don’t want to be on, that junk in the back corner of your closet, the drive-through breakfast that empties your wallet, or the late hours you keep. If you find something you can do without, it will open up more space in your life. More space leads to more time, and supports your efforts to gradually move toward living your life in a way that brings you peach and happiness.
Finally, work on just one problem. Not a huge problem, but something that can be broken up into very tiny steps. If you need to do your taxes, gather just the needed forms that you received in the mail. If you need to paint the back-yard fence, paint just one panel. If you need to lose 30 pounds, resolve to lose just the first two. If you have never mustered the courage to get a massage, and your muscles are wracked in pain, do the research to find a reputable masseuse. It may not seem remarkable to take a single step toward one of your many larger goals, but one step always leads to another.
