Total Health in 2011 part 2 -Taking the Limits Off

Be a person of action, create the future YOU want to see, don't dwell in a pit of dispair over the past moaning over squandered time and lost opportunity that you can do nothing about. Take hold of the future that is happening NOW, carry it with swift feet.

When faced with doing something or doing nothing DO SOMETHING! Choose to Act, make the future yours today, Believe in YOU!

You were created for Greatness! Believe it...

In this article we are going to talk about taking the limits off!
In the part 1 we talked about writing down an area you want to see change in. Today we are going to Take The Limits Off and list some ideas, brainstorm if you like, on how to make change happen in that area of your life. What I want you to do is on a piece of paper, as I stated in the previous article it would be easier if you used a spiral note book to keep this all together; write out 40 or 50 ideas, again taking the limits off if you could do anything time, money, relationships, job status, were not an issue what would you do to change this particular situation in your life.
For example if you are in sales and wanting to change your income level some of the things might be to look for new clients, new ideas, study past successful sales people and use some of their tips.
 (think outside of the box)
If you have a relationship you want to see better or mended you could call, write a love/appreciation note, go to lunch, take a trip alone with that person etc…
What ever the area may be use your imagination, take the limits off, Think outside the “traditional way” of doing things, and write it out.
I say 40-50 but I would shoot for 50 because the first 10 may come easy but after you get up to 20 or 30 it gets a little tougher. But let me tell you it is usually the 49th or 50th idea that is the one that is going to catapult you to where you want to be.
Take some time, Go to a quiet space where its just you and really think about some ideas, borrow others ideas, but the key here is to write them down. When we write things down it makes them more than just an idea its tangible at this point.
Maybe keep a note book with you so that if something pops into your mind throughout the day you can write it down.

Take action, do it today because Today is the beginning of your future. So if not now when?

It has been said, maybe you have even heard, the definition if insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. Is that what you have been doing, year after year, hoping and waiting for things to change? Well, take ownership of your life and start today!
I believe in you, you can do it! Start with this little step today.
In my next article we are gong to look at the list you are compiling and make a plan of action.


                                           Blessings to you- Sarah

Total Health in 2011 part 1 - Ownership

Part of living healthy is being in a healthy mental state.  You can eat all the healthy food you want take all the vitamins and supplements you want diet, exercise every day,  but if you are messed up in the head  :)   in your thinking you truly are not a healthy person. You will be physically healthy (partially) but mentally making crazy off the wall decisions in all areas of your life in turn causing you to become mentally and physically unhealthy in the long haul.
 See the WHOLE you has to be in good health.  So I want to give you some tips on how to have a healthy  mind and actually have GREAT over all health both physically and mentally.   But first let me pose few questions, I want YOU to ask your self these questions and honestly answer them, you don't have to answer them to anyone else but yourself, just be honest with yourself, that's the first step.    
      
       1.  Did I write some new years resolutions and if so  how am I dong in them? 
       2.  Are there more days of me not reaching toward my New Years resolutions & trying to forget I
            ever wrote them than days of actually trying to go after them?
       3.  Do I continually think of things I haven't completed and make my self feel guilty?
       4.  Am I a dreamer who is often disappointed with how things are turning out in my life?
       5.  Do I continually strive to "do it better" or "make situations change" with not much luck?
       6.  Do I write personal/work goals out on a continual basis always seeming to write the same thing
           (that never gets accomplished)

IF you answered YES to ANY of these questions what I am going to write about over the next few weeks is for YOU!  Don't be discouraged if any of the above questions or ALL of the above questions describe you. If that is the case then you are with  95% of the American public, and the whole goal here is to help you who want to, to get out of this rut and climb out. 

So for the first tip I want you to take ownership. 
What do I mean by ownership.  Well Ownership of where you are today and how things are today in your home and work situation, your relationships etc....  Now I know and totally understand that some of us get dealt a good deck of cards in life and some of get the short straw, but regardless of which one you get it is how you react to it that makes all the difference in the world.    Is it fair that things that happened to you?  NO but how are you acting about it?  How you react determines your future and your health.
       Think about that for a minute if you get so upset and fire off your mouth at your boss or co-worker do you think you work situation and relationships there will be the same?  If they are not the same wont that effect you EVERY DAY you go in to work and see those people?  Of course it will.  So take ownership of your reaction to EVERY situation. 

Take ownership today of where you are at in your life and make a conscience decision that NO MATTER WHAT, YOU are going to make a difference, you aer going to commit to making the change in what ever area you want to see it in. 

                             Now remember change is a process its not an over night success so this
                                         will take some time, determination and some patience. 
                                                       But I believe in you, you can do it!

SO what I want you to do is to think of an area that you REALLY, REALLY want to see change in; it could be any area and write it down.  Write out I want to see change in  ____________.  (work, marriage, relationships, finances, my temper etc....) I will make forward steps in the right direction EVERYDAY to make this come to pass. 

When we write it out it gives us a visual, and it acknowledges in this natural world that we want to see change in that area.  Now  under this you can jot down some ideas that you might think would help you to make some change in that area.  for example if it is relationship you want to make changes in write out some things you could do to improve this relationship.  Call more, send a note, talk heart to heart tell them what on your mind, air out any frustrations to get thing cleared up and so on...

I encourage you to maybe get a note book so when I do ask you to write stuff out you will have it all in one place. 
 Next time we will do more of a brain storming activity to help with what to do. 

Thanks for reading and I hope you come back to continue on the journey to total Health!

The Buck Stops Here!

 I believe that Healthy Living starts with  Healthy  thoughts & decision making and taking ownership and control of our lives.  I came across this guy somewhere, some how and his name is Andy Andrews.  One of the articles on his website is about just that making decisions and taking ownership its titled The Buck Stops Here. 

Here is a small excerpt from his note and Ill attach a link for you to read the whole thing.


My thoughts will be constructive, never destructive. My mind will live in the solutions of the
future. It will not dwell in the problems of the past. I will seek the association of those who are
working and striving to bring about positive changes in the world. I will never seek comfort by
associating with those who have decided to be comfortable.

When faced with the opportunity to make a decision, I will make one. I understand that God did not
put in me the ability to always make right decisions. He did, however, put in me the ability to make
a decision and then make it right. The rise and fall of my emotional tide will not deter me from my
course. When I make a decision, I will stand behind it. My energy will go into making the decision.
I will waste none on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology. It will be a statement.
The buck stops here. I control my thoughts. I control my emotion


                                Please go here to read the whole thing.