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A Simpler New Year
Posted by: | CommentsHow has your life been simpler in 2011? Any changes you made to bring more simplicity into your life? Congratulate yourself on any of these changes.
How about for 2012? If you still feel life is too overwhelming and hectic take a few moments to answer these questions. They will help set you up for a simpler year ahead.
- What will you stop doing?
- What will you get rid of to bring in the new?
- What boundaries will you set?
- What projects will you drop, even for a little while?
- What simple habits will you incorporate, like the one in one out rule or having daily quiet time before anything else, or staying home at least 2 evenings a week?
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Want more questions and worksheets for a simpler year? Check out the Simple Annual Plan.
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Get More Energy for the New Year
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Today is a great day to clean up some of the past year, so you have more energy for the new year.
This doesn’t mean you get to berate yourself for all you didn’t accomplish, finish, or complete. Have it feel more like an experiment in energy. How do you feel after getting something off your plate?
You don’t have to complete everything to gain this burst of energy. Even cleaning up one thing makes you feel lighter.
Here are some ideas you can choose from:
- Use up the last of the special lotion, body scrub or nail polish
- Finish up any actions in your to do paperwork folder
- Clean out your tickler file
- Start a new tax folder
- Clean off your desk, dresser or end table
- Forgive someone
- Clean out your email in box
- File your to file pile
- Clear off your computer desktop of old items and icons
- Send out or pay invoices
- Update your address book
- Drop or complete a project
- Mend or fix something
Anyone of these things will give you energy for the New Year. Happy New Year!
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