Lovin’ Life Now! Newsletter
Volume I, Issue 32: Choosing Change!
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This Issue is prepared especially for you!
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In this Issue:
1. Welcome!
2. Choosing Change! (Featured Article)
3. Announcements/Offers
4. About Lovin’ Life Now Weekly Newsletter
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1) Welcome to this issue of our Lovin’ Life Now! weekly newsletter. A special hello to you if you are receiving this for the first time. Feel free to pass this on to anyone you think might be interested in it.
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2) Choosing Change!
By Charlene M Brown
Choosing Change is about taking deliberate actions to propel you into your future, instead of just letting it happen to you. You Deserve to Take BOLD actions! You DESERVE to take BIG STEPs and LIVE OUT LOUD!
Here are some tips on things you can do to Choose Change!
1. Admit it-whatever is bothering you, say so and be clear about it.
2. Write down all the pain points: WHERE are you unhappy? WHY? (e.g.: Financial Woes-I never have enough money to do the things I want to do); List all of these out, being very specific; see if you can pinpoint things down to their details.
3. From this list, identify whether these are immediate woes (I don’t have enough money for lunch today), short-, medium-, or long-term things. For timing purposes, let’s call immediate anything less than 2 weeks; short-term 2 weeks-3 months; medium-term 3 mos-1 yr; and long-term anything over a year-don’t worry, you can adjust these to fit your idea of long-term or short-term, this is just a guide.
4. Now pick three that you really want to focus on-these might be broader categories of things like “money” or “health” that you can roll up some of the others into.
5. Figure out what you DO WANT out of these categories and state positively and results oriented (“I want to be thin” vs. “I don’t want to be fat”)
6. Now make it more specific and restate it in the NOW, as if it had already happened (“I weigh 150lbs, exercise regularly and eat yummy healthful foods” or “I have a wonderful relationship with money, I always have more than enough of it, and the more money I spend, the more I receive.”) Make these statements sound like fun, like something worth achieving; get excited about them.
7. See yourself at your healthy weight, or being able to spend freely, or whatever you want your end result to be. Really feel what you would feel when you have accomplished this wonderful feat; see the people around you congratulating you.
8. Now get your Support Team (ST) in place. See the people who would be congratulating at the end of your Journey and all along your Journey and call them up and tell them you are working on changing yourself and you need their help. Good choices will often NOT be your closest friends or family members, but people you know a little more socially (less intimately) because you still feel you have an obligation to them to do what you say you are going to do. Someone you see regularly, but don’t know like the back of your hand is often a good choice. People who are like minded and will actually support you in meaningful ways are the people you want to choose.
9. So here’s the really fun part. Gather together with this ST and get some crayons, markers, construction or other fun paper. Write your above positive statements and decorate them so that you like to look at them. These are your Goal Statements. Post these in places you will see every day, several times a day. Mirrors, refrigerators and wallets are good places. Every time you come across one, emphatically read or say it out loud three times (or think it really hard if you are in a place where you can’t say it out loud).
10. Next, have a big brainstorming session with your ST to come up with ways you can reach these goals. For each goal statement write down as many ideas as you come up with that will help you achieve them. Nothing is too big or too small, just write them down.
11. Now take the things you are most likely to do and set up a 3 month timeline for each one, incorporating your support group as necessary. Setup the first month week-by-week.
o An example: Money-Week 1, track your spending, with check-in phone calls with 2 different members of your ST on (say) Tuesday and Saturday to make sure you wrote down everything you purchased. Classify these into like groups at the end of each week and get weekly totals. Pick which areas you want to improve, and make a goal for the next week like “I spend $40 or less on eating out this week”
o Week 2, continue to track spending and checking in with your Support Team, but focus on hitting your $40 goal. At the end of Week 2, assess (ask, “Was that too much or too little?) and adjust as necessary and set goals for week 3. Continue the tracking of spending for the first month.
o At the end of Month 1, look at what you realistically spend, what can be decreased or increased and make a reasonable budget with the help/guidance of one or more of your ST, taking into account the things you like to spend more on based on the adjustments you have made for the past month; continue to check in with your ST twice a week.
o At the end of Month 2, repeat this process and adjust your budget according to your needs; Try opening up a savings account to count how much money you are saving as you stick to your budget.
o Remember to include room for indulgences, like ice cream or treats, or manicures, or whatever else you like to indulge in and reward yourself with these when you hit one of your goals (weekly or monthly)
12. After three months, revisit your original statements, and see what you have accomplished, and what you haven’t (be objective, just state it, no beating yourself up about anything), and set up a new three month plan and plot out the week-by-week of the first month with your ST. It helps if you and your ST are all working on achieving goals together so you can hold each other accountable.
13. Repeat this process at the end of month 6 and month 9. At the end of the year, celebrate any and all accomplishments you have made. (Have you saved $1000 dollars, or lost 15 pounds. Celebrate it!) Start the whole process over again either continuing with your original goals, or set some new ones. Take into account any adjustments you have made to make this process work better for you!
Happy Goals To You!
As Always,
I’m Sending a Huge Hug!
~Charli B.
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3) Did you hear us on the radio last week!? Great News, you still can listen to the podcast. Charli was a guest on Janice Harris’ Music Therapy Show on Friday, July 16th.
Click here to Check It Out!
Also, check out Janice’s great blog, which is all about music!
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Related posts:
- Sowing the Seeds of Change!
- Look Around First!
- Your Beliefs Change–It’s OKAY!
- How Many Roads?: Embracing the True Nature of Change!
- Your Words Are Your Power Tools!
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