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As I pointed out in my last blog post, our minds often prevent us from accomplishing our New Year\u2019s resolutions and after while, whether from procrastination or lost focus, our resolutions fall by the wayside. For those of you out there who set new year\u2019s resolutions vs concrete goals, I have an experiment for you to try this first quarter of the year: rather than set new year\u2019s resolutions, why not aspire to new habits in each of the seven life areas? After while they will soon become a lifestyle\u2026a happier, healthier lifestyle\u2026 by doing little things every day.<\/p>\n

The 7 Life Areas<\/h3>\n

As a reminder, the 7 life areas are:<\/p>\n

Physical\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Relational<\/p>\n

Financial\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Personal<\/p>\n

Professional\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Philanthropical<\/p>\n

Spiritual<\/p>\n

Try these examples, and choose ones of your own. Comment below your different ideas and let us all know of your progress:<\/p>\n

Physical:<\/em><\/h3>\n

Buying a gym membership at the beginning of the year isn’t always a good idea. While you might have the best intention at the outset, keeping the traction as the year goes on may be more difficult, especially when your calendar gets filled up with work and social events. Instead, use a calendar app, such as Google Calendar<\/a> or Microsoft Outlook<\/a>, to block out time every day for fitness. It can be as little as 15 minutes where you get up from your desk and take a walk outdoors.<\/p>\n

Professional: <\/em><\/h3>\n

Become a lifelong-learner. Get in the habit of reading, watching YouTube tutorials, or taking an online webinar regularly. Whether in an area of interest for your present job or business, or for the future job or business you want to have, learning a little everyday compounds eventually to expert level. Personally, I listen to audio books on Audible.com<\/a> while I work out, that helps me kill two birds with one stone. Sign-up today<\/a> and receive your first book download for free. If you can\u2019t shell out the monthly membership fee to Audible, please remember every library these days has free audio books you can download to your smartphone for a period of time.<\/p>\n

Relational: <\/em><\/h3>\n

Everyone\u2019s busy, I get it, but if you don\u2019t carve out time from your busy schedule, your relationships will soon suffer. Calendar a once-a-week date night (and if at first that seems impossible, start with twice-a-month). Switch back and forth which partner does the organizing, reservations, etc and that way it doesn\u2019t become a burden to one and an \u201cappearance\u201d by the other. When you finally can make it weekly, I recommend that only one of the four date nights a month be devoted to logistical conversations around calendared events, upcoming kid\u2019s activities, vacation planning, etc. Make sure the general purpose of these date nights is to HAVE FUN TOGETHER.<\/p>\n

Personal: <\/em><\/h3>\n

Start the habit of creating some \u201cme\u201d time. Begin with once-a-week, and build up to a daily meditation or prayer practice, alone time reading, or a hobby just for you. I try to do a \u201cPower Hour\u201d at least 4 times a week to start my day including journaling, visualizations, and a 10 minute meditation (be looking for my soon-to-be-released FREE 7-part meditation audio series and a future blog post on the benefits of mindfulness). Hal Elrod<\/a> of the The Miracle Morning podcast<\/a><\/em> and author of bestselling book The Miracle Morning<\/a> <\/em>advocates a morning routine of S.A.V.E.R.S:<\/p>\n

S<\/strong>ilence<\/p>\n

A<\/strong>ffirmations<\/p>\n

V<\/strong>isualizations<\/p>\n

E<\/strong>xercise<\/p>\n

R<\/strong>eading<\/p>\n

S<\/strong>cribing (journaling)<\/p>\n

Well, you get the idea, start small and build. Soon your habits will become subconscious, the same way we learned to brush our teeth, and after while they become a lifestyle.<\/p>\n

Please share your ideas and progress with the SuccessSeries Community by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n

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