How ToSome ideas so you can be an organised family too |
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'The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities'Stephen Covey |
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...Plan and Succeed in Almost Anything
As you can see on my services page there are so many aspects of the home, family and life that we want to be more on top of. It is difficult to sometimes pin point exactly what we are trying to achieve or where we want to go. It may be better menu planning, decluttering, or getting organised for Christmas and/or finally sorting out the study/home office from its piles of paper!!!
Below are some simple but really effective steps that you can take to get back on track with almost anything:
- Establish where you are today and what is holding you back from achieving what you would like to achieve. This is a basic stock-take or your situation. Consider the categories of health, wellness, family, finances, work and relationships to get you started. Consider also what areas of the home, yourself and family is not working as well as you would like it to.
- Establish where you would like to be - what does your ideal vision/destination look like to you. Use you categories from Step 1 to brainstorm your ideas if that helps.
- Set your goals for the areas you have identified and would most like to tackle. Use the SMART goal method which ensures every goal you set is...
S = specific, M = measurable, A = achievable, R = realistic and T = Timed
(e.g. I would like to lose 5 kgs by July 5th when I go on holidays) - Work out an action plan to meet these goals with specific time frames. The action plan is a breakdown of all that needs to be done to achieve this goal. Make sure you diarise when you are going to do these actions so that you maintain some personal accountability. Consider sharing your plans with someone so you can gain their support.
- Once you have achieved your goals - celebrate your achievements and review their effectiveness.
Throughout this whole process it is really important that you keep motivated.
- Consider putting on your favourite music to get in the mood.
- Consider enlisting the help of a friend in step 4 - your action plan.
- Consider rewarding yourself when you have had a win.
- Most importantly as with anything in life Never Ever give up!
