What Life Area Needs The Most Work?

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Chime in!  Where do you feel somewhat lacking?  Or several areas. :)  Take the poll, and yes you can select multiple answers if you need to.  Or all of them. :)

For me, I feel that all of my life areas could use some improvement.  I wouldn’t say any of them are “perfect” or even a 10.  I could easily select all of them!  But I’d say my main focus/area that needs improving is the finance side of life.  As I’m sure many of you would agree! 

So go ahead and chime in, let me know what you feel could be improved in your life.  You can expand as well in comments.

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Starting An Exercise Routine

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Starting an exercise routine can be fun, though its usually challenging. First you have to figure out what exercises you are planning to do, then where you will be doing them, then finally getting to the doing the exercise part.

I will be starting an exercise routine here in the next few days, to add to my getting healthy quest. It will also help distract me from other concerns, and since I’m striving to maximize my energy, I can’t neglect the exercise aspect. Even if weight is a non-issue for me.

I will be doing a combination of strength training and cardio. I will be utilizing my own body weight for resistance, and starting out mountain biking for cardio. Where I live is perfect for biking, and I can bring my digital camera and enjoy double productivity. Hmm, could listen to podcasts on my iPod as well for a triple dose. I definitely enjoy eeking out as much as I can from each activity. :)

I will be weighing myself daily, and keeping track in a notebook of what exercise I do, how many reps, times etc. I have to see where I’ve been to know that progress has been made! The weight isn’t really a concern, I’m not looking to lose anything. But I want to monitor just in case my weight decides to plummet. Keeping track will help me feel better…my aim is to not get below my current weight of about 135lbs. Even that is a bit low for my height!

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Staggering Your Goals

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One thing I have recently learned is the power of staggering your goals. Instead of jumping in with both feet and hands, take it one step at a time. I recently made the mistake of jumping in too far too fast...and ended up overwhelmed. I'm sticking to it, but it was a serious error on my part, and could have had me throwing all my goals in the toilet.

Its very easy to get on a roll with goal setting. Often times, at least for me, setting one goal and acting on it starts a snowball effect. Suddenly my head is full of goals and changes to make, and with that rush of motivation, its so simple to take on all of them. At once. Love that Superman rush! But its hard to focus on any one goal, or series of goals, if you are focused on too much at once. Staggering your goals doesn't mean you can't focus on a few at once, but it nor does it mean to take a new goal on each day.

Focus on goals that will get you to the same place. If you have financial goals, start on them. Health goals, family goals ext. Get familiar with fitting your goals into your schedule, start getting comfortable before you jump into the next set of goals. Sure, we all want to change our lives overnight, but that isn't going to happen. Unless you win the lottery, but that's only temporary. Take at least a week to get situated, longer if you feel it necessary. Keep a running list of goals that pop into your head over that week, to ensure you don't forget any. You might be pleasantly surprised how many are resolved without you working on them at all.