Tuesday, April 9, 2013

3 Tips for Spring Cleaning Your Inner World


If you’re like me you haven’t exactly been counting down the days to spring cleaning. It takes hard work to maintain a home but certainly is rewarding once everything is dusted, polished and sparkling.
While spring is a great time of year to get your literal house in order, have you thought about taking stock of your inner world?
March is a great time to have a check point on your life. You’re one-fourth of the way through the year. Did you make goals at the beginning of 2013? Where are you in the process of accomplishing them?
Here are 3 steps for getting your inner house in order.
1. Spend quiet time in reflection. With a journal or laptop review the goals you penned at the turn of the new year. Survey these goals and see what you have accomplished, what you are working on, and where you have fallen off the boat.
2. Articulate what you want to accomplish in the next three months. Taking quarterly stock in the direction of your life is a great way to make sure you are on track with your goals. Write down the changes you want to make. Keep it realistic!
3. Live with intention. To accomplish your goals and ultimately become the person you want to be, you have to take steps to achieve it every day. Keep your eye on the goal.
Andy Andrews said the definition of discipline is to be able to “make yourself do something you don’t want to do to accomplish a result you really want to have.” Are you willing to go for it?