I think that as things start to open up and we start to figure out what this new
normal is going to look like, this is a really good opportunity to do an audit
on your life. Before you're like "audit that sounds like a really intense word"
it's not that big of a deal. It's really a matter of checking in with yourself
and asking yourself a few simple questions
Good morning. Good Morning. So you guys are getting me this morning, how many times can I say morning?
Fresh and early, right before all the kids wake up. Right before my husband wakes up and the
reason why I'm doing this video at this time is that this is actually the time
of the day that I do the things that I'm gonna share with you in this video
So we are at the point in time where life things are starting to open up again
you know COVID-19 pandemic has been crazy and you know everyone's been at
home, everyone's calendars are clear, just life is just an kind of at a standstill
and I think that as things start to open up and we start to figure out what this
new normal is gonna look like, this is a really good opportunity to do an audit
on your life. I think it was Dave Hollis he had set a quote at the very
beginning of this it was something along the lines of before you rush back to
your life, take a moment to decide what parts of your life are worth rushing
back to and that's been in my head ever since. Again I think this
is an awesome opportunity to just sit down and do a simple audit.
So today in this video I'm gonna share with you the questions that I asked myself when I check in
because as you guys know I like a good self reflection. I tend to check
in with myself on a regular basis but questions I ask myself when I'm doing an
audit on my life and here are the questions that you should ask yourself too -
I just get a journal something from chapters you can get from a dollar store
whatever it is. You don't have to be a "dear diary journal" - just pen to paper is so therapeutic.
First question is "what feels good in life right now?"
I know, it's simple. Like what feels good in my life right now? Second question is
"what doesn't feel good in my life right now?" "what am I not looking forward to?
Where do I not feel happy? What do I have anxiety about doing? What do I dread doing?"
For me, the things that feel good in my life right now are the empty calendar. I love the empty calendar.
I love spending extra time with my family. I love the walks that we're taking that we wouldn't have
taken otherwise. We are typically on the go, but we have had a lot time to just get out there have a walk
Read, relax. I love the space in our calendar.
I know those things
aren't going to be there forever but I can carve out a little extra space
in my calendar moving forward to try to keep this feeling
in the past when I've
asked myself these questions things that aren't working or I didn't like how much
I've been working, I didn't like how unbalanced I felt, I felt really
unorganized there were relationships ... like people I was spending time with
when I was just like dreading spending time with that so
those are the types of things that I'm talking about.
what feels good? What doesn't feel good and then it's as simple as doing more other things that feel good
carving that time out in your calendar
and trying to find a way to do
less of the things that don't feel good. Mow I'm not someone who's like, super
fluffy and I'm like "you know what you don't have to do anything you don't like
no" - that's crap. It's not the way it is. but if you have a relationship or you
know if someone that you have to spend time with it doesn't feel good, spend
less time with those people. If you were feeling disorganized and like you can't
get your head above water, okay what's the plan how can you get more organized?
if you are feeling like you do not have alone time and you're just feeling like
you're pouring from an empty cup. Okay, what can you do to amp up your self-care
routine? Just ask yourself these simple questions to check in and make a plan
how you can feel better more and feel not so good less!
Third question is self-care. What are you doing to take care of yourself right now?
That's still the first thing to fall off our to list - like man I just we would realize how much we need to take
care of ourselves and even as someone who pushes this on a regular basis to all of my clients into all of
my community - there are times when I have fallen off this bandwagon too
so I highly suggest that you sit down and really dive into your self-care routine like
what are you doing to take care of yourself?
it could be spending time alone reading a book, it could be taking walks alone, it
could be journaling, it could be your workout regime, it could be the food that
you're eating, it could be how much water you're drinking in a day, like what are
you doing to fuel your body? To fill your cup? and guys I know it sounds corny
everyone's talking about self-care but everyone's talking about because you need to do it!!
all right so the fourth thing is your relationships!
This is really simple, spend more time with people who make you feel good and less
time with people who don't. Seriously it is as simple as that. I know we all
have people in our lives who are energy suckers or who we feel drained when we
are around and yes they are just part of our lives and sometimes we can't just be
like "no I don't need to spend time with you" they are family or whatever but you can
make a point to spend more time with people who make you feel fulfilled and
motivated and happy and confident and comfortable. Pay attention to how you
feel after you spend time with someone. Do you feel fulfilled? do you feel positive?
Do you feel like your cup has been filled? or do you feel drained? AUDIT those
relationships. Your time and energy is a limited and valuable resource when you
spend time with someone you're never going to get that time back and as you
know from this COVID pandemic Tomorrow owes us nothing ... so now more than ever I
think it's important to be deliberate about who gets our time and who gets our energy
The last question I want you to ask yourself is "what have I been
thinking about doing that I'm not doing?" like do you want to start a business? do
you want to start a blog? do you want to do a project? Is there something that
you've been planning on doing and really thinking about doing that you haven't
actually done? Now's the time to do it!! Do an audit on your life, do an audit on
what's getting your time and energy and make a plan for how you can prioritize this!
again tomorrow does us nothing! What are you waiting for?
we make time for the things that we make a priority? it's not about not
having time it's about finding the time! so find the time to do the thing that
you've always wanted to do because again you don't want to look back on your life
and wish you would have taken the chance
find the time make the plan
Alright guys, so it's really a simple I think that was five different questions that I asked
myself when I do an audit on my life what's working? what's not? what feels
good? what doesn't feel good? It's as simple as that
now I'm gonna do a little disclaimer cuz I know I'm gonna get the nay sayers
we're gonna be like "no there are things in your life that you don't like and
that don't feel good that you have to do" hell yeah there are
Everyone has that. We all have things in life that don't feel good, however you
can plan, you can be deliberate about what gets your time and energy and how
you protect yourself when we're doing those things or spending time with those people
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