Do you like your current lifestyle? Check-in with yourself now
This is not only a question suitable for the new year, but potentially one that’s good to review every quarter.
Lifestyle is a vague word because it includes every aspect of our daily life - the daily routine, exercise, diet, work hours, sleep, shopping, spending, friends we hang out with, parties, vacations, family time… the list goes on.
CHECKING IN WITH YOURSELF
Let’s make this simple - take a sheet of white paper and draw a line from top to bottom in the middle. Name the left side as “Positive” and the right as “Negative”. Then check your calendar of a typical week in 2023, place every item into this sheet of paper, and let the body tell you if it gives you positive or negative energy. (Download the PDF version of this worksheet below)
As mentioned in this post about what will matter most to you in 20 years, I recommended doing this every 6 months, or even every month. I find it very helpful for listening inwards. Eventually, you get the hang of what your body wants most, and hence, a more aligned lifestyle.
Positive VS Negative Energy
Do more of the things that give you positive energy. Cut away those that are dragging you down.
”I DON’T KNOW WHERE MY TIME AND MONEY HAVE GONE” SYNDROME
If you’re always unsure where you have spent your time and money, I highly recommend you work on this worksheet from this previous post before wasting your energy on any other things that shouldn’t be done in the first place. Picking the right thing to focus on is key to saving up thousands of hours of our lives.
taking a tiny step forward is better than not doing anything about it
Pick one of the two worksheets above to start this review process. Without identifying the things or people that are affecting us positively or negatively, or our real priorities, we are just wasting our 60-80 years of lifetime doing things that don’t matter to anyone. From a life planning perspective, this is fighting a losing battle, where there shouldn’t be a battle at all from the beginning. If you wish to have an automated and tailored way to plan out your life, I’d be happy to work with you. Schedule a free 30-minute call here or via the button below. Let’s take control of our lives and not leave it to “fate”!
