Clean up your life for a better future!

Remember that life is complicated and can be more difficult at times. Sometimes it feels like a rollercoaster ride! Cleaning your life up, getting rid of the deadwood, and finding your place of balance forms a wonderful grounding foundation to build on. Feeling you are in balance is the best, most powerful place to work from and a place to come back to when things are difficult. Being familiar with the feeling of being in balance allows you to know exactly what you want to get back to. This also offers you the goal to strive for. Life will always contain difficult times. Trusting yourself to handle these difficult times gives you the confidence to deal with them.
 
If your life feels like it is a mess and you are ready to take some action, there are many different approaches to consider. Support from a professional or wise friend, meditation, spiritual beliefs, sometimes even just taking a “time out” holiday is incredibly beneficial. Find the option that suits your personality and lifestyle best. You are looking to be more grounded in the present, calmer, which will offer more clarity.
 
You are more likely to stay on track with making the necessary changes with a realistic clear mind.
 
To get yourself on track to feeling better and living the kind of life you wish for, ask yourself:
 

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• How motivated and ready are you to clean up your life? 
  
  You will need time for yourself and to be dedicated to this project. Find some time that allows you to stop, slow down, and sit quietly.
  
  
• To narrow down where to start, think about what is going on:
  
  
  • What specifically is giving you this feeling of your life being a mess?
   
  • Which area of your life feels like a mess?
   
  • Life at home, life at work? 
   
  • Is it one particular issue or several? 
   
  • What would make the biggest difference to you right now?
   
  Imagine a ladder; each rung on the ladder represents the changes necessary. Accept the fact that you will get to the top one step at a time, not in one fell swoop. Make sure you break this “clean-up plan” down into smaller steps and take one at a time and remember “You are now work in progress.” 
   
   by Suzie Doscher - Personal Development: Life and Executive Coach 
  An excerpt from the 2022 revised and updated self-help book: BALANCE - a Practical Handbook for Life's Difficult Moments.
  
   Photo credit: Suzie Doscher, Kensington Gardens, London