Alright, I hope you’re doing better with recognizing what causes you stress? Have you been journaling and strategizing about ways to deal with your stress?
One of my biggest stressors is clutter. I hate dust bunnies, piles of paper and it makes me crazy when people don’t put their stuff back where it goes. I love to organize. My husband would tell you organizing is my religion!!! That’s one of the things I like best about taking down Christmas decorations. I get to go through all my cabinets and closets and clean and organize…really, I love this stuff!
This past fall I went to the Celebrate Your Life, conference in Scottsdale, AZ. If you’ve never gone, you should plan to go, it’s amazing. Anyway, this year I left the conference with a promise to myself that I was going to get rid of the clutter in my life…if I didn’t love it (or use it on a very regular basis) it was going bye-bye. During November, December and all of this month I’ve been tossing, donating and gifting many, many things. Jeff, my husband, who is a saver, has been very unsettled about this and nervous whenever I start on another organization project.
Here’s my point: Take what stresses you and develop a strategy to consistently manage that stressor. Decide what you don’t want in your life … and toss it out. If it’s not good for you, if it doesn’t make you feel great, or make you look fabulous…dump it! Likewise, if there is something you want or need in your life…make it happen.
Start a DreamBook to track all the totally cool and wonderful promises you’re going to keep to yourself this year. In March, we’re launching our www.MyDreamBook.com website where you can design your very own virtual, online DreamBook. In the meantime, visit www.StriveForStudents.com for more information on how to develop your DreamBook. Go to the Career Center to find the one-page instructions. Let this be your best year ever. I’m re- organizing my life… so let’s do it together and have some fun!
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January 31st, 2010 at 8:27 pm
This post is my favorite yet. It really speaks to me! In reflecting on my stressors I would agree with you that clutter is probably my number one. The fact that since we just moved and clutter is still all around may just be contributing to my sickness? Is the thought, your blog, made me think, interesting, huh? Thanks for writing it and helping me to see a new light.
February 20th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
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March 16th, 2010 at 9:44 am
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