We talk of taking ACTION when decluttering. The A stands for Assessment. Think about what you are wanting to achieve when you declutter. Is it an overall transformation or is it a better or more creative use of your space. This video contains questions to ask yourself to get a clearer picture.

An energy cycle is how your body functions throughout the day. You need to take note of when you feel good, when you feel tired, when you are just chugging along.

Ask questions such as are you an early bird or a night owl? Listen to what your body is telling you.

It is not always possible to have control over all your tasks or when they need to be completed. However, any tasks that you have control over when you can schedule it then stop and think when is the most appropriate time to place it into your schedule.

When your energy is feeling good you should focus on:

• Important tasks
• Critical decisions
• Problems
• Complex issues
• Or any areas you have been procrastinating

Rather than arrive at work, organise your day, say hello to work colleagues, get a hot drink then check emails as a warm up exercise. Try and put your two most important projects for the day into the first two hours of your work day.

You will find that you get a lot more done.

Action

Let’s chart your energy levels:

1. Grab a piece of paper and draw a big “L” for a graph with a vertical and horizontal axis [or download from www.lifestylerefocus.com.au/free-resources
2. Mark the vertical axis “0″ to “5″ to represent your energy level; 0 – representing low   5 – representing feeling terrific
3. Mark the horizontal axis with your work hours, in one hour increments. You can actually begin this from the time you wake up of a morning.
4. When you arrive at work in the morning, draw a dot where energy intersects with time to indicate how you feel in terms of your energy level.
5. As the day progresses, draw a series of dots horizontally to show how your energy highs and lows.
6. Then connect the dots and analyse your line chart.
7. It’s recommended you do this for a week to get an average as we can vary daily depending on our sleep, wellness and other factors.

Examples

• Great night’s sleep, energy level high, ready to get working, happy = 5
• Poor night’s sleep, feeling flat, yawning, bored = 1

You can download a copy of the energy cycle template from our website www.lifestylerefocus.com.au/free-resources

Thank you and I look forward to sharing more tips, strategies and skills to support you to be more organised so that you too can create a better life.

“Be an inspiration to yourself and

you will be an inspiration to others.”

Time only needs ‘managing’ because we don’t seem to have enough time

to do everything we want and need to do.

In particular, we never seem to be able to ‘find time’

for those important but not urgent activities.

Stop looking.

You’ll never find time.

It isn’t lost. You’re living it.

You have to consciously decide to live it

in certain ways and not others.

You have to make time by taking it away

from one activity and giving it to another.

Start Living

Liz Cassidy

Action:

What is most important for you to do this week? Make the time to do it.

It’s not about not having enough time

it’s about it not being a priority.

Thank you and I look forward to sharing more tips, strategies and skills to support you to be more organised so that you too can create a better life.  P.S. You are welcome to refer to our website to see the products we offer to support you to create a better life. www.lifestylerefocus/products

 “Be an inspiration to yourself and

you will be an inspiration to others.”

The power to choose is what gives us the opportunity to create a different life, right now! We, as an individual, have the power to choose.

If we set a goal of health and fitness which means we exercise everyday, then that needs to become a priority. We have the power to choose what we do, that is, we choose to make the time to exercise.

The entire goal setting theory will not work unless we accept that we have the power to choose.

Remember don’t let age, life or other excuses get in your way.

You don’t have to be great to get started,

But you have to get started to be great.

Les Brown

Action:

Make a list of 50 or 100 things you would like to do in your life. If you haven’t, take 15 minutes now and start thinking what are some fantastic experiences you would like to do. It doesn’t really have to be 100, but once you have identified them, make time to include some of the fantastic adventures you would love to do into your life. What will your time frame be – one a week, one a month, one a year? Just do it!

Here’s to making powerful choices so you can live life to the fullest!

You are welcome to refer to our website in the free resources section for a template of 50 things I would love to do. www.lifestylerefocus/free-resources

Thank you and I look forward to sharing more tips, strategies and skills to support you to be more organised so that you too can create a better life.

“Be an inspiration to yourself and

you will be an inspiration to others.”

You can get control of your time and your life only by changing the way you think, work and deal with the never ending list of responsibilities that flows towards you each day.

What you can do is stop doing some things and start spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life.

Success is Predictable

Simply put, some people are doing better than others because they do things differently and they do the things right.

This is the ability to concentrate on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely. This is one of the keys to success, achievement and happiness in life.

Eat That Frog

If you are like many people today, you may be feeling overwhelmed with too much to do and too little time. As you struggle to catch up, new tasks and responsibilities just keep rolling in, like the waves of the ocean. Because of this, you will never be able to do everything you have to do.

The Need to be Selective

Your ability to select your most important task at each moment and then to get started on that task and get it done both quickly and well will have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop.

The Truth about Frogs

Mark Twain once said that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing it is probably the worst thing that will happen to you all day long.

Your ‘frog’ is your biggest most important task, the one you are most likely to procrastinate on if you don’t do something about it. It is also the one task that can have the greatest positive impact on your life and results at the moment.

Take Action

For the next week, identify your frog each day and make that the first task you do.

I have a frog statue sitting on my desk that reminds me every day to eat my frog.

Thank you and I look forward to sharing more tips, strategies and skills to support you to be more organised so that you too can create a better life.

“Be an inspiration to yourself and

you will be an inspiration to others.”

 Life is for living

and making the time

to enjoy yourself.

 At our workshops, we have had a number of requests for other members to be able to connect with each other as well as brag and boast about the changes the planning has made to their lives. So to meet this request, we have set up a Facebook site where you can tell others about your individual unique solutions to becoming more productive. Shout your success!

The benefits of this include:

• Inspiring others
• Sharing ideas
• Seeing solutions to a problem you may have
• Being able to boast
• Being proud of your results
• Making new friends

Go to www.facebook.com/pages/LifeStyle-Refocus/172113303889

If you have a Facebook account, log in.

If you do not have a Facebook account, then register and set up an account.

Search for “LifeStyle Refocus” or our email address on Facebook which is lifestylerefocus@gmail.com.au

Become a fan or ‘Like’ us.

It would be fantastic if we added value to others with ideas, tips, and solutions to improve productivity, clear the clutter and inspiring stories of success.

Feel free to post your photos into the Photos area if you have more than one as this means it becomes an album and we can all view the project from start [before shots] to the end [after shots].

Action:

Let’s celebrate creating a better life – brag and boast together!

Thank you and I look forward to sharing more tips, strategies and skills to support you to be more organised so that you too can create a better life.

“Be an inspiration to yourself and

you will be an inspiration to others.”