Time off gave me the opportunity to read and listen to more news and pop culture media than usual. The myriad of suggestions is staggering. I have chosen a few I found interesting and doable. Try some and you will be well ahead of the curve.
In 2011 I will:
- Backup personal data as regularly as my office work.
- Start and end with veggies.
- Begin each day with a visualization of how I want the day to end.
- Drop a toxic person in my life.
- Nurture a friendship.
- Book all prevention medical appointments for 2011 now.
- Enforce the one-in-one-out rule when it comes to books, clothes, tools, etc.
- Reduce paper/plastic use by 10%.
- Take more photos of the people in my life.
- Place something in my workspace that makes me smile.
- Delegate a mundane task.
- Increase charitable giving of time, money, or advocacy.
- Interact with people of another generation.
- Refuse to talk about work during meals.
- Increase sleep by half an hour a day.
- Reduce calories by 100 per day.
- Change my hair -- style, color, quality, something.
- Try one new way to market myself, personally and professionally.
- Hide the clothes I wear too often.
- Meditate five minutes a day.
- Edit my Contact List.
- Talk with an elder; get the real scoop on the family(ies).
- Stand during phone calls.
- Update my will and feel obligated to no one.
- Delete 20% of my e-mails daily.
- Limit my time on social networking to “really fun” or “useful.”
- Read someone you disagree with.
- Play a mind game (crossword, Sudoku, jumble) daily.
- Cry as needed, laugh when in doubt.
- Write more thank you notes; send fewer complaints.
- And Jane’s professional favorite…hire a coach.
That’s right, most people will think this list interesting, maybe even useful. Then they’ll do nothing. Why? Because their day-to-day obscures the eye-on-the-prize and the immediate demands supersede the future. A coach can help you keep on-point and assist you in getting there faster.
(c) Jane Cranston.
