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10 Strategies to Become a Balanced, Productive Person.

10 Strategies to Become a Balanced, Productive Person.
I've got ten strategies that have the potential to turn you into the most balanced, productive person you know
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Life is About to Get Fun Again

Life is About to Get Fun Again
Too many of us work our way through life without taking time out for daily breaks, weekly fun, and once-in-a-lifetime adventures.
If your goal is to live well, then adding everyday fun, hobbies, unique interests, weekend getaways, and major vacations will guarantee a memorable and fulfilling life.

I want to inspire YOU to add more fun to your life. How? Here’s what the Oola formula says about adding Fun:

Don’t put it off. What would you do all day long if you had all the time and money in the world? Decide what “fun” means to you, then start investigating ways to introduce more of it into your life. Make the process of discovery fun, too.

Plan daily, annual and once-in-a lifetime fun. Find small ways to have fun every day. Then plan something bigger once a year. And for true life-changing fun, write your “bucket list” of once-in-a-lifetime experiences you want to enjoy. Work on making those happen – whether it’s saving the money, connecting with the right people, training for it, or something else.

Unplug completely. When you’re having fun, don’t ruin it by thinking about the 20 other things you should be doing right now. Fun is an important task, too.

So today, challenge yourself to add more fun to your life. Pull out your calendar and pencil in a weekend getaway or other activity. Investigate a new hobby you’ve been wanting to pursue. Find a local festival, show, concert, or sports event that you and your friends can go to. Lead the way for your family in adding more fun to your lives.


Upgrade Your Faith Walk

Upgrade Your Faith Walk
Are You Clear Why You’re Here?
While most people float through life unaware of their place in the bigger picture, the truth is that you are here for a purpose.

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Here’s how to calm the chaos in your household and create an amazing family life

Here’s how to calm the chaos in your household and create an amazing family life
If you’ve ever had to deal with a tense family situation, you know how stressful that can be. It affects not only your relationship with the person in question, it affects how you interact with the others in your immediate household, too.

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21 Days - 7 Steps Forward

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If you could change your life over the next 21 days in ways that would positively impact all your tomorrows, would you set aside the time this month to do it? 

For the next three weeks, I’m issuing an invitation, a helping hand—a challenge. Join me as I guide you through all 7 major life areas, asking you to make small, but breakthrough changes in each area.

You might decide to:

• Investigate a new job, career or business opportunity

• Clear out the junk food and sugar from your kitchen

• Start taking walks after dinner with your spouse

Whatever dreams you have for your life, for the next three weeks, I’d like to challenge you to choose, then tackle, one thing in each area that you know you must accomplish to arrive at where you want to be.

To start off the 21-Day Challenge, let’s focus on a major stressor for most people: their finances. What could you do tonight after work to start making a major breakthrough in tackling your debt, cutting your expenses, saving for a major purchase, or otherwise lowering your financial stress?

Could you spend an hour to:

• List all your debts, then pay off the smallest one

• Cancel a subscription, meal kit, or service you rarely use

• Research companies and start an investment account

• Identify an unused item and post it for sale online

The concept of a breakthrough goal is something I learned from The Oola Guys – Dr. Dave Braun and Dr. Troy Amdahl, authors of Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World. With so many stress points in life, they say, our lives can get out of balance. But narrowing our focus to smaller goals that are easy to achieve, we can start changing our lives for the better (often permanently). 

Are you up for that kind of life change this month? Watch for my posts, take action every day, and see what happens!


 
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How I started to Live Differently

 
I was at a crossroad in my life when I learned to Live Differently.

It was several years ago that I was an investment advisor for a large regional bank.  I loved my position, my clients, the work. I was sure I was going to retire from this position.  Then one day the bank changed it's business model, didn't need as many investment advisors and my position was cut.  I was let go!

I did not have a plan B and felt like I was stuck in the muck.  What was I going to do now?  I knew that I didn't want to stay in the financial industry.  I didn't want to have my friends, income and career taken from me again.  I wanted to Live Differently.

For many years I was interested in natural products and how nature can help to support my bodily systems.  I completed a master herbalist certificate. I completed several master Reiki certificates and I knew that this was a direction I wanted to go in.

That's when I discover the essential oils of Young Living and their Seed to Seal promise.  Knowing about herbs and natural products I was thrilled to finally find a company that got it!  The products are only as good as the way the plants are grown, treated and processed to get the best results.  That is what Young Living does.  I also was very impressed with the way they combine essential oils into a wide variety of products for home, personal care, immune system, and event pets!  I had never discovered a company that does all of this and give you the opportunity to create an income simply by sharing the products.  I was hooked!

But that just started my journey to Live Differently.  I knew I wanted to get my Reiki practice started and there were so many internal stories I was telling myself about why this was not going to work!  I felt defeated until my good friend handed me the Aroma Freedom Technique book and asked me to join the certification class.  This technique blew me out of the water!  It helped me to turn around my internal narrative and self doubt I had to changing the way I saw myself and the world around me.  It showed me a way to use the essential oils I loved to improve my overall mental state.

So I was on my way.  Still I felt like I didn't have enough traction to really make a difference and that is when I found Oola.
Finding balance in an unbalanced world is exactly how I felt and that is what the Oola book talked about.  It showed me a simple framework to change the lifestyle I had to the life I really wanted to live.  It also is a whole community of like minded people that want to continually improve themselves and the world they live in. Now I had all the pieces that I needed to Live Differently.   

The best part is I get to share this with everyone who wants to Live Differently.

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