Transform your life

Tired of endless to-do ideas? Well, there's now an ultimate life-changing list, courtesy of life coach supremo and author Cheryl Richardson in her new book, The Art of Extreme Self-Care (Hay House, $24.95). To transform your life a month at a time, Richardson says that there are things we should have to make life better - and things we should banish forever.

From HealthSmart Magazine

Here are her suggestions:

I WILL NO LONGER…
• Rush
• Jump out of bed in the morning. I give myself the time and space I need to start the day in a serene and relaxed state
• Live without pets
• Compromise my needs to keep peace with anyone
• Eat meat
• Balance my accounts and pay the bills – I have someone else do it
• Argue with people who see debating as a sport
• Use my credit cards unless I can pay them off in full at the end of the month
• Keep anything in my home that I don’t love or need
• Keep my mouth shut when someone is out of line
• Go to events that require hours of idle chitchat
• Tolerate, or participate in, gossip
• Deal with difficult life situations alone
• Hire anyone – be it a lawyer, doctor, health-care provider, or what have you – who treats me with disrespect
• Take phone calls during meals
• Accept verbal abuse from a boss or co-worker
• Go to work when I’m sick
• Keep my opinions to myself when they don’t align with those of others in the room
• Let social norms dictate what I should be interested in, whether it’s clothes, art, music or the like. I love what I love
• Invest time in relationships that aren’t aligned with who I am and who I want to be
• Accept wasteful packaging at restaurants, stores, and so on
• Finish reading books that lose my interest
• Take junk mail into my home (I have a recycling box outside my door)
• Feel the need to check my e-mail multiple times a day
• Eat when I’m not hungry
• Get caught up in other people’s drama
• Feel an obligation to spend time with family members or friends who choose to live in chaos
• Feel bad about saying no when no is what’s best for me
• Let my mind be on work when I’m not working
• Let the TV networks dictate when I watch my favorite shows (I record what I want to see and then watch it at my leisure)
• Have my e-mail program set to automatically receive new messages. I choose when I get my mail
• Keep clothes I hope to fit into "someday"
• Throw away anything that can be recycled
• Buy cars that aren’t fuel efficient
• Spend time with people who talk at me instead of with me

Transform your life

From HealthSmart Magazine - August/September 2009 Issue

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