This post is Day 10 of the 31 Days to Reset Your Life Challenge for 2011. Learn more and sign up for the program here.
After creating a life map yesterday, now it’s time to take some action on those goals! It’s nice to take time to be dreamy and in your head (and we will do even more of that in the upcoming days of the challenge), but for you to really get reconnected to your dreams, you will need to start putting some real stuff out there in the universe. Like right now.
Today, you will do one thing to move yourself closer to your ideal life. We will be embarking on some more in-depth action planning later this month, but today’s exercise is meant to begin building some initial momentum for your journey.
Estimated Time to Complete: Varies
Today’s exercise is NOT related to your everyday to-do list. You are being asked to complete one task that is personally significant to you and your ideal life. This task should help you get started on a specific goal you’ve identified during the challenge, either from your life map or your personal mission statement. Your “one thing” should meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Something you’ve been procrastinating on
- Something that terrifies you
- Something that inspires you
The main requirement for this exercise is that the action you take must be tangible and measurable. Basically, if I were there with you looking over your shoulder, I would be able to see clearly with my own eyes that the task was completed.
Some examples to jog your imagination:
- You want to have better relationships with your family. Call that aunt you haven’t spoken to for three years. Buy a plane ticket to visit your brother.
- You want to go back to school. Research some programs online and call or email to request information packets from the ones you like the best.
- You want to own your own home. Sign up for a homeownership class or buy a book about how to begin the process.
- You want to be healthier. Throw out all the junk food from your cabinets. Then go grocery shopping today and only buy healthy foods. Or sign up for a gym membership.
- You want to save money. Open up a savings account. You can do that online now with most banks from your computer or phone. Then set up a recurring direct deposit from your checking account.
- You want to improve your credit. Obtain your current credit report. If you haven’t done it yet this year, you can get one free here.
- You want to start your own business. Complete the necessary forms and register your business name with your state.
- You want to find a romantic partner. Approach someone you like or find attractive and ask for their phone number. Or sign up for an online dating service.
The possibilities are endless! Whatever you do, make the task specific and only focus on that one thing for today. I know you’re busy. But no matter how busy you are, you can always do at least one thing every day to move yourself closer to living the life of your dreams. And really, isn’t life too short not to?
Take Action and Reflect: When you’re done, tell us about what you did in the comments! Also let us know if any immediate results have occurred, either with an outcome or simply a change in your frame of mind. How did completing this exercise make you feel? If you blogged about today’s assignment, please post the link in the comments so we can read it!
OK my thing I actually started doing before I go to this post. Today I started reviewing the information needed to obtain a Microsoft Office Specialist certification.
I would like to go for the Master certification.
I have obtain quite a collection of books to learn excel, word, access, powerpoint and sharepoint so I am certainly on my journey.
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