Habits and Values
This morning started no different then any other morning around here, accept at some point I took the time to think about life a little. In my heart life is important to me and I value the my life, God and my family. But does it show? I feel like my habits are starting to far out weigh my values. Kind of embarrassing and disappointing. To add to the embarrassment I decided to blog about it. Can you tell I’m feeling a bit defeated?
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. – John Dryden
Wow, how true is that. In order to find some peace for myself I think that God is probably the go to force. With him anything is possible. But I also like to learn and absorb knowledge and get ideas of things I can practice in my life. So I googled Making the Most of this Life. In doing so I found 24 Daily Habits to Make the Most of this Life. by Peter @ The Change Blog.
The Morning:
1-WAKE EARLY
2-EXERCISE
3-REVIEW/RE-WRITE YOUR GOALS
4-READ OR LISTEN TO MOTIVATIONAL MATERIAL
5-VISUALIZE THE DAY AHEAD
6-WRITE A “TO DO” LIST
7-CHECK THE NEWS HEADLINES
8-TAKE A MULTI-VITAMIN
9-TIDY UP (a cluttered house can lead to a cluttered mind)
10-TAKE TIME TO LOOK GOOD
The Day:
11-FIRST THINGS FIRST (organizing and executing your life around your deepest priorities)
12-CONNECT WITH NATURE
13-BLOG
14-SNACK WELL (substitute the candy and chips with healthy choices)
15-BE PROACTIVE (showing initiative and taking the responsibility to make things happen)
16-PING A FRIEND-(email or text a friend to stay in touch)
17-SAVE (money)
The Evening:
18-HAVE FAMILY TIME
19-FLOSS
20-WIND DOWN (turn off the electronics before bed and allow your mind to relax)
21-REVIEW MY DAY (did i get closer to achieving my goals, did i accomplish my to do list, did my day go as planned)
22-READ
23-SAY I LOVE YOU TO YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS
24-GO TO BED AT A REASONABLE TIME
My opinion on this list…I love it. I want to print it out and post it to my fridge as a reminder to appreciate life, that life can be so much more and that I need to make the most of it. I don’t know if it is reasonable to fit each one of these items into each one of my days, but I love the foundation.
What do you think?
