4. Dealing with Overwhelming Clutter
If you’re just getting started with the decluttering habit, it can be overwhelming — there’s so much of it, in so many rooms and closets! Many people become intimidated by this and don’t even start. Others get started enthusiastically, but then get discouraged because after a week they’ve barely made a dent. Are you feeling […]
1. Beautiful Mornings Week 2: The Deliciousness of the Morning (plus tips)
We’re starting Week 2 of our Beautiful Mornings Challenge, and this week is about just continuing our gradual change. But it’s also about savoring the time you’ve created for yourself in the morning. So the instructions for Week 2 are simple: You pick a second thing to do in the morning, and wake up a […]
1. The Art of Choosing Important Tasks
As you do your Unprocrastination Sessions, I suggest you work on your Most Important Task each day. I’ve found this to be one of the best things I’ve ever done in my work day, because it helps me to focus, I get important stuff done, and I can accomplish a lot with less effort. But […]
1. Week 2: Letting Go of Possessions
Picture your home, full of clutter, full of possessions … and now imagine most of those possessions floating away. You’re left with a much less cluttered space, a living room with just a few beautiful items that you love and use. It’s nice, having the peace of a space unencumbered with a multitude of possessions. […]
1. Week 2: Simplify Your Daily Routine
In Week 1 of our Simplify Your Life Challenge, we looked at our commitments and started to simplify them. Don’t worry if you’re not done with this part yet — just keep at it a little at a time for the rest of this month. This week, the instruction for Week 2 is: Simplify your […]
1. Week 2: Keeping Yourself Open in the Middle of Relationship Stress
As we move into Week 2 of our Mindful Relationships Challenge, we’ll be working on something that is truly transformative: staying open in the middle of stress. Trust me, if you devote yourself to this practice, it can shift your relationship in powerful ways. But before we can do that, it’s important to review what […]
1. Create Daily Week 2: Open Up in Your Space
As we continue our Create Daily Challenge, this week, we are going to practice “opening up” while we’re in the space we created last week. Let’s break that down: what does it mean to “open up while you’re in the space”? It means: You create a space for your creating by picking a time and […]
1. Changing Eating Habits Flexibly
One of the most common mistakes people make when trying to change their eating habits is to collapse after messing up. You go to a party and tell yourself you’re going to be good, and eat healthy food … and then you have a few chips. Oh no! The plan failed! So now you feel […]