Day to day tasks and organisational requirements can make us feel overwhelmed. We don’t know where to start and find it difficult to stay focused. Does that sound familiar? Try the following two techniques to help you to move on:
1. Start with the following breathing exercise:
Sit in a comfortable position and let your mind go blank. Concentrate on your breathing. Be aware of the air entering your nostrils and filling your lunges. Now focus on releasing your breath. Repeat this for a couple of minutes until you feel calm and relaxed.
Now let the thought of one project enter your mind. This can be the pile of filing to be done, a newsletter to be written, a presentation to be prepared, a move to be organised or a spring clean to be completed. Visualise this project in happy colours like yellow, white, gold. Give this project your full. Now ask yourself questions like:
What you want to achieve?
Why you want to achieve it?
When do you want to achieve it?
Visualize the ideal outcome. The brighter the picture and the more real the images in your head the easies it will be for you to stay focused and to let go of the feeling of being overwhelmed.
2. Goal setting to stay focused
It is common to find it difficult to know where to start and what needs to be done to transform your life. Take one step at a time and be specific. Write down and tell a friend, colleague or family member what you want to do in the next four month. By telling someone you create a commitment and research has shown that commitments help us to achieve our goals.
My Top Four Goals for the next Four Month are:
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Remember to review and clarify your goals regular. Here are two tips how to set goals:
1. State the goal in positive terms, for example
Negative: ‘Stop losing my temper so often’
Positive: ‘Keep calm and relaxed in difficult situations’
2. Make a goal specific!
What, where when, with whom?
Let your imagination go wild. As Lauren Bacall once said: “Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly”
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