OK I have a confession to make. I am a bit of a self-help junkie. I love reading self-help books, but in the past few years pregnancy and baby books have bumped my self-help books to the back seat.
Recently, I have gone back to my roots and I picked up the book The Power of Less by Leo Babuata and have decided that I want to try to change a few things that having been causing me angst.
1) Trying to keep on top of my e-mail box. I have to admit that currently there are over 100 emails in my inbox, which drives me a little crazy.
2) Meal planning… does this stress out any of you? I know that cooking is one of the best things you can do for you and your family, but I honestly find it to be such a chore. From the planning, to the shopping, to the preparing, and then the clean up. Ugh, thinking about it makes me feel heavy.
3) Clearing out clutter out of the house…I have to admit that I have too much stuff. Too much stuff in the sense that I don’t have enough storage to keep it all out of sight. Often times many things are left on the counter, desk, dining table, coffee table and it makes the house feel cluttered.
Babuata recommends doing a monthly challenge to create a positive habit change. He says that you should only focus on one habit at a time, choose an easy, measurable and attainable goal, be consistent, report about it daily and keep a positive attitude.
Babuata also recommends that you share your goal publicly with your friends and post daily how you are doing. I have decided to get my e-mail box to empty and to make sure that there is never more than 25 emails sitting in my inbox. I am sharing it with all of you so I know that I will now have to give this a try for the month of July.
I will make posts on The Wellness Center Facebook page and my own personal Facebook page to keep everyone posted as to how I am doing.
Should be an interesting month. Is there one habit that you would like to change this summer? If so post it below or post it on our facebook page.
Happy Summer!
