Even if you’re not a manager or leader, to someone in your life you are a role model.

Think about the colleagues you work closely with, your best friend, your mum, your siblings…

See yourself through their eyes. 

Think about how they see you, and how your mindset and behaviour affects them.

I know too well that it’s tempting to become lazy and complacent when you’re locked up at home and there’s so much uncertainty. Worrying about whether you have to cancel that holiday you were looking so much forward to, or that you won’t get to see your loved ones over Easter. 

If you flip your perspective, the fact is that these uncertain times are actually the best time to challenge yourself.

When I look back at the last 5 years, one of the worst and most unpleasant times was having to close down my health food business. It was however also the time where I grew and learned the most. A lot of the stuff I learned I have been able to put to good use in my coaching business. So while it didn’t feel like a nice or useful experience at the time, it was an excellent source of growth.

 

This is why I want to challenge you today to do a spring clean of your life!

 

Are you up for it?

 

It’s only going to take you 20-30 minutes, but I really believe it can give you a kickstart to take charge of an area of your life you have neglected. 

 

Here you go:

  1. Go through all the segments in the Wheel of Life one by one, and score them from 1 to 10 according to how happy you are with each. 10 means very happy, 1 means not happy.

  2. Ask yourself what stands out… are there any low scores that surprise you?

  3. Decide on ONE segment you want to focus your attention on, and which you want to give a spring clean.

  4. Now, go through these 5 questions and come up with one action or behaviour for each:

    1. What could you stop doing?
    2. What could you do less of?
    3. What could you do more of?
    4. What could you continue doing?
    5. What could you start doing?

 

 


For this last part, you can complete your answers in any order you like. It also helps to sleep on the questions, and return to them the next day.

If you can think of more than one action or behaviour for each question, even better, just write it down. 

Remember, this is just the IDEAS part of the exercise, so just because you write something down doesn’t mean you have to do it. 

I’m a big believer in ‘less is more’, especially when it comes to changing your behaviour and habits. 

So I want you to choose just 3 actions and behaviours, the ones that inspire you most. Make them as small and effortless as possible. 

For example, if you want to improve your fitness, but you’re currently not into exercise, one of your actions could be: go for a 15 min jog twice a week. 

These 3 actions and behaviours should be your focus for the next few weeks. Write them down somewhere where you see them first thing in the morning, and last thing before you go to bed. 

I can’t emphasise the importance of starting small, enough. By starting with small new behaviours and habits, you will be surprised to see how they begin to add up and eventually result in a huge change in your life, and as a side effect also in the lives of your loved ones (more on that next week). 

There’s no better time to get started with this, than when your normal routine has been put upside down!

Feel free to reach out to me and tell me what habits you want to focus on, I’d be happy to give a bit of guidance.

Next week I’ll be telling you more about how to start small, effective habits (I’ve been influenced a lot by behavioural scientist BJ Fogg and his methods known as ‘Tiny Habits’).

 

Have a great week and a restful Easter weekend,

Christine