5 life organization tips for achieving weight loss, health, and wellness goals
Struggling to stick to your health and wellness goals? I used to start working on my goals and then start “forgetting” them within the first month. Getting my life organized for achieving these goals has helped me stay on top of healthy habits like meal planning and meal prep, food journaling, my morning mindset routine, and weight training. Below, I share 5 ways I’ve organized my life to achieve my weight loss, overall health, and wellness goals. Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are ‘affiliate links.’ This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no additional cost…
10 time management tips that improved productivity working from home
Ok, so I can admit I totally hopped into this work-from-home thing with little time management skills for working from home. And boy did I feel it! I thought I was going to be just as on top of my time at home as I was as a marketing coordinator. NOT! For my first few months, I made so many mistakes. I oftentimes overplanned my days and let distractions run my days. Putting my pride to the side, I finally took the time to re-learn time management. Below are 10 time management tips that do work when you work them. How do I know this? They made me hella productive…
How to create a self-care routine that’ll make healthy habits easy to stick to
I’ve got my self-care routine on lock. I used to STRUGGLE to maintain a self-care routine. Then I gave these tips a try and it improved my discipline and consistency big time. Below is what I did to finally put together a self-care routine of healthy habits that I’m actually sticking too and getting good results with. Put these tips to work for you and seriously work them. These steps actually work to improve self-discipline and create a routine. And this is coming from a woman that used to struggle to have the self-discipline to improve her self-discipline. There’s hope! The power of a well-sequenced routine What I mean by…
Getting (re)started on your health & wellness goals: free download + printable
Whenever I get busy, or life gets bumpy, my self-care and healthy habits are the first I sacrifice for more time to do what I’ve deemed “more important.” I’ll skip meal prep on the weekends if I’ve had a busy weekend. If I’ve got a tight deadline, I’ll skip my mindset work and morning routine. When there’s a lot of work, I don’t do my daily writing and reading exercises meant to strengthen me as an author. Have you done that? Let life tell you you’re too busy to take care of your health and wellness goals? Get so busy that eating right, getting enough sleep, and working on…
How I planned my workout routines for the gym during my weight loss transformation
I actually still workout this way. The magic will be when I get more consistent with my workouts, but that’s another post. Anywho… This is how I planned (and plan) my fitness routine and workouts to lose 45 pounds in 4 months. I am currently using this same routine and schedule to reach my current weight loss goal of 50 pounds. Below, I’ve also included ways I get more out of the gym during my workouts. Go during a time when there’s less people, more space I like to go to the gym when I don’t have to wait for a machine, weight, or attachment. There’s nobody I have to…
How to Transform Your Life Using a Planner
“Transform your life” sounds like such a huge task doesn’t it? But with some good old decision making, goal setting, and planning, transforming your life can be broken down into a very doable project, or few. And you can keep track of your transformation goals in a planner. Below I detail how to transform your life using a planner in 7 steps. Decide how you’d like to transform your life “We don’t have as many problems as we have decisions to make.” – You Were Born Rich lecture When we make decisions, we cut off other choices, get focused on what we want, and channel our energy towards achieving our…
What I get done in a weekend for optimal slay during the week and tips
I’m getting pretty darn good at my weekend routine. My weekend routine is about getting as prepared as possible for the following week. If I can do it ahead of time, I’m going to get it done on the weekend. For me, that’s cleaning, washing, and organizing, editing and scheduling blog posts, as well as grocery shopping and doing meal prep. This practice has helped me juggle starting a business, writing a blog, living healthy, taking online courses, doing my mindfulness work faithfully, and even having the time to incorporate daily habits like reading and writing for an hour. I get all of that done in a day as a…
What has improved productivity in January
Truth be told, I’m doing alright. I spent the first few weeks of January slacking off but did put my foot down by the third week. Scheduling my new habits in time slots instead of referring to a list My new daily habits were scheduled into my calendar and I’ve been really good about following them. Keeping up with new habits was definitely something I’ve struggled with. Scheduling them into my planner and drawing a checkbox next to them seriously motivates me. I don’t like seeing unchecked boxes at the end of the day. And scheduling them helps me remember them. My new health routine was hard to implement in…
Tips for getting the most out of your list of goals
And maintaining a living goals list, I must add. Goal lists can be very beneficial to helping us materialize our ideas, achieve our desired transformations, become what we want to become, and get what we want to have. But for many of us, there’s one glaring issue. Getting the darn things to work. Goal lists are created for a reason. Well several, but one of the main ones is its power to keep our minds on track. However, if you don’t know how to use one for all it’s worth, this benefit won’t happen. And things won’t get done. If they do, it’ll likely require a whole heap of struggle…
How to Write a Highly Effective Goals List
If you’re like me, you’ve probably written lots of goals and wish lists with hopes of making some real things happen. Your list was long, but you remained hopeful and got motivated anyways. Then a few weeks to a month go by and the steam you started with is damn near non-existent. You give up on your list and life goes on until you feel compelled to make another list. It’s an ugly cycle many of us go through. We want to achieve our goals, but life and its many excuses get in our way or we are confronted with challenges we allow to end our progress. Achieving goals starts…
