As we enter into the week of Thanksgiving don’t forget to start your week off with gratitude! Every Sunday I have a ritual of things I do.
Below is my list:
1.I always read and share Tiffany Hendra’s Sanctuary Of Style blog. She has Sunday Affirmations. If you have trouble coming up with some of your own I know Tiffany will not mind you borrowing hers until you begin to create some of your own.
2. I start of my mornings with practicing my 10/10 Exercise shared by Linda Ryan. This exercise is easy and free. You take a note book and write down 10 things you are grateful for, and 10 things you would like to manifest in your life. This lesson has been priceless for me on my personal development journey in the last 30 days. You do this every day, for as long as you like. Because I am very results driven and goal oriented I choose to do my 10/10 Exercise in 10 day increments. I am on my third 10 days. At the end of each 10 days I make a little report of my 10 days and decide if I will continue on. It is a fun project and people seem to love doing it and sharing with others.
3. I write a list of things I need to get accomplished for each one of my clients, as well as for myself. This helps me stay on track.
( On Sundays I always write my plan out for Magical Mondays With Mary And Michelle. This week we will be sending a shout out to Zen Rabbit.com— The Home Of The Gratitude Cookie. They are our Magical Monday sponsors and the cookies really are Magically Delicious! Mary Riesberg is going to make me start having our sponsors send things to her house because I have a hard time staying out of the goodies. I just can’t help it! )
Another key component– As I go along I also write in things I did not write on my list/ those things you forget to write down but end up doing. I cross those things out as if they were on my list. This helps me to stay positive and focus on everything I have accomplished throughout my day /week.
Have you ever looked at your to do list and felt like you completed nothing? This does not make you feel positive. I have found that when I cross out the things I write along the way it makes me feel better. This is just what I do. You might have other methods that work well for you. I would love to hear them!– Michelle Colon-Johnson’s Blog.
What do you do to start off your week and prepare you for the upcoming days? Please share with me and others. I might need to add to my list. Have a wonderful Sunday and a Magical Week! I am grateful for your friendship!
– Michelle Colon-Johnson
Beautiful post and I’m humbled to part of your Sunday ritual! H5 + HB!
Tiffany, I love what you are doing and how you do it! I love when people get together and share their journey with others. You are one who does what I do– You live your dream with and through others, by helping them live their dreams you are living your own! High 5 + A Hip Bump backatcha! ~Michelle
Inspiring and practical post Michelle, and like Tiffany, I’m humbled to be part of your routine. I must confess, I also write thing on my To Do List after I’ve done them. It’s funny, even though nobody but me sees my list. It’s not like someone’s gonna look at it and say “Great job Linda! Look at all you completed!” Just me, but it makes me feel better to see quantity as well as quality.
Linda,
Like Tiffany you have been a part of my Personal Development Journey. I appreciate you and our friendship! I first started writing things down on my list in 2008. I have always been a list person but I knew I needed to start implementing new things in my schedule. I loved the quote Les Brown said to us one day,” Be around people who celebrate you instead of tolerate you”. It hit me that I needed celebrate myself,to give myself a pat on the back every once in a while, get out of my own way! So I began to write down all the things that were not on my “Beginning of the week/day list”. I realized how good it felt when I crossed the items off my list, just like I did the original ones. Instead of focusing on the things I did NOT do I began to celebrate the things I DID do. Not to say that I can slack off and not complete my goals. Just be a little easier on my self and know that while I did not do everything I set out to do– I did do things, and that makes me want to move the things I did not do over to the next day… so I can look forward to crossing them off!