September is Self-Improvement Month! What a great time of year to re-focus on ourselves. As the days cool and shorten, it’s the perfect time for looking inward. Now is a natural point to assess our goals, make adjustments and create plans to carry us through the year end. We may want to declutter a personal space, set up a workable filing system, or finally organize a photo collection. Of course, self-improvement can encompass any area of our lives such as health, relationships, career, volunteering or education. How do we get started and make progress and maintain momentum? The best way I know is to choose a small improvement and go for it! Don’t be tempted with grandiose ideas that could lead to frustration but be realistic, honest, and practical. The purpose is to make changes that will improve the way we feel about yourselves. The changes can make us stronger, wiser, or more capable of dealing with everyday struggles. Thus, time spent on self-improvement is never wasted. What small self improvement would make a big impact on your life? Are you ready to make it happen?
Follow These Steps
Remember to remain optimistic!
1. Determine a small goal (or focus on just the first step of a multi-step project). Evaluate your life to identify areas that are unsatisfactory. What’s bugging you? Is someone holding you back? Are you holding yourself back? I believe that most everyone knows what they need to do in life. We simply get so stuck in daily living that we fail to take the time to analyze the possibilities for change.
2. Visualize what the outcome will look like or how it will feel. Use the SMART goals acronym if that makes sense to you (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time bounded). Write ideas down in an outline, create a vision board or make a project management plan with specific steps and deadlines to follow. Try to have fun with your brainstorming, after all this is your future. As you plan, though, get as concrete as possible.
3. If you’re stuck - get a self-improvement buddy. This is someone who shares your desire for self-improvement, has similar aspirations, or is already practicing a life of positive action. Find professional help is you just can’t seem to make progress. This may be a life coach, a therapist, or the clergy.
4. Then go for it! Put your energies into making yourself better, feeling happier, understanding yourself more, or just being your true self.
1. Determine a small goal (or focus on just the first step of a multi-step project). Evaluate your life to identify areas that are unsatisfactory. What’s bugging you? Is someone holding you back? Are you holding yourself back? I believe that most everyone knows what they need to do in life. We simply get so stuck in daily living that we fail to take the time to analyze the possibilities for change.
2. Visualize what the outcome will look like or how it will feel. Use the SMART goals acronym if that makes sense to you (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time bounded). Write ideas down in an outline, create a vision board or make a project management plan with specific steps and deadlines to follow. Try to have fun with your brainstorming, after all this is your future. As you plan, though, get as concrete as possible.
3. If you’re stuck - get a self-improvement buddy. This is someone who shares your desire for self-improvement, has similar aspirations, or is already practicing a life of positive action. Find professional help is you just can’t seem to make progress. This may be a life coach, a therapist, or the clergy.
4. Then go for it! Put your energies into making yourself better, feeling happier, understanding yourself more, or just being your true self.
Inspiration
Why not take some time this month to focus on yourself? If you need some inspiration here are some ideas:
Read an inspirational book like Deepak Chopra’s, “What are you Hungry For?” (it’s not just a diet book) or Susan Jeffers’ “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” (awesome advice)
Visit an inspirational blog
Check out this post, https://www.moneysmartguides.com/20-self-improvement-tips-change-life
Consider the various parts of one’s life and identify where you feel change might be necessary: career, relationships, family, health, social, financial, education, contribution, and leisure.
Or consider the broad three parts of every person: body, mind and soul. Do you feel unbalanced in any one?
Search the web for a local self-improvement seminar to attend
Read an inspirational book like Deepak Chopra’s, “What are you Hungry For?” (it’s not just a diet book) or Susan Jeffers’ “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” (awesome advice)
Visit an inspirational blog
Check out this post, https://www.moneysmartguides.com/20-self-improvement-tips-change-life
Consider the various parts of one’s life and identify where you feel change might be necessary: career, relationships, family, health, social, financial, education, contribution, and leisure.
Or consider the broad three parts of every person: body, mind and soul. Do you feel unbalanced in any one?
Search the web for a local self-improvement seminar to attend
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