Only a few years back, I had a work schedule that rarely allowed me to see my family and had me stressed to maximum. I rarely had time for holidays. In fact I just had very few holidays with my boys. I was over weight and unhealthy eating fried and fatty.
I was over my head in debt.I wasn’t exercising and I was a smoker. My life was complicated and I didn’t have time for anything that I loved. And though I was aware of it but had no time to even plan a way out.
And then the car crash happened which forced me to get things order. To Simplify. To make positive changes.
I started decluttering lot of activities and things. One thing at a time. I poured my energy into the one thing . First was making more time. Created time by buying time. Hiring the best people that I could afford to do things I was doing.
The newspaper & TV time came to zero. I cut off completely from things that didn’t matter to me. Books &blogs were limited to self help & health. Completely cut down multi tasking. The concept of one goal at a time and putting all my energy into it worked wonderfully well for me.
The happiest moment was when I cleared all debt and released my home from mortgage. Saved a substantial emergency fund for me and my family. Tips that will help :
1. Start small. Dont try to do too many things at a time
2. Simplify. Declutter
3. Create habits
4.Take one goal at a time & give all energy &focus to that. It can be from anything like quitting smoke to reduce screen time.
5.Set limitations.There are some things you cant avoid living in society and family.Set limitation to that.
Less clutter will make you more productive

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