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7 Terrific Ways Spring Clean Your Life!
WINTER IS ON THE WAY OUT.
We all have some areas that could use some Spring Cleaning.
HERE ARE 7 TERRIFIC WAYS TO SPRING CLEAN YOUR LIFE.
Each can have a big positive impact on your life.
1. Spring Clean Your Mental Assumptions.
These are our “go-to” thoughts about everyday events. They are the stories we tell ourselves about who we are, why we did this or that. Assumptions are often the pseudo-facts that we tell ourselves in order to get through the day but they can hold us back from reaching our goals or living happier if we don’t take time occasionally to check out how helpful they actually are.
What assumptions do you find yourself making everyday?
Not sure… try finishing this sentence fragment, “I am a person who likes to…”
There’s an assumption.
Sometimes our assumptions or “stories” about ourselves and others are true, sometimes they aren’t. By taking a look at them we can create opportunities to see them for what they are. Start by reviewing your day or week. As you write the list, where do you see you may have made an assumption about something external, something someone said or did? Once you’ve got a few things listed, move on to noticing where you may be making assumptions about yourself? For example, how often do you tell yourself that you are this kind of person or…