10 ways to get excited about your life

What does your “Queen Bee” look like

While working with my life coach a while back he asked me to name the voice inside my head that believes in me.  Do you know the voice I mean?  It’s your true, inner voice; the one that tells you you can; the one that believes in you, the one that kicks ass.  The way this works for me is that when I listen to this voice, I believe I can.  It helps me trust myself to move forward, make that decision, take that step.  This is my Queen Bee.

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As I am moving forward with a new business venture and busy making one of my dreams come true I find myself calling on my Queen Bee more and more often.  Because right alongside my QB is my doubter voice, the one that tries to say “maybe I can’t” or, “I don’t know how”.

Now that I am connecting with, and listening to, my Queen Bee, things are happening and I am excited!!  It continuously amazes me how things fall into place somehow when I listen to that voice, when I believe in what I am doing and what I can do. I love living with excitement and joy in my life.  I love waking up looking forward to whatever the day is going to bring.  And I love sharing this amplified way of living with others and with you.

So, let me share some of the ways that I get myself to this place joyful place of confidence, life mastery and living true to myself:

1. Pay attention to what your body and soul is telling you.  Notice when your body responds with enthusiasm and joy to a thought or an idea.  This is your inner voice telling you, you are on the right path.
2. Exercise.  When I am working out I get pumped about my ideas.  Especially when I am on my own, letting my ideas flow.  Working out makes me feel strong and capable.  Love this amazing feeling and the high I feel when walking out of the gym or when finishing a trail ride in the forest.  When you are good to your body it will respond positively and be good to you
3. Surround yourself with people who support you and believe in you.  Period.  That’s it.  Walk away from people who try to tell you that you can’t.  They just want to drag you down with them.
4. Listen to music that gets your mojo going
5. Be mindful.  Mindful of your surroundings, the small moments, time with loved ones.
6. Enjoy nature.  I am always taken back by the effect nature can have on me.  I love grabbing my notebook and just sitting and letting the ideas flow, or I just let nature fill me up with its’ beauty and strength
7. Show your love generously and you will be loved back just as generously.  Sharing your love of life and others feels great.
8. Time with friends – good friends
9. Work with a coach, or find a mentor, or someone who can help you.  Asking for help only makes you stronger.
10. BELIEVE. IN. YOU.

I went for a trail ride this morning and recorded my first “action” video.  Please be kind…. Feeling a little nervous about publishing it, but my Queen Bee is telling me to go for it so I am.

How do I get more done each day?

This is a question I have been asking myself a lot lately.  As with most of you, I wear many hats.  I fondly remember the days when all I had to worry about was being a child, or being a student, or being a friend – but never all at once!  Now I am a Mom, step mom, wife, doggie owner, personal trainer, teacher, business owner, chauffeur, shopper, friend…etc etc.  But I don’t feel legit saying that it’s because I am a mom, or any of those other things, that I don’t get enough work done on my business.  My kids are older and though there are days where they need me a lot, there are many more days where everyone is in school all day and the house is quiet.  So, how do I get the most out of those days?  This is where I often disappoint myself.

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I know I need to set some clear goals for myself.  Not just big goals, but smaller daily goals.  And then I need to make sure I implement a plan to get that done!  I have recently been lucky enough to get to work with a business coach and had a very productive call with him yesterday.  At the end of the hour I had some very clear strategies in place to help me get the most out of my day.

But there are some changes I would like to make.  I need to make my work day more effective and set some clear goals for myself.  As my kids are getting older and need me less, I can spend more time on my business.  Spent a great, productive hour on the phone with my business coach this morning and have some clear strategies in place to make this happen.

Here are some of the things we discussed: and I am posting it here because I then feel accountable to YOU.  Since I have told you I am going to do it, I now have to make sure I do 🙂

• schedule tasks, with reminders
• Consistently focus on one task at a time
• Complete a task list at the end of the day so I can get started right away in the morning when my mind is the clearest and I am the most productive.
• Only check emails the last 10 minutes of every hour instead of whenever they come in (I have already turned off email notification on my phone and laptop and this has already improved my focus)
• Use exercise as a reward, not an excuse not to work… Lol – yes I love to exercise!

This is just the beginning…. !

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Prior to our session I had found a great article on how to stay focused that really resonated with me – read more here…  I am printing it off and posting in front of me above my computer.  I especially liked #2: Focus on two tasks and #4: Interval train your brain.  Very cool.  I will let you know how it goes.  I look forward to hearing from you what you think!

How do you get things done?  Are you a list person?  Do you set reminders?  Please share your successful tips.  Or let me know if I can help you in any way 🙂

The Balance Act

All of us do this every day – balance work with family, friends and all other things.  How do you prioritize what comes first, second, last?  This is a challenge faced by us all and some are better at it than others as with anything.  I would say I have balance in my life in that I spend a lot of time with my family vs. work (thus I am not wealthy..).  But there are definitely things that I need/should spend time on that don’t get enough time.  One of them is friends.  For two years in a row now I have made it my New Year’s resolution to spend more time with friends – and I am.  But not nearly as much as I would like.  And by that I mean I am not spending time with people I want to spend time with.  There is always something else that “needs” to get done first.  I travel to the city for work three times per week.  I have a very dear friend who lives there and I always plan to call her and arrange a coffee, but then guilt sets in and I feel I should be working, or there is something that needs to get done and I head home without calling her.  Why is that?  For myself I partly attribute it to poor time management, something I will blog about tomorrow.  Today it is about balance.  Do I have balance in my life?  YES 🙂

I spend a lot of time with my kids (favourite thing to do).  Not enough, but quality time with my husband.  I exercise regularly – it’s my job 😉 – and I work enough to pay my bills.  That is balance …for me anyway.

What is balance for you?  What are the things you need to balance; and are you managing to do it in a way that makes you happy?

I will be checking back here later to see what you had to say about this after I have attended my son’s race, made dinner and done some kind of a workout…  YIKES – better get moving!!

Later all!