As I mentioned in my previous blog, over the past 6 months I have felt that I had lost control in a lot of areas of my life! In June, my wife and I headed off to the US for our yearly trip to the World Series of Poker, where Jackstar puts her skills to the test for the ultimate prize in all of poker, a WSOP Bracelet.
The first thing I began to focus on in trying to gain back my focus, motivation and drive to become my absolute best was to start cleaning out all the things in my life that I thought were either weighing me down or that I was not getting any value from. We often spend so much time and energy on things in our life that actually don't bring enough value to our lives to make it worth our while, but we don't seem to take this into account. Whether it is actually focusing our energy with certain people in our life or focusing on an aspect professionally, we always need to think about what is the cost & subsequent rewards for what we are focusing on.
When I went through looking at all the areas in my life where I spend my time and energy, I realised that very little of this time was actually having a productive time on MY life! Yeh, I was having a productive time on other people's life, which I love and value greatly, but if it is to the detriment of my life or my well being, then that is not a healthy situation for anyone.
So I began to strip everything back to the core and make a list of 2 or 3 things that I felt I needed to focus on to help me get back to my mental best. I then placed everything else on the shelf for a little while until I felt I had total control over those 2 or 3 areas of my life that were crucial to my balance and happiness. One thing I realised again and that I have been telling my clients for many years, that happiness and success begins when we focus on ourselves and what is on the inside.
I must admit, when I was able to focus all my energy and attention on those important 2 or 3 areas in my life, even I was surprised at the ripple effect. So many areas of my life began to just settle, with the level of focus I felt and just the overall "Ssshhhh"ing of the mind helping me achieve positive momentum towards the things in my life that are most important.
One exercise I began to implement each few days was a gratitude journal. Writing down 3-5 things in my life that I was grateful for, really helped me to balance out the negative critique that someone that has always been a perfectionist, inevitably has on themselves. This gratitude journal again accelerated the positive momentum I was experiencing and allowed me to stay on track to getting myself back on track mentally and work towards achieving a happier, more balanced self.
Over the past few months, I have kept things pretty simple and have really created a great foundation to build from, which is a crucial to have that foundation in place before you add any other processes into the mix.
Next blog I will discuss the next process I added to help take my mental health/performance to the next level and hope you all are thinking about de cluttering your life and just focusing on a few key areas that make up your happiness and success!:)
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