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What could you do with 10% more effort ?

All that we really need to do to improve our lives is to be 10% better than we were today. Isn’t it incredible to think of how incredibly different our lives could actually be if we improved by 10% every day? You get to chose what aspects of your life that you would like to improve, focus on where you are today and set simple goals to improve by 10% tomorrow and every day after that, can you imagine where you will be this day next year if you set a goal to maintain that thought process?

What areas of your life are you most unhappy with? Please don’t tell me that you are 100% happy with every aspect right now. For me personally there are a lot of areas and even sub areas within that area. As we age our image of what we think life should be changes so dramatically, if only we could talk to our future selves or even our past selves how our lives would be so different?

What effort do we need to put in to making our lives all that we ever imagined it should be ? Aren’t we worth that effort?

We give 100% of ourselves to raise our children, take care of our homes, be amazing partners, business owners or employees, we excel in hobbies or sports yet for most of us taking care of ourselves seems to be a chore.

How many of us even give a thought to what we need or want from life? We are so busy being all things to everyone else that we neglect our own passions, our own dreams and desires. If we are not privileged enough to to have a caring partner, friend or confidant do we ever stop to think about what we need ?

When was the last time that you did something for you?

It need not be a huge gesture but even something small like a sweet treat or some flowers? When was the last time you did that for yourself without feeling guilty? When was the last time you sat in your garden with a book and just enjoyed the fresh air without that pang of guilt because the laundry isn’t finished? When was the last time that you had a movie day curled up on the sofa in your comfy PJ’s just because, without the guilt of not having prepared the evening meal yet?

Today is the day to look in the mirror, not that glance at another wrinkle or that new stray grey hair, but a proper look in the mirror the one that takes more than five minutes, who do you see? Does the reflection make you smile , does it make you happy ? If the answer is no, then what are you going to do to change that? Remember we must work more on ourselves than on any other part of our lives. We must spend as much time on ourselves as we do on our longest task daily, and most importantly remember just 10% improvement every day on every aspect of our lives that we are unhappy with creates an incredible version of ourselves in the next year. Let’s do this .

Xx Lei

WE CAN’T UNDO THE PAST ... WE CAN ONLY DO ONE THING...MAKE THIS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.