systems and/or habits

One of my favorite books is called, "The Power of Focus."  I have to give a thank you here.  My dearest brother Matt bought and sent this book to me years ago.  He is truly a great example and inspiration to me.  He is one of the best!!  I've poured over it so many times its starting to fall apart.  So I was incredibly thrilled when I found "The Power of Focus for Women" the other day.  I haven't gotten very far into, but the parts I did read were great.  It even has a small comment on each chapter on "How men see it."  I love it, it helps me to understand where they are coming from and how to better support them in their goals. 

What I love about my job is how I teach people, any thing you want to do differently involves making changes.  So many people are hard on themselves when they feel like they fail at starting a new exercise routine, a financial plan etc....  But creating a new habit is difficult and we can only stop a bad habit by replacing it with a new one.  When one understands this, we can all be kinder to ourselves and simply take the time to learn the skills to make those changes. 

My days are very full (as is everyone), so I desperately need to take my list of "to dos" and figure out if there is a specific time I can do each thing and make it a habit or what I can do to make some parts of my life a little more systematic. 

The simple fact is that I have to start getting up earlier!!  It just has to happen.  So I'm so happy I've been able to stop watching TV because I have to get to bed earlier to make that happen.  So I'm am part way there already. 

Some areas of my life I want to create some systems/habits for;

-food prep
-house cleaning
-financial
       -bill paying
       -retirement preparation
-work - my business
-cleaning the car
-homeschooling

Just like everyone, there are some things I'm doing well in these areas and yet there are things I'd greatly like to improve on!!!