Thursday, July 14, 2011

I'M GOING TO PUT A SPELL ON YOU!

Not really...actually you are going to put a spell on you!  Intentions...great intentions....we all have them, but for many, intentions never become reality.  It's hard to follow through on intentions.  Things get in the way.  You're too busy; fear; excuses; or you just aren't feeling confident...

Well, you can accomplish your goals through hypnosis.  Hypnosis is not what you see in the movies, rather, hypnosis is the power of suggestion.  And you can do it to yourself.  The power of suggestion is merely suggesting ideas to yourself -- self talk.  I do it all the time.  It works.  I promise.

  • Literally tell yourself what you need to do, how you need to do it.  It could be something as simple as being in a store and seeing something you would love to have and just saying "no" to it, or something a little more complicated like sitting down to plan a new budget and forcing yourself to sit down and take the time to work it out.  In the latter, I might, in my mind, say to myself, "Sit down and work out another budget.  You'll feel better about yourself if you do.  You will have more money. And when I'm done, then I am gonna do something I enjoy".  That's about all it takes!  You might make it your own, but you get the idea.
In addition:
  • Jot down a to-do list in a small notebook  also helps follow through because everytime you complete a task on your list, it feels so good.  You've accomplished something.  You are constructive.  You get excited about completing another task because you want to scratch out something else!

Anxiety and fear get the best of all of us sometimes.  It's that feeling of nervous energy.

  • The best way to cope with this feeling is to do something constructive like gardening or cleaning out a closet...  Sometimes life can be overwhelming, and I think the reason this works is because it calms us down and lets us feel we have a purpose.

The reason I posted this on my debt control blog is because sometimes the biggest obstacle is not that we don't know what or how to do something, but rather getting the motivation it takes to do it.  I hope this helps you, and I would really love to hear about your successes or if you have your own tips to share.  Take care.

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