People spend more time planning their vacations each year than they spend on planning for their care and well-being the rest of the year.  Why is that exactly?

Because holidays are an escape from the reality of life and once we take them and spend money on them, we want them to be perfect in every way.  So why not create a life you love the rest of the 50 or so weeks of the year you’re not on holiday?

People tend to fall into a life of routine rather than design it from their personal passions. There is definitely a mind/body connection.  In order for us to stay healthy we need to stay happy and to stay happy we need to make choices that serve us.

One of my favorite distinctions is ‘Am doing vs. could do”.  We could do many things, plan to do many things but are we doing them?  Until we replace thought with deed, our lives stay the same.  People who take action on the choices they make will inevitably succeed.  Those who only talk about them will be unhappy with their lot in life and look to blame someone or something else.

What do you choose to act on?  Are you doing things automatically without thinking about them?  The first step in all of this is to pay attention to what you love, what you don’t and to make choices accordingly.

For July and August we’ll be posting our newsletter once a month rather than every other week and will be jumping back into the bi-weekly as of September.

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I’ll leave you with this:

“How you choose to respond each moment to the movie of life determines how you see the next frame, and the next, and eventually how you feel when the movie ends.” – Doc Childre.  We are often asked the question “If you could choose the actor to represent you in your life story, who would it be?”  How about writing a great life story one choice at a time?

With deepest respect,

Donna Karlin
Founder and Principal
A Better Perspective
http://www.abetterperspective.com

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