Sort Out Your Life

with a To-Do List

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There is something so very

satisfying about crossing a task

off your To Do list.

If you don’t write yourself any other

handy lists, this is a very good

place to start.

If your To Do list is very long, then

you might need to examine your life

a bit. Do you really need to get all

those things done in one day?

Or can some of them be left off,

delayed slightly or delegated?

Perhaps it’s time for you to be more

realistic in your expectations for

yourself and possibly say no to a

few requests.

Don’t beat yourself up and tell

yourself you’re a failure just

because you’re not Superman or

Superwoman and can’t get

everything in a massive list done

within a 24 hour period.

Even if you could get it all done,

you won’t be able to sustain that

sort of pressure for long – burnout

and/or depression are likely results

of this sort of over-achievement.

The Greeks have a proverb that

says that if you try to do more than

three major tasks in one day, the

gods will kick you. It’s good advice!

But there’s more to making lists

than just To Do lists.

Another very good list that will help

you beat stress and make you feel

better about yourself is a gratitude

list.

This sort of list will help you get

some perspective on life and help

you realise that you’ve got plenty to

be happy about.

You can write one big gratitude list

in a single session where you try to

list, say, 50 things that you’re

grateful for.

Another possibility is to have a

gratitude list as a form of journal,

where you write down a minimum

of six things that you’ve enjoyed

that day or you’re grateful for.

These can be simple things, such

as “sunny weather” or “great cup of

coffee for morning tea” or more

significant things like “manage to

close the deal with that important

client”.

Gratitude lists are especially helpful

if you feel the years creeping up on

you and you start hankering to be a

teenager again:

make a list of all the reasons why

the age you are is better than

being a teenager (come on, you

don’t really want to go back to the

days of school uniforms, exams

and acne, do you?).

Gratitude lists look back, but other

lists look forward.

Make a list of your goals. These

can be from any area of life, such

as career, family, travel or health.

Don’t censor yourself – nobody’s

going to see this list except you!

Live your life to the fullest. Beat the

stress and sort out your life with a

smart to-do list.

If you want to beat stress, anxiety,

depression and other emotional

and mental stresses, contact

Hypnotherapy Brisbane

Call us at

(07) 5576 6410 or visit

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