GET A PLANNER!

With the last few days of 2016 grinding to a close, the new year of 2017 looms ahead. What will you do to prepare for the new year? Do you set goals? Do you believe in them at all? Or perhaps, you have turned cynical after years of failed attempts setting goals and seeing them not come to fruition. If you count yourself among the many who have tried but fell short of turning over a new leaf and becoming productive, you aren’t alone…in fact, you have have tons of company!

 If you fail to plan, you’re planning to fail – Ben Franklin

The bottom line is if you are interested in making 2017 an extraordinary year (as I am), then I am going to suggest a planner to you that I discovered on Amazon called the Inner Guide.

It is extremely easy to work with and does a great job of breaking the year down month by month. You can carry out a good deal of analysis as to what segment of your life you’d like to work with, whether it’s: Relationships, Health, Finances, etc.

What does all of this have to do with discovering a more natural way of life? A great deal. You can say you’re going to do something new or different as long and loud as you’d like. But true transition to a healthier lifestyle doesn’t come unless you are first willing to change old habits and establish new ones. It’s imperative also to set mini tasks and goals along the way to reach the desired changes you are after. I know of no more effective way to make that happen, than to select a planner that will help you examine those portions of your life that you’re wanting to see desirable changes to happen.

One of my favorite quotes is from Anais Nin…

This quote is a big motivator to me, because I so relate to it. So often we cling to that which is safe. We stay in the bud, if you will, because it’s what we know. There are no major decisions to make…nothing that is challenging or unknown. If we stay here, then we cannot fail.

But nature forces us to grow, despite what we may want and after a time, we have to venture out. That’s how I view transitioning into living a more natural life.

The more I learn about the harmful chemicals that are so prevalent in almost every product I use in my morning routine – I realize, I have to change. I have to start new habits and make plans to live differently.

Here’s to a dynamic 2017!

Searching for a better way to live,

Cathy