Breaking Up with Busy. Yvonne Tally

is true if you tend to focus on the problem rather than the solution; the problem will remain alive and well, while the solution will be given no space to grow. Your thoughts generate boundless possibilities for your life strategies, for how you manage your unique world, and for the expansion of your mental, physical, and spiritual course.

      Your brain needs to be recharged, just like your body. Overworking it without giving it a rest has a direct impact on your overall health. Reprogramming your thinking wakes up your awareness and gives you a refreshed way of looking at situations and challenges. It’s a reboot of cerebral assets. When we rest and recharge our thoughts — our brains — we can begin developing new strategies for mindfully choosing how to spend our time.

      • Your Life Strategies Review •

      Now that you understand the connection between your life strategies and how they influence and form your habits, you have assimilated the essential tools to shift, edit, or change both. And, having learned how to pinpoint your need/want connection, you are well on your way to breaking your busy habits and freeing yourself from your overscheduled days.

      The Life Strategy Account Review will help you identify what’s working for you and what’s not. As you take account of each tool and realign your priorities, you’ll begin editing your out-of-date strategies and designing your unique solutions for breaking your busy habits.

      This review is a thinking reboot. It will help you access more mindful options for getting out of your busy habits so you’ll feel more energized and optimistic about changing the habits that are holding you back. Either way, just by reviewing the questions, you have already shifted your awareness, and that is certain to drive you toward what you want.

      EXERCISE: Life Strategy Account Review

       1. What resourceful strategies are working for you? These are the strategies that incorporate your natural attributes and allow you to easily maneuver and manage your time, relationships, and personal interests.

       I use ________ strategy. This strategy uses my ____________ attributes. I know it works well for me because I feel ________ during and after I employ this strategy.

       2. If you were to let go of one unresourceful strategy, what would it be? How would letting go of it enhance your day?

       It’s not working for me when I ______. I would/will let go of my ___________ habit when I employ this strategy. I know doing so will give me more time to ____________, and I will move closer to feeling/experiencing _____________.