Self -Improvement - Take Care of the Little Things That Bother You

When we have trouble following through on a goal we set for ourselves it may be time to try a different approach. It could be that our energy is being zapped by little things that we have not taking care of.
Most of us have learned to tolerate a lot. Some of it we do because we have been taught not to make waves or speak up others we just don't get around to doing. These might be things like not putting something away, having a messy home and work environment, asking for extensions on the income tax filing date, not sewing on a button, or not following through on what we say we are going to do. All these tolerations take energy because they continue to pop up in your mind. The little unfinished tolerations are energy zappers. In order to gain more energy to tackle bigger goals it can help to take care of the smaller unsaid or unfinished things first.
Here are seven useful tips for taking care of little things you are putting up with:
1. Take out pencil and paper and write down twelve items that you want to eliminate from your energy drainer list.
2. Cross out the ones that will take more than 15 minutes to accomplish. If you have crossed all of them off, start over until you have five on your list.
3. It is important that you have items that you know you can take care off relatively quickly. The reason is that you want to feel success at eliminating some of your energy zappers.
4. By choosing five you can do them in a week. You want to make a commitment to yourself to accomplish the five.
5. Do this exercise for a month. After a month you will have taken care of 20 things that you have been putting up with. If you want to have some that take more then 15 minutes - either do it several 15 minute chunks or at once. Your commitment is to take care of 20 things that have been draining your energy.
6. By taking care of smaller doable items you are strengthening your ability to take yourself seriously.
7. At the end of the month add more items and decide what time commitment you want to attach to them. The stronger your commitment is to your own word the greater will be your success at achieving goals you set for yourself.