RESET your life.
Reset: Imagine looking at your life and remembering that many of the obligations in your life are actually choices. And then happily choosing to continue them, but on your terms. That’s what a reset is all about.
Here are the strategies from OnSimplicity.net if you are feeling out of focus:
1. Disconnect to peripherals.
Anything that’s not a vital necessary can, and perhaps should, go. (At least for the time being.) Keep going to your job, keeping parenting your children, and please, keep showering. The rest? Take a few days to consider them optional. This includes get-togethers, side projects, and any and all hobbies. Do the things you love and have a clear interest in doing, but take a break from the things that are more habit than passion. I stopped blogging, cooking, gardening, and even skipped a game night. And guess what? The world kept spinning. It was a beautiful realization.
Disconnecting to the nonessential is an excellent reminder of the obvious: they’re nonessential.
2. Take a rest.
Equally amazing is how much better a person can feel when they’re getting a decent amount of sleep. And with all the peripheral commitments on the backburner, you can actually unwind at the end of each day without jumping into a new activity that sets your mind racing.
3. Start flipping switches back on “on.”
Resetting isn’t about dropping out of your life. It’s about finding space to invite in those things that you love. Once you’re disconnected, rested, and a bit more of a blank slate, you naturally drift toward the things you’re really interested in. Jackpot! Maybe you’ll pick up your toolkit and starting tinkering with things, maybe you’ll rediscover a joy in fiction, maybe you’ll realize that not doing your regular hobbies drives you crazy. Either way, your expectations are gone, leaving you free to explore based on what your interests are now, not 10 years or six months ago.
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