Why does life seem so overwhelming?
We set goals and have good intentions, but there never seems to be enough time, money or energy for achieving life’s biggest goals. Instead of making progress, our lives seem even more out of balance.
Sound familiar?
Well, for the next few weeks, I’d like to help you overcome the overwhelm and work on achieving balance in every major life category.
How will we do that?
Using a strategy I learned from Dr. Dave Braun and Dr. Troy Amdahl, authors of the bestselling book, Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World: identify where you’re out of balance, then jot down three tasks a day that will move you toward balance in that area (or areas) of your life.
Here’s an example:
If your finances are a mess and credit card debt is causing you extra stress, your to-do list might look like this:
1. Make a list of all debts in order of total amount due
2. Make an extra payment (today) on the smallest debt while still making minimum payments on the others
3. Research ways to make extra money to pay off all debt
START TODAY: IDENTIFY WHERE YOU ARE OUT OF BALANCE
You CAN overcome the overwhelm.
To start, identify your biggest stressor in each of “The 7 F’s of Oola” (below).
Write down your list in a journal or on your smartphone, so you can refer back to it.
Are you out of balance in:
Fitness: Excess weight? Poor nutrition? Minimal exercise?
Finance: Crushing debt? No retirement plan? Too much month at the end of the money?
Family: Need to set some boundaries? Marriage on life support?
Field: Career stress? Low pay or benefits? Unfulfilled?
Faith: No real relationship with God? Need a daily practice?
Friends: Toxic friends that bring you down? Need mentors?
Fun: No time for fun? Waiting until you’re older or retired?
Whatever is stressing you, let’s work together to completely transform your life into one of balance, growth and purpose.
I’ve joined forces with Dave and Troy to bring my followers the Oola formula via a 10-week coaching experience designed to transform your life, your finances, your relationships and more.
Message me and we can jump on a call about it.
Stay tuned for the next few weeks for more ways to bring balance to your life . . . Oola style.
In the meantime, here are some places to go for more information about Oola:
- Learn more about the 10-Week Oola Coaching Program
- Schedule your complimentary discovery call with me
- Join my Oola Empowered Life Facebook Group
- Visit my Events Page to register for upcoming live Oola events.
Contact me now. It only takes 10 weeks to make massive progress.
P.S. If you’d like to get started by focusing on just one of the 7 “F’s” of Oola – Finance - check out the 3 week Green Gap Program.
I’m here to help 2021 be a breakthrough year for you!
If you could change one thing about your life today - that would positively influence all your tomorrows -what would it be?
Have you thought about it?
Would it be:
• Getting fit and healthy so you can keep up with your kids (or grandkids) and really enjoy life for the first time in years?
• Moving on from a toxic workplace to a fulfilling job you’re passionate about?
• Reaching your first $100,000 in a retirement account?
• Paying off your credit card debts or student loans?
• Some other goal?
For the next few weeks, I’d like to challenge you to choose, then tackle, the one thing you know in your heart that you must do to impact every aspect of your life.
The concept of one breakthrough goal is something I learned from The OolaGuys – Dr. Dave Braun and Dr. Troy Amdahl, authors of Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World.
With so many stress points in life, they say, our lives can get out of balance.
But narrowing our focus to our “OolaOne” – the one single goal we know we must achieve – can change our lives for the better (often permanently).
Not only does it calm the chaos, it puts us together with new people, gives us new skills, and so much more. We get smarter, more confident, better connected, more loving, more generous, less stressed—qualities that enable us to truly live our unique purpose on this planet.
We can never go back to who we were because we become someone different in the process of pursuing our OolaOne.
Are you up for that kind of life change in 2021?
Permanent change is what the Oola lifestyle taught me, and it’s what I help others do as an Oola Life Coach.
START TODAY: Make a list of 7 goals – Then choose YOUR OolaOne.
So, what would you change in “The 7 F’s of Oola” (life areas below)?
Choose seven goals in the following areas, then narrow it to just ONE thing that would change your life.
Fitness • Finance • Family • Field • Faith • Friends • Fun
When you’ve decided, drop a comment below and share your OolaOne goal (unless it’s private).
In my next post, I’ll give you a strategy for tackling the daily steps to achieve your OolaOne.
Stay tuned! It will be a life-changing post that transforms the way you focus in 2021.
In the meantime, here are some places to go for more information about living the Oola lifestyle:
- You can schedule your complimentary discovery call with me here.
- You can join my Oola Empowered Life Facebook here.
- And/or, visit my Events Page to register for upcoming live Oola events.
I’m here to help 2021 be a breakthrough year for you!
For countless people, December is a month for celebrating and focusing on family, friends and what’s truly important.
It’s a month for great food and fun times . . . and giving gifts.
But before you get out the wrapping paper and ribbon, why not inventory your accomplishments over the past year and recommit to the things you wish you’d done?
It’s time to take a serious look at 2020 and wrap it up!
If you’ve been following my posts over the last several months, you know that I am passionate about creating balance and lowering stress in 7 major areas of life. It’s something I learned from “The OolaGuys”—Dave Braun and Troy Amdahl, authors of the international bestselling book Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World.
They recommend (and I do, too) taking inventory to see where you’re at right now – and determine how you’ll get to where you want to be.
So which loose ends do you need to “wrap up” before the end of 2020?
And what do you need to do in 2021 to live the life you really want?
Here are some examples of "Incompletes" from 2020 that may need some wrapping up:
Fitness: Health condition(s) that needs to be handled?
Finance: Overwhelming debt that needs to be paid off (or down)?
Family: Crucial conversations you need to have?
Field: That talk with management about a promotion?
Faith: That Bible study guide you bought months ago?
Friends: Catch up calls to friends who’ve drifted away?
Fun: Travel photos framed or put in a Shutterfly book?
Whatever you need to wrap up this year, why not spend December focusing on it?
And while you’re busy completing those “incompletes”, why not dream a little about the life you want to create in 2021?
Whatever your plans for next year, I can help you stay focused on them.
In fact, I’ve joined forces with The OolaGuys to bring my followers the proven Oola formula via a
10-week coaching experience designed to transform your life, your finances, your relationships and more.
Message me and we can jump on a call about it. Or schedule your complimentary discovery call with me HERE.
You can also visit my Events Page to register for upcoming Oola events to learn more.
I’m here to help 2021 be a breakthrough year for you!
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What’s your favorite flavor? Mine is lemon yellow.
I’m talking, of course, about that popular colorful candy, Skittles.
If you think about it, our lives are often like that box of candy.
Lots of little tasks every day that add up to, well, nothing.
No meaningful progress on our goals. No celebrating “wins” or achievements.
Just staying stuck in the minutiae of life.
But what if your tasks were a whole lot more focused?
What if you worked on a few BIG goals at a time versus filling your day with errands, calls, and scrolling Facebook?
I’ve mentioned The OolaGuys before. Their book and coaching program, Oola: Find Balance in an Unbalanced World, teaches a simple exercise that illustrates the importance of focus.
If you grab a big class vase (which represents your life), and fill it with pound after pound of colorful Skittles, by the end of the year you’d have accomplished a lot of little tasks, but likely be no closer to your dream life.
But if you fill the glass vase first with oranges—representing your biggest life-changing goals—you could still fit in the Skittles in the gaps and airspace around the oranges.
In other words, you CAN fit in the major goals you want to accomplish in life, and still handle the basic day-to-day tasks in the spare time you have left.
Of course, you’d have to stay focused: no mindlessly checking Pinterest, no binge-watching Season 4 of Friends.
But one way to stay focused is to be crystal-clear about your dreams, goals and outcomes. Use that 3x5 card (from my previous post) to be sure that the action steps you need to accomplish your dreams and goals are filled out nightly and referred to daily to keep you on track.
Research what it takes to get what you want.
State your goals clearly in terms of numbers, time, improvement, and deadline.
If you need help staying focused and accountable to your goals, I’m here to help.
Together, we can make sure you’re focused on oranges and not Skittles. In fact, you can make massive progress in just 10 weeks with the Oola Coaching Program—delivered jointly by The OolaGuys and me.
Message me and we can jump on a 30-minute call to discuss how coaching can work for you.
Meanwhile...drop a comment below and share…
What are your most important “oranges”, as well as the Skittles you’re willing to give up❓💙
If you rummage around in your desk drawer or supply cabinet, you’ll likely find one of the most powerful and life-changing tools available today: the humble 3x5 card.
When I first read the book Oola: Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World, its authors—Dr. Dave Braun and Dr. Troy Amdahl—recommended their own daily strategy for getting things done and achieving goals that will change your life.
It’s this:
Grab a 3x5 card and divide it in half by drawing a vertical line down the center. List the things you have to accomplish for work on one half—and the things you have to accomplish at home on the other. Whether it’s finishing that sales report or running errands—whatever is important today—write it down.
When you do, that 3x5 card may surprise you.
If you find your card is filled with busy tasks, errands and calls that don’t really move you closer to your biggest life goals (we call those “Skittles”), it’s time to reassess your priorities.
For example, if your goal is to be debt-free, could you do one thing every day toward eliminating your debt?
Instead of writing down “Order that bracelet for Gennifer’s birthday,” your 3x5 card might read: “List outstanding bills in a spreadsheet.”
Instead of “Start new car shopping,” your card could read “Move $100 from vacation fund to auto loan.”
See what I mean? Once it’s written down, you can see what makes sense (or not), and write a different to-do list that gets you closer to your best life ever: your “new normal" - the "normal" that YOU CREATE.
As a Certified Oola Life Coach, I help clients create a list of goals, then prioritize their tasks and—most importantly—stay accountable to accomplishing them week by week.
We, at Oola, refer to your lists as “Oranges & Skittles”.
You may already know that I am passionate about equipping, empowering and supporting others to create a healthy, energetic, more balanced life with less stress, more happiness and greater purpose – one choice at a time.
In fact, I’ve joined forces with Dave and Troy to bring my followers the Oola formula via a 10-week coaching experience designed to transform your life, your finances, your relationships and more.
Message me and we can jump on a call together to chat about it.
Just for fun, drop a comment below and tell us the one thing you’ve decide to do asap. Let’s share!
But for now, pull out a 3x5 card and write your must-do’s for tomorrow. I hope they include getting closer to your goals?!?
