Today at Momscape.com: Are you an Earth Mother or a Creative Rainbow Mother? Find out.
Coupons | Product Reviews | Contests | Articles | Forums | Search | Subscribe
Family Fun | Parenting Tips | Romance | Health & Fitness | Organic Living | Weight Loss | WAHMs
Welcome Momscapers!
Momscape.com is an award winning online magazine delivering
uplifting personal essays
from real parents - plus
practical guidance on parenting,
family fun,
romance,
travel,
health & fitness,
weight loss,
and more.
We invite you to share your
MamaWisdom and to help us
spotlight
products that make your life as a mom easier or better while you
enjoy our money-saving
online coupons and
family travel
discounts.
We want to help you enjoy the
simple (and fine) things life has to offer.
Subscribe to Momscape >
or
Get Our Daily Coupon Updates by Email
Bookmark and share Momscape with your friends:
Online Coupons
Today's
Favorite Coupons
All Online
Coupons by Store
All Online Coupons by
Category
Printable
Grocery Coupons
Product Reviews
Momscape's
Favorite Things (Blog)
Top-Rated
Mom Product Reviews
Family Fun
Activities & Crafts
Family Travel
Deals
Free Scrapbooking Ideas
Parenting Articles
Baby Tips
Toddler Tips
All Parenting Articles
Inspiration/Essays
Relationships
Marriage
Romance
Friendships
Health
and Fitness
Fitness Tips
Natural Living
Nurturing Your Spirit
Weight Loss
Professional
Family Manager Tips
Home-Based Business
Community
MamaWisdom Forums
About Momscape
Subscribe
Site Map
Links
Link to Us
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
About us
Contact Us
Overstuffed Life? Scale Back
by Kathy Gates
Have you ever read a novel or watched a movie that just seemed to have
too much stuff, and not enough plot? You probably got so off course in
all the side stories, useless characters, and oddities that you
practically lost the true story line.
Life can be the same way. You can lose interest in it, because it gets
crammed with bits and pieces that aren’t essential to you, to YOUR
story, and they actually take away from what you want the world to see,
what you’re trying to do, who you are.
Here are 3 ways to scale back an overstuffed lifestyle:
1. State a purpose. If you could write your life as a book, what would
it be about? What would be the purpose, the intention? Think about your
highest goal in life to tell you what your “story” is about, and where
you want it to go. What do you want to have happen and to whom, with
what resolution?
2. Take Stock. Look for things, circumstances, situations, problems,
roles, responsibilities, even people who are not supporting what you
want the plot of your life to be about. Look for things that may be
drawing you away from your true values, your true needs, your true
desires. Check through your life and look for things that don’t relate
to your ideas, your beliefs, your needs and wants. Look at it with fresh
eyes, a fresh perspective, or ask someone that you trust to help you do
that.
3. Edit it. Like in the movies or in novel writing, a good edit is
usually as important as the story itself.
This can be the hard part, but it's essential. Start small, thoughtfully
and carefully asking yourself about each part: Is my time spent in a way
I want to spend it? Is this responsibility something I really care
about? Does this role fit with what I see my life being? Does this
item/thing make me smile? Or is it a part of my life just because it
“ended up there.”
Where are you overstuffed in your personal or professional life? Like a
good story, it’s the balance, the combination, the interlocking of the
pieces that make it work and make it worthwhile. Be true to your story,
be true to your plot, and you’ll see a life emerge that is clear, and
interesting, and all that you want it to be.
About the author:
Professional Life Coach Kathy Gates works with people who have created
too much in their life and feel a need to design a simple, sustainable,
flexible, enjoyable life. Visit
www.reallifecoach.com, or call 480.998.5843.
Subscribe to Momscape >
or
Get Our Daily Coupon Updates by Email
Moms are Raving About
> Tae Bo Kicks Billy Blanks Workout for Kids
> Collectopia Wacktivity and A Friendship Scraptacular
> Micro Spy Kit X2 Toy
> Bugaboo Chameleon Stroller
> Burt's Bees Baby Bee Skin reme
> Perego Primo Viaggio Infant Car Seat
> Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, by Ina May Gaskins
> Rocket Spanish
> NordicTrack 740 Stepper
> More Product Reviews