Create A Life You Love Newsletter

Practical steps to have MORE in your life - More fun, more love, more peace, more excitement.

ISSUE NO 6: DESIGN YOUR PERFECT LIFESTYLE

1. FEATURE ARTICLE: "Design Your Perfect Lifestyle"
2. The Personal Touch
3. Announcements
4. About the "Create a Life You Love" Newsletter

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1. FEATURE ARTICLE: "Design Your Perfect Lifestyle"

Summary:

We often fall into the trap of thinking we have to wait until retirement to have our life be just right. (Of course, in retirement people often get bored.) So stop waiting! This article is written to help you design your ideal life.

Then ask the question: What would it take to have this NOW, or this year? If thats absolutely not possible (and it probably is, so look hard!), then you design a plan to reach that.

Following is an extract of the Perfect Lifestyle Program. (Better still, you can currently download the full Program free of charge at www.life-coaching-resource.com Look for the Design Your Life option.)

Instructions: Print out the following, and create a picture of your ideal lifestyle in the following seven areas. Use the questions as a guide and also add your own questions. Assume money is not an issue i.e. you have plenty. You can worry about HOW to get your picture later. Now dream!

a) Self Care

How many massages per week? How much drinking water per day? What kind of body? Exercise program? Diet? How much energy would I have? How many walks would I take? How much peaceful time/fresh air? How much sleep would I get? How do I dress?

b) Home Environment

Where would I live geographically? Which suburb? Which country? House/unit? On the water? In the country? Friendly community? Climate? What would my bedroom look like? My yard? How tidy is the house? Do I have a cleaner? Someone who shops for me? Does the washing? What car do I drive?

c) Relationship

From your partner, do you want a commitment for life, or a commitment for now? What kind of commitment do YOU want to make? Do you want an exclusive relationship, or one where you explore other relationships? To what limits? Kids? What's your ideal sex life?

d) Friends and Family

How many friends do you want in your life? Do they drop by spontaneously, or set up weeks in advance? Do your friends know your other friends? Are they rich? Interesting? Creative? Warm and Open? Or busy and stressed? Ideally, how would your relationship with your mother look? Father? Siblings? (Dont let your history block you here. Create the 'ideal' relationships!

e) Career

For this exercise, remember you dont 'need' a career. Assume you have plenty of money, right? So in your perfect world, is there a job you would enjoy? What would you create or make? What service would you provide. What kinds of things have you enjoyed in past careers, or what do you think you would be good at? What kind of people would you work with? What hours would you work? Work from home, or in a really funky office building with a slide down the middle?

f) Enjoyment

What do you do in your ideal lifestyle? Garden? Paint? Fish? Bushwalk? When you gather with friends or family, what do you do? Do you travel? Where? How often? What do you do when traveling?

g) A Cause/Purpose

If the rest of your life was perfect and handled, to whom would you contribute? To your family? The environment? The Community? Child abuse victims? Politics? What do you strongly believe in? What do you love? What do you hate? How would you contribute? Donate money, time, brain power? What legacy would you like to leave behind when you die?

The first, and most important step, is to create the picture. This alone increases the chance of it happening without you doing anything. However, if you're willing to take action, and are up for the game of creating your perfect lifestyle, the

pick an area to start on
write the top ten actions required to handle that area
do two this week!

Further guidance can be found in the full Perfect Lifestyle Program at http://www.life-coaching-resource.com

By David Wood

2. THE PERSONAL TOUCH

What a month! (OK observant ones will note its been two months. Yes I skipped an issue, influenced by the following). Heres whats been happening on the personal side

I had such a great month in the US, Ive decided to live in New York for six months of every year, and spend the rest of the time on the Sydney waterfront. I'm renting out my Sydney apartment, and moving into a 3,500 square foot loft in Soho - complete with steam room and Jacuzzi with two of my best friends and coaches.

I plan to have a great time with friends, coach, do a lot of courses on having fun with life, sensuality, jealousy and possession, and possibly research a book. Oh, and a minimum of 3 hours massage per week, and lots of time with the amazing Carin. Life is moving, life is good!

Love David

3. ANNOUNCEMENTS

We've been busy! Following are three services recently launched for people interested in coaching:

Become A Coach Program officially launched.
For people wanting a hands on, practical introduction to the career of life coaching.
Delivered by phone and email in many countries. Visit http://www.life-coaching-resource.com/life-coach-training.htm

TeleCoach Classes have begun!
Four weekly teleclasses (conference calls) where you can listen in to, and/or practice, live coaching. Designed for new and future coaches around the world to practice coaching and receive constructive feedback, and for those wanting to find out what coaching actually is. Visit http://www.life-coaching-resource.com/telecoach.htm

New Site: http://www.life-coaching-resource.com/
The main new item is the links page. You may add a link to your own site. Categories are Find A Coach Become A Coach Resources Personal Development. Also examples of common areas a coach will work with.

4. ABOUT THE "Create a Life You Love" NEWSLETTER

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THE AUTHOR is David Wood of SolutionBox™

David Wood is a personal and business coach. He coaches people who are ready for MORE in their life. He helps people focus on a particular area of their life, and develop actions to move forward in that area.

He coaches individuals in several countries via e-mail, phone and in person, and speaks to organisations on topics such as 'Create A Life You Love'.

Professional Affiliations: International Coaching Federation, National Speakers Association of Australia, Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

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