“Do something every day what brings you closer to your goals”

My mantra for this year Take Action every day towards my goals & live a balanced life.

Sharing my simple goals for the year 2018,

1- Health goals Healthy should be a way of living.

mental health with meditation 5-10 Mins / 2 times a day. It helps me to have clarity, focus and peace thru out the day.

-Practice gratitude everyday.

-Being mindful of my surroundings & actions.

-Physical Health- Less Salt & Sugar. Healthy food choices.

-10-20 minutes of stretching or Yoga or cardio everyday (You miss a day it becomes tougher to start next day).

– Nature Walk

2- Family goals To spend quality time with my family.

-Quality time/Date with my spouse every week.

-New experiences as a family via travel and new activities.

-Having one to one 15 minutes one to one talk time with my daughter & husband every day.

-Reaching everyone close in my extended family  & friends circle at least once a week via text or call.

3-Self development “old ways won’t open new doors”

Reading & Listening  15-20 books on mentioned topic, 20-25 mins reading everyday.

Marriage & Parenting, Planning& Productivity, Health & Fitness , Travel & New Cultures, Simple Life & Mindfulness

4- Money- Money is Freedom.

-35% additional household income on what we made last year.

-Adding more 2 income streams (foundation work) this year.

-Strictly following written budget & menu for every month.

-One Spend Freeze of a week every month(except perishables).

-Mindful spending. Practicing delayed gratification on new purchases.

All my goals are written and I do follow them by reflecting & evaluating them. Every day is not same, life comes with its own surprises but goals do help you to control the part you can.

If you have your goals are written, way to go. If not, today is the best day to do your rough draft and follow it from there.

I have come up with some best practices to stay accountable to my goals which I will share in my next blog.

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Lets Live Simple

Shivi