Self-improvement Step By Step

Starting any significant life changes can begin with choosing a small behavior change. Choose something you believe you can accomplish to begin with.

Physical Self-improvement

  • Write exercise time in calendar

  • Ask a friend to go with you

  • Add 2 more servings of produce a day

  • Work on an addiction

  • Drink 2 more glasses of water a day

  • Go to bed 1/2 hour earlier

  • Buy a Group-on activity

  • Share fitness tracker info with an encouraging friend

Emotional Health

  • Keep a gratitude list

  • Meditate 10 min. a day

  • Listen to motivational CDs in car

  • Compliment yourself

  • Join a group of positive people

  • Write a list of interesting volunteer opportunities

  • Make a therapy appointment

Education

  • Read a Parks and Rec guide

  • Find Meet-ups in your area

  • Read admitting requirements to a school of interest

  • Browse Amazon.com for info

  • Hire a tutor

  • Watch a YouTube video on the subject

Family

  • Schedule individual outings with each member

  • Put a family activity in the calendar

  • Celebrate birthdays and accomplishments

  • Send E-cards

  • Hug and kiss

  • Laugh

  • Make eye contact

  • Compliment out loud

  • Turn off electronics and talk

  • Tell family stories of courage

Financial Health

  • Track and categorize what you spend

  • Have savings auto-deducted

  • Look at monthly income and spending (share if in partnership)

  • Balance statements monthly

  • Take a personal finance class

 Primary Relationship

  • Forgive quickly

  • Send a card

  • Recall how you met

  • Plan a date

  • Share a book

  • Tell about something in your day that made you grateful for them

  • Touch

  • Tell them you’re proud of them

  • Attend a marriage seminar

  • Remember life is short

  •  Accept “no” for an answer without forcing your perspective.

Work

  • Bring mindfulness and staying present to your job

  • Remember why your work is important

  • Do your best work to be in your own integrity

  • Compliment yourself on the way home

  • Commit to bringing joy to coworkers

  • Celebrate yourself and others

  • If dissatisfied explore options

Spiritual Well-being

  • Read a daily inspiration

  • Notice where you are rejuvenated

  • Spend time weekly with like-mined people

  • Visit places that inspire awe and community

  • Pray or meditate

  • Do the things that remind you you’re not alone

  • Reach out to someone you view as spiritually centered

  • Pull out old art supplies

  • Tune up an old instrument

  • Take a class

  • Reinvent an ancestor’s talent

  • Follow along with a YouTube instruction

  • Keep a journal of your ideas

  • Have lunch with another artist

  • Go to an art walk

 

Working with a therapist has helped many people attain their self-improvement goals.

Call 714-993-5343 for an appointment.

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