We set fitness goals with ambition, picturing ourselves stronger, faster, or leaner. But life throws curveballs, priorities shift, and sometimes, those initial goals need a tune-up. Revisiting and revising your fitness goals isn't a sign of weakness – it's a superpower! Here's why

Revision Of Goals

A new job may mean less gym time, while a newfound love for hiking might call for different training. Revisiting ensures your goals match your current lifestyle and aspirations.

1. Life Evolves, So Should Your Goals:

Plateaus happen. Revisiting your goals allows you to identify what's working, what needs tweaking, and how to push past roadblocks. Remember, progress isn't linear, it's a dynamic dance!

2. Progress Requires Adjustments:

Did you smash your 5K PB? Great! Time to set a new one. Missed a week of workouts? That's okay, revise your goal to reflect a realistic comeback plan. Revisiting allows you to acknowledge accomplishments and adjust for stumbles, keeping motivation high.

3. Celebrate Wins, Reframe Setbacks:

Revisiting reminds you why you started. Rekindling that initial spark, reconnecting with your "why," can reignite your passion and refocus your efforts.

4. Keep Inspiration Alive:

**** Revising goals isn't "giving up," it's embracing adaptability. It shows you're open to learning, listening to your body, and optimizing your journey for sustainable success.

5. Celebrate Flexibility:

- Schedule regular check-ins: Every month, quarter, or as needed, revisit your goals.- Ask yourself: Are these goals still meaningful? Am I making progress? What challenges am I facing?- Be realistic: Adjust goals based on your current circumstances and progress.- Focus on progress, not perfection: Celebrate small wins and adjust when needed.- **Remember your "why": Reconnect with your initial motivation to stay inspired.

Revisiting and revising your fitness goals isn't just about changing numbers – it's about refining your journey, rekindling your passion, and ensuring your fitness continues to serve your evolving needs and aspirations. So, embrace the revision process, celebrate your adaptability, and watch your fitness journey reach new heights!

Summary

Why Revisiting and Revising Fitness Goals Matters

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Refine Your Journey: Why Revisiting and Revising Fitness Goals Matters


Let's dive into how it differs from simplification and explore 4 easy-to-implement strategies to boost efficiency.

What Does Optimization Really Mean in a Productivity System?

While simplification is about making things easier, optimization is focused on enhancing efficiency.Both are crucial but serve different purposes in productivity.

Simplification vs. Optimization

Group similar tasks like emails, admin work, or meetings.Schedule them for specific times to streamline processes.Let your productivity system guide the execution of these batched tasks.

Batching

Tagging helps classify and quickly access your information or actions.In our <a href="https://paperlessmovement.com/clickup-3-0-like-a-pro/">"ClickUp 3.0 like a Pro"</a> course at the <a href="https://paperlessmovement.com/join-paperless-movement-membership/">Paperless Movement®</a>, we show how we use tags to link tasks to our business pillars, ensuring balanced attention across all areas.

Tagging

Adapt plans to current situations for better, faster outcomes.Seizing the moment and being flexible can significantly enhance your productivity.

Momentum

Concentrating fully on a task can drastically improve performance.Achieve your peak level by minimizing distractions and honing in on your work.

Focus

There are plenty of ways to boost optimization, but focusing on these four, batching, tagging, momentum, and focus will definitely ramp up your productivity system and overall performance.Check the full article <a href="https://paperlessmovement.com/articles/what-does-optimization-really-mean-in-a-productivity-system/">here</a>.

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The concept of wealth often conjures images of flashy cars and extravagant lifestyles. However, "The Psychology of Money" suggests a different perspective. True wealth isn't about what you see; it's about what you don't. It's having assets that earn while you sleep, providing you with the option to work because you want to, not because you have to. Wealth is silent, invisible; it's having a robust financial safety net that allows you to weather life's unpredictabilities without financial stress. This contrasts sharply with being rich, which is often just a snapshot of current income.

 Wealth vs. Riches: Understanding the Difference

Pessimism can seem intellectually enticing, especially when it comes to money. "The Psychology of Money" points out that dire predictions capture our attention far more than stories of success and stability, despite the long-term upward trajectory of economies.

The Seduction of Pessimism in a World Wired for Optimism

While personal finance advice often focuses on numbers and calculations, "The Psychology of Money" reminds us that saving money is deeply personal and psychological. Our relationship with money is shaped by your past experiences and future aspirations, and why a one-size-fits-all approach to saving doesn't work.

Why Saving Money is About More Than Just Math

The journey to personal wealth is often framed as a path of hard work and smart decisions. Yet, "The Psychology of Money" introduces an often-overlooked element: luck.The book explains how overemphasizing skill and underestimating luck can lead to riskier financial behaviors, and why humility is a crucial component in managing financial decisions.

The Role of Luck and Risk in Personal Wealth

Regret is a common emotion in our financial lives, whether it's the stock we sold too soon or the investment we never made. "The Psychology of Money" offers us a framework for understanding our financial regrets and learning to live with them.The book discusses the importance of historical context, the psychology of decision-making, and the ways in which we can use our regrets as learning opportunities to make wiser financial decisions in the future.

 Learning to Live with Financial Regrets

I think that money is not what makes us happy but it can build a path towards things that makes us and our surrounding happy so i would recommend this book!

Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money—investing, personal finance, and business decisions—is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Time Management

Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative Fund. He is a two-time winner of the Best in Business Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, winner of the New York Times Sidney Award, and a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two kids.

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The Psychology of Money

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

"Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own."

"Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart."

"If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it"

A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho.Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.

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Books

Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His novel The Alchemist became an international best-seller and he has published 30 more books since then.

Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist

If you haven't read the first part of my video notes on reflecting on 2023 with some journal prompts, I invite you to take a look at it first. This is the second part of the New Year planning series, focusing on planning for 2024.So, here you will find some good prompts that will help you plan your next year.

Let's reflect on the future...

Your theme is the intention that you set for the entire year. It could be one word or a phrase, and it will serve as your guiding light for the entire year. It’s like your North Star. So having a theme is a nice way to guide you towards the kind of year that you want to have. ⇒ Do you want to focus on building your confidence this year? Do you want to focus on your career? Do you want to focus on relationships? Do you have a new mindset that you want to adopt? Maybe you want your theme to be abundance, joy, love, etc.

What is my theme for 2024?

So, if your theme is self-love, your actionables could be: I’m going to journal at least twice a week, or I’m going to do yoga and stretch my body every day, etc. It could be anything.

What can I do to embody my theme in the new year?

What are the ways that you want to grow this year? What’s the next evolution of you going to be? What does that person look like? Start to imagine that ideal future version of yourself, and write down how you can grow into that ideal future self.

How do I want to evolve in 2024?

What are all the things that feel like baggage, that feel like they’re holding you down or holding you back?This could be negative habits, a negative mindset, negative beliefs, or memories from your past that you’re ready to let go of, forgive, or leave in the past and not bring with you.Take everything that you need and leave everything behind. Don’t take what is not serving you; only take into the new year what is helping and serving you, what is supporting the new ideal version of you.

What do I want to release in 2024?

What are the main goals that are really important to you to accomplish this year?You can start by listing all that’s on your mind, and then you can underline the goals that are actually important. Sometimes we mix up important goals with “nice to have” goals.So, pinpoint the goals that matter to you the most. There should be no more than 10 main goals. For each goal, write down why that goal is important to you. If we don’t recognize our ‘WHYs’, we can easily forget about the goal or lose motivation.Each of these goals should align with the ideal dream life you are creating for yourself.

What are my main goals for 2024?

Out of all the goals that you set, which one is the most important for your year?This is the goal that you would be most proud of, satisfied with, or fulfilled by if you were to achieve it.

Which is my most important goal?

Break it down by the months, and then by the weeks.If it’s a big goal that would take almost an entire year, you can ask yourself: What does that goal look like in six months? What does that goal look like in three months? And then, what does the next month look like?And what do the next three or four weeks look like? In this step, you take this lofty goal and break it down to the smallest detail so that it feels real and very actionable.

Break down that most important goal

I believe that planning for the next year is a good habit to have, as it keeps us focused throughout the year. So, in this second part of the New Year planning series, Aileen offers some prompts that will help you reflect on your goals and aspirations for the year to come.

Time to set your 2024 goals! Make 2024 your best year with some goal setting and new year journal prompts. Exercises inspired by the 2024 Artist of Life Workbook → https://lavendaire.com/workbook

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→ New Year Planning: Reflecting on 2023 🫶 | https://youtu.be/Ix0CKoNUM_A
→ How to Set Goals for the New Year (+ actually ACHIEVE them) | http://bit.ly/33lr2Xb
→ Reset Routine: How to Get Your Life Together | http://bit.ly/2Mj5NBI
→ How to GLOW UP (from the inside out) | http://bit.ly/2wMfvFW
→ how to change your life in a year  | https://bit.ly/3DXQMy3

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2024 Goals: New Year Planning & Goal Setting 🌟

Before moving on to the future, we have to reflect on the past, because this is where we’re going to get our learnings and our feedback from.A great way to do that is through journaling based on some good prompts. All the prompts that Aileen is sharing in this video are based on her 2024 Artist of Life Workbook (you can find the link in the description below her video). Even if you don’t have her notebook, you can simply use any notebook or Word document to answer these prompts.

Reflect on the past year...

<ul><li>Finish the sentence: 2023 was the year that I...</li><li>What was 2023 all about for you? You can summarize it in a phrase, a sentence, or maybe even a word.</li></ul> <ul><li>List all your highlights and accomplishments from 2023 that you’re proud of.</li></ul> <ul><li>What worked in 2023? What were your wins? What were the things that worked for you, whether it was something big or small? Maybe you added a positive habit, or maybe you adopted a new positive belief this year.</li></ul> <ul><li>What didn’t work in 2023?Name at least 3 mistakes or failures that you had this year, and then write what you learned from them.</li></ul>

Here are the prompts:

<ul><li>What did I learn in 2023?You can write about your life lessons, or you can list the skills that you learned this year.</li></ul> <ul><li>How did my life evolve in 2023? Reflect on how you grew and how your life changed throughout the course of the year.</li></ul>﻿<ul><li>What about 2023 am I most grateful for? Make a list of all the things for which you are most grateful this year. (You can list just a few, or you can journal as many things as you want.)</li></ul>

1. It’s important to look at life like a beginner and to have a beginner’s mind in everything that you approach. Only this way, your mind is completely open, you’re a blank slate, and you’re humble. If you think you know everything, your mind is fixed, and it’s closed off to learning something new.2. You have to continue to challenge yourself in order to grow. You can’t just do the same things and expect better results. You have to get out of your comfort zone, do something new, try something different, and take some risks to move on to the next level.

Things that Aileen learned this past year 

3. It’s important to detach your self-worth from the results. Sometimes we challenge ourselves, and it fails, making us feel bad about ourselves. Instead of letting failures and mistakes make you feel down, take them as pure information.And use this information to try again and do better next time. Look at the things you do as experiments. Approach everything in your life with a detached mindset, as it’s not about things going perfectly; it’s about doing, trying, and learning. Everything is information that will teach you how to do better next time and move to the next level.

 Everything is information 

These prompts will help you reflect on your past year, therefore making it even clearer what you really want in the upcoming year.

Plan with me for the new year! Before we prepare for 2024, let's reflect on 2023. Here are 7 journal prompts to reflect & reset for the new year. I also share my lessons learned from this year. Prompts inspired by the 2024 Artist of Life Workbook → https://lavendaire.com/workbook

// watch more
→ 2024 Goals: New Year Planning & Goal Setting | coming soon
→ How to have a better year in 2024 🎉 New Year Journaling | https://bit.ly/41v2Xgc
→ How to Live Your Best Life  | http://bit.ly/2QpFebu
→ How to Set Goals for the New Year (+ actually ACHIEVE them) | http://bit.ly/33lr2Xb
→ how to change your life in a year  | https://bit.ly/3DXQMy3

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→ DIGITAL 2024 Artist of Life Workbook | https://lavendaire.com/dwb
→ Lavendaire Discord Community | https://lavendaire.com/discord
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New Year Planning: Reflecting on 2023 🫶

You always have one more chance while alive, but no one can give it to you except yourself.

Never Give Up

Asking for help does not make you weak; on the contrary, it shows your inner strength

Ask for Help

Don't hide from emotions: the more you avoid them, the more they overwhelm you

Embrace, Don't Evade

Anything that seems beyond your power just takes more time.

You Need Patience

We don't create our world from the outside in. We create and transform it from the inside out.

Shaping Your World Within

Form the life of your dreams in your mind, and then start building it, brick by brick.

Dreams in Progress: Building a Life, Brick by Brick

Everyone has their sphere of responsibility and influence, even if it may seem minor.

Your Sphere, Your Influence

Just because you fail doesn't mean you are a failure. It's just a situation to overcome and transform.

Overcome and Transform

It all starts with believing in yourself. The bottom line is to learn to perceive yourself not as a weak-willed victim of circumstances but as their creator.

Believe in Yourself

Write each problem that bothers you in a notebook and use these tips:
• Reframe each item so that it is to your advantage. Think about what benefits you can derive from this situation.
• Identify ten solutions to each problem, listing both the real and the most improbable ones. Turn on your fantasy! It will allow you to defuse the atmosphere and look at the situation more broadly.
• Determine what you can do to improve the situation immediately, and do it without delay. The first step will entail others.”

Try: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities with Creative Solutions

The Coffee Bean: A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change by Jon Gordon, Damon West

From bestselling author Jon Gordon and rising star Damon West comes The Coffee Bean: an illustrated fable that teaches readers how to transform their environment, overcome challenges, and create positive change. Life is often difficult. It can be harsh, stressful, and feel like a pot of boiling hot water. The environments we find ourselves in can change, weaken, or harden us, and test who we truly are. We can be like the carrot that weakens in the pot or like the egg that hardens. Or, we can be like the coffee bean and discover the power inside us to transform our environment. The Coffee Bean is an inspiring tale that follows Abe, a young man filled with stress and fear as he faces challenges and pressure at school and home. One day after class, his teacher shares with him the life-changing lesson of the coffee bean, and this powerful message changes the way he thinks, acts, and sees the world. Abe discovers that instead of letting his environment change him for the worse, he can transform any environment he is in for the better. Equipped with this transformational truth, Abe embarks on an inspirational journey to live his life like the coffee bean. Wherever his life takes him, from school, to the military, to the business world, Abe demonstrates how this simple lesson can unleash the unstoppable power within you. A delightful, quick read, The Coffee Bean is purposely written and designed for readers of all ages so that everyone can benefit from this transformational lesson. This is a book and message that, when read and shared, has the power to change your life and the world around you. You just have to decide: are you a carrot, egg, or coffee bean?

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Career

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Problem Solving

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Creativity

Jon O. Gordon is an American author and speaker on the topics of leadership, culture, sales, and teamwork.

Jon Gordon

Damon West

The Coffee Bean

A thread embark on a journey of discovery and reflection on note-taking and Personal Knowledge Management (PKM).Join me as I share insights from my experiences.First, a little bit about me.My journey began with an MSX computer when I was 8, and it evolved through various roles in tech and business.I've worked at 5 big corporations and created my first company at the age of 26. Now, running four.

My Life-Changing 13-Year Odyssey in Note-Taking and PKM

Transitioning to Evernote marked a shift to a 100% paperless lifestyle.It revolutionized how I accessed and managed information, offering control and peace of mind.

March, 2011: Evernote, the starting point of everything

A cornerstone, introducing me to the concepts of outlining and back-linking.What am I supposed to do?That was my thought at that time staring at that minimal daily note page.First approach to 2 concepts we've deeply developed, later on, at the Paperless Movement® in our ICOR® methodology related to the thinking process of information: Deep Thinking and Shallow Thinking.From rapid information processing to in-depth analysis.

September, 2020: Roam Research: The Change of Model

I developed my own comprehensive productivity system.It went beyond mere note-taking and PKM, blending information and action in a cohesive way.However, I soon realized the limitations of a “one app fits all” approach.

September, 2020: Notion, a pivotal moment

I tried to make it (again) a one-size-fits-all solution, combining information and action in one app.This was my second and final failure in such an attempt, a lesson I've truly learned this time.

May, 2021: Obsidian, the perfect tool?

Transitioning to Mem for its AI capabilities, enhancing my PKM system.Thanks to Mem and a tweet, partnering up with Tom Solid, joining the Paperless Movement® in July 2022.

March, 2022: Mem, the power of AI

Implementing Heptabase for Deep Thinking and Tana for Shallow Thinking.These tools provided the perfect balance for managing information and knowledge.

October, 2022: Tana, a step beyond - July, 2023: Heptabase, the perfect fit

The journey in note-taking and PKM is not just about efficiency but also self-discovery.It's about finding the right tools that resonate with our thought process and enhance our productivity.Read the full article <a href="https://paperlessmovement.com/articles/my-life-changing-13-year-odyssey-in-note-taking-and-pkm/">here</a> to go really in-depth through this life-changing journey.<a href="https://paperlessmovement.com/join-paperless-movement-membership/">Join us at the Paperless Movement®</a> and build your productivity system end to end.

Conclusion

This journey literally changed my life: the way I work, the way I live.

Note-taking and Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)

A lack of compassion can be as vulgar as an excess of tears

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

We have to bloom where we are planted

It's not love, My Lady. It's just the feelings I've roused in your body. It's strong. But it's not the same thing as love. What you feel for me now you could have with any other man. It's not particular. Love is, when you give your heart and soul to another. And they give theirs in return.

When everything seems to be lacking in integrity, you know what you do? You find it in yourself. You change the world right from where you're standing.

Focus on the step and not the staircasee

You cannot show someone your best without allowing them to see your worst

You live in a bubble eventually you suffocate.

The only thing dogs do wrong is they don't live long enough

Some quotes I've compiled over the years that I found inspiring.

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Movies & Shows

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Mental Health

Quotes

<ul><li>Be good to yourself first, then to others.</li><li>What you feeling is not something that should just be ignored, but something very significant.</li><li>When you care yourself first, the world will also find you worthy of care.</li><li>One of our common mistake is to compare how we feel inside with how our friends appear outside.</li></ul>

Don't be Too Good

<ul><li>Because each person's situation is different, it's difficult to draw any firm conclusions.</li><li>Don't let your difficult past define who you are today. If you do, you will live your whole life as a victim of the past.</li></ul>

Your Existence is Already Enough

<ul><li>There are many aspects of life that we can not control.</li><li>Children want to admire their parents. You won't win their admiration by being overprotective.</li></ul>

Parents

<ul><li>If you love someone, rather than doing what you think they need, do what they themselves ask you to do.</li><li>With a little planning, you can continue to enjoy your life while looking after someone close to you.</li><li>However close a relationship is, some question are better left unasked.</li></ul>

Parents (2)

Because you have experienced pain, you are able to embrace the pain of others.Because you have made mistakes, you are able to forgive others their mistakes.May your suffering become the seed of compassion.

Experiencing Pain

<ul><li>The process of healing begins when we open our hearts and listen empathetically.</li><li>Rather than trying to improve someone, just be a mirror, reflecting them without judgement.</li></ul>

Listening is an Act of Love

What heart-throbbing love brings with it are all just passengers on the same ship.

Relationships

Do not complain someone has not accommodated your every desire. The real problem may be your expectation that others must adapt you. The person who always adapts to you? There is no such saint in the world.

Dealing with Dissapointment

The reason we think we are better than others is that inferiority still lurks within us. A sense of superiority exists because of a sense of inferiority.

Inferiority and Superiority

Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet: "The world could surely use a little more love, a little more compassion, and a little more wisdom. In Love for Imperfect Things, Haemin Sunim shows us how to cultivate all three, and to find beauty in the most imperfect of things--including your very own self." A #1 internationally bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about learning to love ourselves, with all our imperfections, by the Buddhist author of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down Hearing the words "be good to yourself first, then to others" was like being struck by lightning. Many of us respond to the pressures of life by turning inward and ignoring problems, sometimes resulting in anxiety or depression. Others react by working harder at the office, at school, or at home, hoping that this will make ourselves and the people we love happier. But what if being yourself is enough? Just as we are advised on airplanes to take our own oxygen first before helping others, we must first be at peace with ourselves before we can be at peace with the world around us. In this beautiful follow-up to his international bestseller The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down, Zen Buddhist monk Haemin Sunim turns his trademark wisdom to the art of self-care, arguing that only by accepting yourself--and the flaws that make you who you are--can you have compassionate and fulfilling relationships with your partner, your family, and your friends. With more than thirty-five full-color illustrations, Love for Imperfect Things will appeal to both your eyes and your heart, and help you learn to love yourself, your life, and everyone in it. When you care for yourself first, the world begins to find you worthy of care.

Love for Imperfect Things

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