{"id":2140,"date":"2014-11-24T10:34:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/expresschiropractickeller.com\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2014-11-24T10:34:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:34:15","slug":"how-to-be-content-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/how-to-be-content-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be Content in Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Between health issues, work and family stressors, financial burdens, fear of the unknown and a host of fires that pop up monthly, weekly or even daily, being happy and content with YOUR life can be one heck of a challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a couple of hard and fast rules you can follow to ensure your headspace is in a happy and content place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t compare<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With the evolution of social media came the ability to gain an instant access glimpse into the lives of others and a convenient way to keep up with family and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Online forums provide a simple platform through which you can share with and keep up with people you love, like, are just curious about or even flat out obsessed with. However, I caution you to guard your mind when reading posts and don\u2019t fall into the trap of comparing your life to others.<\/span><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t take long to stumble onto a post that promotes another\u2019s highlight reel. Just remember that what they share is typically just that\u2026 the \u2018highlight reel\u2019 with just as many highs, lows and challenges as the next person lurking behind their well-crafted trailer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Live your<\/span> life based on your<\/span> values, morals and efforts being careful not to self-judge based on the perceived successes of others. They have just as much junk going on behind the scenes as you do \u2013 and based on the \u2018cry\u2019 for attention\u2026 probably more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stop to Sharpen Your Saw<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My wife and I used to have a running joke where when she\u2019d get back to the house after dropping our son off at school she would fly past me saying \u201cOK time to get after it!\u201d to which I would respond \u201cgood luck chasing your tail feathers!\u201d and so she would begin to chase herself in a circular motion to provide me the \u2018erratic chicken\u2019 demonstration that never failed to make me laugh \u2013 well it\u2019s funnier to see than read.<\/span><\/p>\n

It took me years of coaching<\/i> before she developed the habit of strategizing and planning before jumping into \u2018doing.\u2019 And while my wife could make it work, for most people (myself included) chasing your tail results in getting less done and more stress trying to do it.<\/span><\/p>\n

To make sure each day is optimized for success, take time for yourself (or even meet with the entire family) at the beginning of the week to plan, set goals and assign responsibilities for the next 7 days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stopping to sharpen your saw \u2013 rather than just continuing to saw with a dulled blade \u2013 will help you keep moving forward on the least resistive path towards a successful and satisfying day, week and month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take Action<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

While some people will \u2018do\u2019 with limited \u2018direction,\u2019 the vast majority will plan without doing.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is easily the most contentment sabotaging mistake you can make.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most will plan to exercise, eat better, schedule that doctors appointment, clean the kids\u2019 room, organize their office, etc., but will fail to execute.<\/span><\/p>\n

While rest is important, it\u2019s much more needed, deserved and enjoyable after a full day of action has been taken. Going to bed exhausted and satisfied after an active and productive day feels a lot better than retiring for the day feeling stressed out because you put off 4 of the 5 action items that now must be carried over to the next day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s running errands or running around the block\u2026 take action.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the greatest mistakes any person can make is falling victim to saddling up<\/i> and not riding.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reality is that \u2018planning\u2019 is not \u2018doing.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

The goal should be to go home every night exhausted but satisfied in the \u2018action\u2019 you took that day.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m willing to bet you will be much more content and happy in all aspects of your life.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Between health issues, work and family stressors, financial burdens, fear of the unknown and a host of fires that pop up monthly, weekly or even daily, being happy and content with YOUR life can be one heck of a challenge. Here are a couple of hard and fast rules you can follow to ensure your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0},"categories":[40],"tags":[37,38,116,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresschiropractic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}