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Text Box: By Diane Randall Midlife can be a time of rest, fun, relaxation, maybe even retirement, and most of all a time to enjoy life. It should be a time to embark on new adventures whether it's travel, a hobby or a fun job. Here are some tips to start creating a life that honors your wellness: 1. Be honest about how well you really are. Realistically look at the areas of your life: physical, career, relationships, finances, spiritual, environment and emotional well-being. Identify the area's) that need improvement. Set goals to achieve desired results one step at a time. Buy a journal to jot down your activity.
2. Assess your readiness for change and willingness to embrace it. Identify and write down the benefits of wellness to your life and your willingness to make the necessary changes. Remember: every move, forward or back, is part of the normal process of change. 3. Identify and eliminate barriers and challenges that could impede your success. There are always barriers to overcome as we move toward our goals. Select one barrier to work on at time. For every negative message you encounter, turn it into a positive one. For example, I don't have enough time can turn into everything that needs to be done will get done. Learning to replace the negative messages with positive ones is a matter of establishing new habits. It takes time and practice. 4. Set clearly defined and measurable wellness goals. Create fun and interesting ways to fulfill your goals. For example, to be more physically active at work, you may want to take a two-minute walk every hour around your work environment. Break your goals down into small, incremental steps. 5. Create meaningful wellness priorities. Take a closer look at how you spend your time on an average day. Record your daily activity. Find opportunities for wellness activities you might not have known existed and incorporate them into your daily life. 6. Challenge your wellness changes and strive to achieve even more. Make simple changes first and then take a look at the things that are harder and that will require the most change to achieve your desired results. Tackle them one at a time. 7. Design and refine your goals so you'll get the most out of them everyday. If you don’t get the results you want in a reasonable amount of time, go back to the drawing board. Re-design and refine your goals to fit what works for you. You may even want to get some professional help. (continued on page 2)

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