You can’t wait for life to not to be hard anymore before you choose to be happy.
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that happiness is something that will come to us once all our problems are solved or that it is someone else’s fault you are not happy. The truth is that waiting for life to be perfect before choosing to be happy, fulfilled, at peace, grateful, and more is a recipe for eternal dissatisfaction.
Happiness is not dependent on external circumstances; it is a state of mind and a choice we make every day. It’s about finding joy, contentment, fulfillment and peace in the present moment, regardless of the challenges we may be facing. Waiting for life to be easy before allowing ourselves to be happy is like waiting for the perfect storm to pass before enjoying a sunny day.
Choose for Yourself. Join us for a 21-day challenge to build a new habit.
Create the future you want by becoming aware of the choices you are making today and re-evaluating to align your actions with your desired outcomes through intentional choice.
What is the Choose for Yourself Challenge?
The Choose for Yourself Challenge is a simple and powerful way to create positive change in your life by using your gift of choice. Everything is a choice. To be happy, sad, stressed, fulfilled, it’s your choice. However, most people give up the right to choose without even being aware. They let their circumstances, habits, emotions, or other people dictate their decisions and actions. They feel stuck, frustrated, or powerless to change their situation. They forget that they have the ultimate power to shape their own destiny: the power of choice.
The Choose for Yourself Challenge is designed to help you reclaim your power of choice and use it to create the future you want. It takes 21 days to build a habit, and this challenge will guide you on a daily journey to explore and assess different areas of your life where you make daily choices, some you are aware of and others you are not. You will start to uncover the choices you are making (consciously or unconsciously) or letting be made for you. You will learn how to recognize and overcome the barriers that prevent you from choosing for yourself, such as fear, doubt, guilt, or lack of clarity. You will also discover how to align your choices with your values, goals, and vision, and how to take consistent action to make your choices a reality. By the end of the challenge, you will have a new habit of becoming aware, being grateful and choosing for yourself bringing a new level of confidence, happiness, and fulfillment in your life.
Why should you join the Choose for Yourself Challenge?
The Choose for Yourself Challenge is for anyone who wants to create positive change in their life, whether it is personal, professional, or both. If you are feeling stuck, unhappy, or dissatisfied with any aspect of your life, this challenge will help you break free from the patterns that keep you there and create new ones that move you forward. If you are feeling good about your life, but want to take it to the next level, this challenge will help you sharpen your focus, increase your motivation, and accelerate your progress. If you are feeling curious, adventurous, or ready for a new challenge, this challenge will help you explore new possibilities, expand your horizons, and unleash your potential.
The Choose for Yourself Challenge is not a one-size-fits-all program. It is a personalized and flexible process that allows you to choose your own focus, and goals. You can choose to work on one area of your life, or several. You can choose to make small changes, or big ones. You can choose to follow the suggested steps, or create your own. The only requirement is that you choose for yourself, and that you commit to the challenge for 21 days. The benefits of joining the Choose for Yourself Challenge are many, but here are some of the most common ones reported by previous participants:
- Increased self-awareness and clarity about what you want and why
- Improved self-esteem and confidence in your ability to choose and act
- Enhanced self-control and discipline to overcome distractions and obstacles
- Greater self-respect and appreciation for your choices and achievements
- More joy and satisfaction from living a life that reflects your true self
- Stronger relationships and connections with others who support your choices
- Higher performance and productivity in your work and personal projects
- More creativity and innovation in your problem-solving and decision-making
- More resilience and adaptability to cope with change and uncertainty
- More growth and learning from your experiences and feedback
You are always one choice away from a completely different life.
Your Turn
Spend 5 minutes and think:
- Where are you just going through the motions in your life (just letting things happen, not choosing)?
- What choices are you making you are not happy with (check out our Road Rage example in the Power of Choice)
- What areas of your life do you want to change?
- How is your life impacted by the way things are today?
- What improvements would you like to see?  What benefits do you envision you could have by making changes?
- When during your day could you set aside 10 minutes to focus on you and your choices?
“Your life is a result of the choices you make. If you don’t like your life, make better choices.”
Commit to taking this 21-day challenge and harness your power of intentional decision-making. All daily topics will be posted in the Blog Here (in the Assess Your Everyday Choices section). You are welcome to follow our topics and start with the basics and just focus on becoming aware of the choices you are making. Or pick and choose a few to focus on for a couple days each. Here is what to expect each day in the challenge:
- A blog to read around an area of your life.
- Questions for you to consider about the choices you are currently making.
- A 5-minute exercise to identify one choice you are now aware of and are grateful for and an action you will take to improve your desired outcome.
Support When You Need It
You are not alone on your journey, like our Facebook Page and join our Facebook Group. COMING SOON – We will offer a Journey Subscription for $2 a day ($42). You will get a daily email or text with a link to the blog, access to a zip file with images you can print, a workbook and journal page template you can print and use to record your observations, and access to our private Facebook group for guidance, support, and encouragement every step of the way.
If you ask me, you are worth it! Grab a friend to do it with you! They are worth it too!
Featured Product
This is one of my favorite Amazon products for my journey.  This sits on my desk and around the house. I change out the prints for the themes I am currently working on (holds two, front and back). You can download and print any of our blog images (they are sized as a 5×7 print) and fill the frame or have it float as a 4×6.
