A small adjustment in your routine can have a big pay off. Make it a point to do just one thing different each day, and just see what happens in that space. Try driving to work with radio off. Try going to bed 15 minutes earlier. Try bringing home fresh flowers from grocery story each week. Try paying your bills at same time every week. A friend of mine goes to work 30 minutes early on Wednesdays, and pays her bills at her desk. She said that she used to just do it "whenever", and it seemed like 2 or 3 weeks would pass before she even thought about it. This way, she stays current, and always feels in control of her financial picture. A small adjustment in her routine helps her out in a big way.

Small adjustments can be achieved in many ways, both physical and mental, in actions, requests, or ideas. A small adjustment might be required in extending a boundary, or setting a new one, by changing your attitude, by choosing a different action. Small adjustments can be beneficial in just about any area of your life where you are struggling - organization, time, space, clutter management, relationships, or finances. Look for all small adjustments in your life that can bring you very big results. Maybe it's just sewing a seam in those baggy pants so that they fit better. Who knows? Just one small adjustment can have very big results.

As difficult and painful as it is to hear, you must understand that by waiting on things to happen you have chosen to give your life over to circumstance. You agree to let something else make your decision for you - fear, money, resentment, anger, consequences, etc.

Every time you slip, or get off track, Start Again. Keep trying. If one thing doesn't work, try something else. You will find what works for you. Consider how many different shampoos you have had in your life. What worked for you at one time, doesn't work any more, but that doesn't mean you stop using shampoo!! How many movies do you watch before you find one you love? How many different restaurants have you visited before you find one that has everything you want? Isn't quality of your life worth putting at least as much energy into finding what works as amount of energy you put into choosing shampoo or movies or restaurants?

Don't AGREE to lose out on what's important to you Take one step right now towards your goal. Make a phone call, clean out a drawer, schedule in some gym time, take $1 and put it into an envelope in your underwear drawer. Imagine if you repeated that very same small step each day for next 365 days. Where would you be 1 year from now? Imagine if you don't do anything -- where will you be 1 year from now? 1 year from now is still going to come - where will you be when it does?

Better future? Better start now! Start trying new things. Start eliminating old. Start bringing in new.