Do you GOATs? G=25 year Goal (Having sufficient resources emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually and financially for a long, comfortable life.) O=1year Objectives (saving goal #, days per week swimming, etc.) A=1month Actions (Increase savings account by $200, Release 5 lbs of excess weight, forgive a past injury, etc.) T=Weekly Goal Tasks (add $50 to savings, do a radical forgiveness process) S=5-15 min daily Sub-Tasks (Transfer an amount equal to Starbucks total to savings today, buy flowers at the grocery store just because spring is almost here)

Remember those Little Joys? How many would help you relax even a tiny bit? How many of those have you given yourself permission for? How about doing so now ;-)

Do you dread those inevitable getting to know you/small talk questions like "What do you do?" I found this type of question especially hard to answer every time I had a period without being a caregiver. The technique I share today helped move my answers to questions like these from small talk to a tool for genuine connection.

The fastest way to change your life is to pay attention...Note the details of your day, Notice the things you do by rote, and Choose to keep or to change. Either way, appreciate how powerful you are--you can design habits, and those will craft your chosen life.

Caregiving often begins and ends abruptly, and to deal we leave unfinished lives every time we have to adapt. Those lives leave baggage cluttering our subconscious. Here is some advise on mourning those unfinished lives in order to release their drag on our crafting our most fulfilled current future life.

Intention Word of this episode: Inspiration

Exercise title: Best of all Possible Worlds

Let's begin discovering who you are and what you wish to craft your caregiving retirement life to be.

Barba and I discuss the tips and techniques she finds most useful

An introduction to Dawn Dunsmore and The Self-Rediscovery Starter Kit ideas, information and inspiration for your post-caregiving life.