Rantings on Why Household Inventories are Important

Chelsea's rantings on why Household Inventories are important 

So they say that your Attitude and how you spend today could be a reflection of how you spend the next year. In that case Blogging and Household inventory will be things I DO all the time. Something I have wanted to do post fire. Since you know a Household inventory would have been realllly helpful (not just a list but with photos but HEY an ACCURATE list at least) and solved lots of problems. However I wasn't smart and didn't think my little trinkets of life weren't worth recording PRE fire. In my head I was placing Household inventory with Wills. Yeah totally not the same (well very basic principal) HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY is RECORDING in thorough detail (With pictures if you can) a FULL LIST of everything in your WHOLE HOUSE.

SOUNDS tedious, sounds boring, but hey be pro active like me and make it a Household cleaning, sorting & donating project on top of tedious task of taking stock of your entire life.

Trust me when you go through an unexpected event like a fire or a flood (or whatever) and your sitting in a room that's a disaster zone and your trying to identify what is now a smoldering pile of things or your going through lists (you get back lots of lists & paperwork when dealing with Restoration/Insurance/household disaster) and You see ITEM Blank is missing from the official list even though you swear on your grave it was last in the contamination zone or you clearly remember the restoration team packing it away. Yet it somehow went missing from here to there and back and is considered non existent because it wasn't on a LIST and you can't prove where it truly last was physically seen...

Yeah When you're sitting doing that you will THANK YOURSELF or hate yourself all depending on whether you MADE THE GENIUS IDEA to MAKE A HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY of EVERYTHING. JUST ALL the things. NO JOKE because when you had 4 clorox Wipe packages but two were small and 2 were jumbo but only the 2 jumbos made it on the "LIST" You might be pretty irritated that you swore there were 4 cans of wipes but WHY OH why did you not have pictures. (this is a slight exagaration but legit point because when you're dealing with sudden Household emergency and things like Official list of contents is pretty essential because it's a list of What will and will not be monetarily replaced and that my friends is really one area where frankly if you are able to be fully compensated don't take NO for an answer SAY NO BUDDY no see here's my LIST and look I even included Photos & videos and things like date purchased/receipt /warranty location, exact quantity, or at the very least an ESTIMATE of what you paid on your nice official LIST.

You take that household inventory and YOU SHOVE it in all the faces and you BE PROUD of yourself. ALSO too this is also the perfect time to also DOUBLE tasks and prepare your will as well. Figure out if you want things to get appraised or if certain people pop out at you who mat want it if the other unthinkable thing happens...

SAFE GOALS

SAFE GOALS 

These are my favorite goals to do because I love creative writing and just using my imagination! These goals are all about using visualization and affirmations to help you succeed in achieving the goal! 

See End Result - Picture the end result in your head. See yourself taking and following through with all of your plans and finally visualize yourself successfully completing this goal. 

Accept End Result - Open yourself to believing that you will achieve this goal with absolute conviction and true faith within yourself and your capabilities. You are going to make this happen - You WILL achieve this goal! Use positive affirmations to deepen your belief in yourself & your success! 

Feel End Result - As you visualize yourself going through the steps and successfully achieving your goal allow yourself to truly feel any emotions you believe you would feel upon completing this goal! The stronger the attraction to the goal the more real it can become. 

Express End result - Taking action in your firm belief is the final step. Meditate and visualize yourself going through the entire process and successfully achieving your goal. Verbally and vividly describe it to yourself being sure to include all of the senses in your visualization. Make this come to life in your head and that will help deepen your beliefs in yourself. 

SMART goal setting

SMART Goal Setting 

Specific - What is your specific goal? Cover the details of How/when/who/why/what/where. Break down the big picture into small chunks. Identify the first steps to achieving your goal! 

Measurable - How will you measure your success? Be creative, detailed, honest and specific. What is it you really want - why do you want it now - and what will happen if you don't achieve it? 

Actions - Write out every single tiny little ACTION step you will need to take to achieve your goal. Go crazy specific and over board with tiny details! 

Achievable - After writing down the actions you will need to take to succeed do you really truly believe that you can successfully achieve this goal? 

Is it time to readjust your previous steps in order to best succeed? 

Reasonable: What do you reasonably need to successfully achieve this goal (time/money/support etc) Keeping this in mind is your goal still doable? 

Realistic - Is your goal realistic for you to achieve? Do any of the previous steps need to be revised with reality in mind? 

Timeline - When do you want to or need to achieve this goal by? If you don't need to will you still give yourself a deadline? 

So that my friend is how to do some smart goal planning - only 2 more acronyms left! 

Goal Planning Phase 2

Goal Planning - Phase 2

First Acronym = SMART

Specific 

Measurable 

Actions/achievable

Reasonable/Realistic 

Time Line 

second Acronym = SAFE 

SEE end result 

Affirm/Accept end result 

Feel End Result 

Express End results 

Third Acronym (top corner) = GID

Get 

It 

Done 

ESPER Goals

ESPER 

So welcome to the last set of goal methods in Part 1 of goal planning and the next of many more Acronyms! Everybody meet Esper - she's pretty crisp and to the point in execution of method application. When you say ESPER out loud it kind of makes me imagine she's a no nonsense kind of person. 

Establish - Set the vision and the goal in place

Strategy - Devise strategies to succeed in achieving goal

Planning - Identify plan elements based on strategies 

Execution Bring the plan and goal to Life. Answer 5W's 

Review -  Assess the different possible outcomes and figure out your next steps based on that (Risk of failure/Success Rates etc) 

Goal setting & why getting to know yourself is important!

All About you 

Life purpose; life goals; what in life motivates you

Take a moment to think about yourself - truly think back upon what you have successfully achieved in your life. Any kind of influential impact you have already left upon this world. These are just things to keep in mind so that when it comes to setting goals they align better with your life purpose/life goal/and what motivates you to succeed. 

What is your purpose in life? (if you have problems answering this here are some prompts for you to think a bit more) 

1. What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind you when you leave? 
2. What has been your biggest accomplishment to date? 
3. Did this accomplishment impact only your life or did it touch the lives of others too? 
4. Do you believe in Random Acts of Kindness? 
5. If you have (or when you do have) a child what trait from your personality do you want them to learn from, be inspired by, and adopt for themselves? 
6. When you leave this Earth - what would you like people to say about you? 

What is your primary goal in life? 

1. What goal do you want to accomplish as soon as you are able to? 
2. What goal would you hate to leave unfinished if you were to pass away tomorrow? 
3. What is one thing you have always wanted to do and or accomplish since you were young. 
4. What has been stopping you? 
5. Are there any goals you already accomplished but wouldn't mind expanding upon and striving to do even better at finishing? 
6. What is one goal that you wish/or already have achieved that you want to be a part of your legacy? 
7. What is one goal that you want to achieve or already have done so - that you want future generations to know about? 
8. Why? 

What motivates you? 

What motivates you to succeed? 

Is  it 

a person - 

the idea of a challenge -

 the opportunity for self growth - 

the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - 

The Bragging rights you would get once you achieved that goal? 

Personal Gain of some sort? 

The ability to better humanity in some way? 

To continue to strive for success regardless of challenges you face so that you can finish the task knowing you truly tried your best & beat odds to do so? 

Is it the opportunity to inspire others through your actions (never giving up/continually trying etc) 

Do you feel like you are motivated for purely selfish reasons (better your life/improve your life/do something for you) 

Or are you motivated by more selfless acts like doing things for the better of humanity?

You dream of changing other people's lives? 

You see once you choose a goal & kind of lock it down - it really has to gel with your personality & attitude. This is one of the best ways to ensure your successful at achieving goals! 

ABC Planning for goal Setting

ABC PLANNING 

Acquire Knowledge 

About yourself - perform an Honest evaluation 

1. What are your Strengths and weaknesses? 
2. What are your skills? 
3. What would you have to build upon to improve yourself? (Confidence/determination/focus) 

Build a Plan 

1. What you are working towards. 
2. is this a project you are creating? 
3. Is this just for you or is this part of your career/schooling? 
4. Are you working individually/with a group of people/as a member of an organization/business? (tell me about any of the applicable - i.e have you gleaned a variety of knowledge about the task at hand?  

Create a Team 

1. Who supports you unconditionally and is always in your corner no matter what the situation? 
2. Who supports you but on a slightly lower level (perhaps when it's convenient for them.) 
3. Who is willing to be honest with you - no matter what? 
4. Who is willing to show you some tough love in order to push you to succeed? 
5. Who is always there for you whether you need a shoulder to cry on, a warm hug, a hand to hold or just an ear to listen? 
6. Who gives you rock solid, well thought out advice when you need it? 
7. Who do you really look up to? Who inspires you? 
8. Does anyone support you financially or do you need someone to do so in order to achieve these goals? 

These are the type of people who should be on your team. A combination that can support you, empower you, inspire you, challenge you and  uplift you?