It's a minimalist Monday edition of optimal living daily episode, fourteen eighty seven, how defining find him core values. Changed my life by Jennifer US Thirdly, fiercely dot com and I'm just a moloch happy they hope you having a great start your week, if you listening in real time and welcome back to opt in living daily or the o elder podcast? Where I read do you from some of the best blogs I can find and get permission from mostly covering personal development and minimalism on this issue. Before we get to it small business owners like me, where a lot of hats and while some has our great others, like the filing taxes, running payroll, heart or not so great. That's where gusto comes in gusto makes payroll taxes in managing a team actually easy for small businesses, gusto automatically pays and files. Your federal state and local taxes. So you have to worry about it because they make it easy to add on health benefits and even for one case, for your team owning get direct access to certified each our experts to sound like a pretty good way to kick off

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several times over and I'm gonna take big risks and new relationships on the surface. I think some of my friends and family think My life is romantic and exciting, and often it is, but under he's a shiny surface, the truth is until a few years ago I was often deeply dissatisfied with my life. I spent a lot of time feeling really frustrated and restless it is hard to explain, but I never felt like a living a life I was meant to live when the feeling ought to be too much. I would change jobs go overseas or move to a new city was looking for something for purpose in direction. For something to feel right, but inevitably the buzz of change would wear off and I'd feel restless again without any answers are stuck in a cycle and by the time it turned thirty. I started thinking seriously about my choices and why I felt so empty withdrawal back in time to twenty thirteen. I've just made a ton of changes and quit my life. I left my first

husband. I left my job. I left my home. Australia, where I've lived for most of my adult life onto my mom in the states. I felt completely stripped bear almost reborn and preparing to make some big decisions about my future Let me be honest: I was scared and a mess. There were a lot of tears and even more wine, but he down. There is also a part of me that felt empowered I knew I had been given a clean slate and I had a chance to create a fresh start. There was a pretty powerful feeling. Both great power comes great responsibility at so many she's in questions. Should I return to Australia, or should I stay in America, and what about that? Handsome Englishman, I just met, are suffering from severe case of decision paralysis which wasn't by my bad record, for making decisions then one I browsing through pinterest- and I read this quote about values. And suddenly a third to realise what I'm doing wrong for so many years quote ass our hard to make decisions, we know,

What your values are end quote. Do you know your values? If you asked me about my view, I use at any other point in my life. I would have yawned and politely change the topic, but at this point in my life it was an eye opener, a story, googling reading more about values and things started to click. I slept sorry to see while struggling to find happiness. I learned simply put your values are what matter most EU there. For every one, and it can also change over time. They act as a compass help determine if something a friend a potential job. A new pair of shoes will be a good fit in your life, was really strange and a total eye opener to realize. I didn't really know my values like ass. I was assumed, I wanted what everyone else wanted to be happy and successful right and I assume that, when something like getting married, finding a good job and buy a house filling a big closet of designer shoes and going on,

receives holidays, but I knew that at one point I had all of those things when I had felt happy or successful at all, I had no idea where my real values were and if I could define what made me- you're happy or successful. How could ever hope to feel that way how to discover your values? I discovered my values by reflecting on my life, specifically when I had felt proud and happy and satisfied or angry and hurt and frustrated and looked for the true cause of these feelings generally. We feel good when we are living in acting in line with our values and we feel bad when we ve I later values for ample. I'm usually really happy when I start new job, but inevitably I was in a feeling restless and unhappy when I thought play hard. I realise that I always start to diesel My job, when I up learning new things start to reflect on other parts. My life, my Hobbes, my studies, my travel habits, nights

either. I was most unhappy when I felt that I was in growing and learning I spent in after. In writing in my journal and repeating this process until I came up with a list my core values care for myself care for my relationships, always be learning freedom, money, possessions, time mobile would he be creative and make things art, writing and appreciate beauty, music, nature and design We are defining your values. There are no right or wrong answers, but is important to be honest with herself how to use your values and how I changed. My life quote: happy is when what you think what you say and what you do are in harmony, Gandhi does is what your values are all about, making sure what you do on the outside is matching up with what your heart. Saying on the inside: what do you know your values Can you use them like a road map to plan a life that you love

first rode down my values nearly three years ago, and I read over my values at least once a week. Every day I try make sure I include a few activities that support my values, even if I don't have much time fifteen minutes to do yoga, meditate, taking time to write or paint in the evenings or spending you extra minutes, cuddling my boyfriend in the morning. These little actions help me feel happier and more positive. Every day, values have guided me and how we make much bigger changes as well, and I feel my life has changed completely. I embraced minimalism and broke a lifelong shopping habit along the way paid off all my desk and for the first time I live savings because I know I value my freedom more than having things I quit my grown up: job to become a professional office, temp, because I value learning new things and flexibility to choose my own hours over security I sold my house and I've been living in short term accommodation, I've plans to travel and

then more time overseas, with my family allowances. Blog and am sharing must lorries because I know that being creative and sharing ideas brings. Enjoy parsimony so many new things along the way. My life didn't change. Overnight- and I understand that yours may not as well is not always possible to up and quit your job. Or pick up and move, but will you can control? are the little decisions you make every day you can choose to do more. Or what you love and to let go of all the rest. You just. To the post, titled? How defining my core values Changed my life by Jennifer of simply fiercely d come and don't forget Gusto offers modern, easy payroll and benefits to small businesses across the country. If you want your visitors, all set for this year, you dont want away to get in touch now, get three men.

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