What makes me feel good?

I always felt I have two personalities - when I feel good with myself I am at my best in whatever I do and when I am moody I am a totally different person. Feeling good in so pivotal to me being a nice person to myself and to others around me.

What makes me feel good? I can put factors influencing my feel good factor as internal and external. Internal factors are my health, my small goals and appreciable completion of my work. External factors are my family, my workplace and my social life. One important factor that underpinns all this is my financial health.

Health is primarily about my diet and exercise. When I execute my small goals about my diet and exercise I feel good. A weekly diet plan is a good idea. Pick up new dishes that can keep up the dietary needs and the interest levels. The same view can be applied to the exercise needs as well. Plan it on a weekly basis. Keep measuring to check if I am crossing the range I have set for myself. In the end I should feel good about myself each day and every hour of the day.

Small goals are nothing but the little things I plan to do but do not complete appropriately and efficiently leaving a sore feeling. I think my expectation is that to do things with poise, sharpness, and excellence. I feel good as I do them in this frame of mind.

Appreciable completion of my work is important in my case as I have a very bad habit of neglecting the basic things I need to do i.e. I am not a good first things first person. I am rather a first things last or interesting things first person. I do not prioritize my things in appropriate order. Laziness and dissatisfaction creep in as I repeat this pattern time and again. I will have to break this habit. Once I do first things first I bet I will invariably feel good.

Things I can do about my family are give the love and support they expect and need. At the same time adequately keeping myself in check not encroaching the feel good territory of theirs and my own. Thank God we are all blessed with good health! Just imagine how would it be if one of the close family members were to have a serious health ailment or so.

External factor about the workplace is something other than my routine work that is done in a macroenvironment. Examples include study and applying a special subject, responding to the developments in the industry, planning my own career, etc. If I lay back I may well miss some good opportunities out there!

The social sphere is about winding down in the company of close friends. It also includes investing in and nurturing a good friends circle. An important factor to consider and always keep sight of is the amout of time I spend for myself (privacy) and the amout of time I spend in the social circles. This should be well balanced. My social time should be budgeted and used prudently.

Underpinning all this is minimum amout of financial health.

Sleep well!