Life Tip # 11

Intolerable Tolerations

Tolerations are those situations and/or individuals who drain your energy, drag you down, and usually take up a good percentage of your time.

Take a few minutes and think of the things (both large, small and miniscule), that you are presently "putting up with", rationalizing, or gritting your teeth over.

When writing these down, time to ask yourself:

•Who or what generally takes the joy out of life?

•Why am I tolerating so much?

•What benefit do I get in not eliminating these tolerations? Try to make a list that enumerates both “Pros” and “Cons”.

•Choose 5-10 tolerations, when eliminated within the next 30 days, will begin to improve your quality of life (start with the smallest and work your way up).

•For those tolerations that may presently be unalterable, perhaps they can be viewed differently, i.e. choose to accept them, explore possible alternatives, re-categorize and re-frame them in a more positive light.

And remember, taking action is the catalyst for change!