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Did You Make 'Sleeping Like A Baby' A New Year's Resolution?

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty 0575737

Sleep Like A BabyHeading toward the third month of this year,

Did You Make 'Sleeping Like A Baby' A New Year's Resolution?

If not, go ahead and steal that one now. It's PEACE OF MIND. If you don't have it you will toss and turn and have night sweats. Focus on three areas:

  1. Financial - do not overextend your expenses with your income. Build a cushion in the bank. If hard times settle in, put your thinking cap on, scramble and get the ship right again ASAP
  2. Health - Know that choosing good health habits and exercise is an insurance policy from future heartache. It is NOT about minutes on the treadmill, it is about staying out of the hospital. Be smart in all areas of fitness and eating
  3. Relationship - best you can live most of your minutes with encouragers and positive people. Steer clear and dump the energy vampires

The reason the investment counselors say you can SLEEP at night with a certain investment is there is a TOLERANCE to how much stress you can take. Wildly risky strategies where it is like a double or nothing FINAL LOTTERY PICK gambit, well this is why people jump off buildings.

Stress in our lives is good at a certain level, to challenge us and help us grow. LIKE A RUBBER BAND, we can handle it. Muscles getting stronger over time. But peace of mind is like knowing how far that rubber band can be expanded and NO FURTHER.

Know how to achieve PEACE OF MIND in your life by working steadfastly in those three areas, and YOU'LL SLEEP LIKE A BABY best you can most of the days of your life. It's an invaluable way to live.

Jill Sackler
Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc. 516-575-7500 - Long Beach, NY
LI South Shore Real Estate - Broker Associate

Good one, Gary. I actually do sleep very well at night. I exercise moderation in all things.

Feb 25, 2013 04:03 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I sleep like a baby...I wake up at night and cry!

I go to bed with few cares.   I leave them at my desk at night!

Feb 25, 2013 05:06 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Good advice for all of us.  I will reblog your post.

Have a wonderful week.  Sleep like a baby!

Feb 25, 2013 05:12 AM
Sharon Lee
Sharon Lee's Virtual Assistance - Jonesborough, TN
Retired and loving life

Good thinking

Feb 25, 2013 05:43 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Gary

Good advice . . . . stress will keep you up at night.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Feb 25, 2013 08:08 AM
Jan Green - Scottsdale, AZ
Value Added Service, 602-620-2699 - Scottsdale, AZ
HomeSmart Elite Group, REALTORĀ®, EcoBroker, GREEN

What a "cute blog."  It's also important to pay yourself first.  Most of us pay ourselves last! 

Feb 25, 2013 08:27 AM
Sondra Meyer:
EXP Realty, LLC - Corpus Christi, TX
See It. Experience It. Live It.

Hi Gary, great advice.  I never really thought about how taking care of those three areas can help all of us sleep better at night.  

As we are about to head into another month - it is a great idea to revisit the New Years Resolutions we made. 

Feb 25, 2013 10:59 AM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTORĀ®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

Happy Monday Gary! I'm excited to say I have all three and my wife says I can sleep any where, anytime...

Feb 25, 2013 11:25 AM
Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate
John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR
"Your Local Expert!" 503-739-3843

Gary, LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. I would certainly make this one a mantra....which addresses all three areas that you mention. When your body is tense, it's telling you something. When your body doesn't feel healthy, it's trying to tell you, if you are only listening (so often doctors are guessing by asking YOU questions....no one knows your body better than you) and when you have a REACTION to toxic people, your body is saying RUN!!!

Our bodies are our biggest investments. Excellent advice, my friend, as always!

Feb 26, 2013 12:42 AM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Gary, as I enter further into my "senior years"... I DO find myself sleeping like a baby.  I cry all night, spit up, and wet the bed.  What a treat for me!

Mar 03, 2013 12:25 PM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Karen Anne: ha ha ha ha, I LOVE your humor.....

Mar 03, 2013 12:28 PM