It's Autumn. Everyone is busy. Activities have revved up at work, school, church, etc. Its easy to fall prey to outside pressures, schedules and responsibilities. You are so busy that you dont have time to think about what you really want and whether you are getting the satisfaction from what you are doing.

Your thoughts might be, If I can just get through this weekend, then I can focus on next week. Then I can begin thinking about next weekend,etc. You keep moving, moving, moving without thinking about the meaning behind your activities or whether youre really enjoying them! In the end you feel drained and not very satisfied!

In the Life Coaching world, one of the first steps to help improve your life is de-cluttering. What are the things in your life that drain you of energy and prevent you from doing what you really want to do? You put up with, accept, take on, and are dragged down by people and situations that you may have come to accept in your life rather than try to fix them. Now is the time to identify those things that drain your energy and focus on the positive activities.

Draw a line down the middle of a page. On one side put Energy Drainers At Work. On the other side put Energy Drainers At Home. This is an opportunity to identify and label the things, people or situations in your life that are dragging you down. As you think of more items add them to your list.

You may or may not choose to do anything about them right now, but just becoming aware of and articulating them will bring them to the forefront where youll naturally start eliminating, fixing or resolving them.

Good luck in your de-cluttering and take time to be grateful for the good things.