1% Thursday: The Escape List

It’s driving you crazy.  Quite possibly, it’s having a negative impact on your health.  It’s time to escape.

But how?  You feel like you have no options – no way out.  It’s hopeless.

It’s time to sit down – preferably with a close friend if it’s appropriate – and make a list.  A list of what you need to do to get out of the situation.  A list of what you need to do to make a change.

Preferably this should be something that impacts your health – maybe changing bad eating habits, quitting smoking, changing your environment.  It could be something huge (getting out of a job, changing careers) or something small (changing the lighting in your bedroom, fixing that door that squeaks).

If it’s simply something frustrating, that’s all right – it will have an indirect impact on your health.

Is there something in your house or office that doesn’t quite work, but you’ve been putting up with it (and hence wasting a LOT of time!)?  Maybe your in a destructive relationship.  Maybe you have a commitment that seemed like a good idea at the time, but you need to go in a different direction (I’m not suggesting you break a promise of course, but there may be something you’ve continued doing even though the purpose is long gone!).

So think of one thing – just one – right now.  Then sit down and right a specific, do-able, escape list.

Note:  You may not like what you need to do to escape.  But it’s helpful to know you do have options.  And maybe a push from a friend will save you a lot of pain in the future.

This week’s idea came from a lifehack.org post which actually had some other great 1% ideas in it.  Check out 11 Simple Ways To Avoid Burnout

What is 1% Thursday?

Every Thursday at Headache and Migraine News (weather permitting) we’ll talk about one measurable, practical thing we can do to make our lives just 1% better.  Usually it will be something very easy, sometimes it will be a challenge.  Let us know if you try it, or share an idea of your own – and maybe a year from now we’ll see that things have really changed for the better!