Jonathan Herron

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It's Time to Go Offense

Stop playing defense; offense is so much more fun.

There's for sure different seasons of your life. Sometimes we play offense... sometimes, we have to play defense. But if you played for too long… you're just letting life happen to you. You're not pursuing.

Are you making things happen or letting things happen? It’s time to become Fully Alive in 2025!

Here’s 5 simple ways to switch to offense:

1. Wake up ready

-How you wake up will set the tone of your whole day.

-If you lay in bed and hit snooze you'll be doing that all day.

-Get up with urgency and excitement!! You've got stuff to do!

2. Use the HALT method

-You're not playing offense if you're: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired (HALT)

-Sometimes you're playing defense because you're just trying to catch up.

Stay on top of your meals, take a sec to cool off if you need, get in community, and get good rest. Otherwise you don't have a shot.

3. Perfect your to-do list

-Your to-do list doesn't have to be perfect... but perfect your method!

-Is it best on your notes app? Written in a journal? Morning of? Night before?

Find out what works for you to be most productive, and stay on it! there's nothing better than checking things off...

4. Know your weaknesses

-We all have stuff that sets us back.

-Make a plan to attack those things, and try to predict when they'll come for you.

Maybe you need to set a reminder on your phone, tell a friend to let you know when you're acting some type of way, or set boundaries. just don't ignore it!

5. Stay focused on the present

-The past is just the past and the future isn't here yet,

-What's most important is what's right in front of you.

When you worry about tomorrow or overthink about yesterday, you're wasting the most valuable thing you have... the present!