So in this video, we want to share with you the seven ingredients for an extraordinary life. This is something that Samantha created a beautiful chart with a salad and all the different rainbow colors and looks pretty nice. I really like it. But basically, after working with hundreds of clients, helping them declutter their lives, we recognize that we weren't being successful, we were stepping out with them, and seeing what was missing in their lives. And let me tell you that the majority of the time, it had nothing to do with physical clutter, physical credit was yesterday, the result of that imbalance that they were having. So we created these because we can only help people when we were able to get them excited, as I was saying, people are ready for change, but they need to feel excited about something bigger.

So a goal that they it's appealing to them and this recipe allows us to stay out, really see understand what's happening, where in what area of your life things are not working well, how can we solve them. And when we can get them excited and motivated working towards that approaching the physical career was way, way easier, faster and less painful. So because we're organizers and we generally know that if you can go about making a change in a kind of systematic way, meaning you can follow some sort of recipe, this is what we've created here. So just like you want to create the perfect lasagna, you know, you've had this recipe and you just follow that recipe and you know that when you do that you have a great outcome or the outcome that you think that you're expecting. So we think that with the seven ingredients, this is a way to get your mind around the idea of never missing a certain area, but always having a look at these seven key areas that we think make up an extraordinary life.

He said yes, seven that we put in there. For example, finances will fall into staff and spirituality will fall into mind. This is just one recipe, if you feel that there is something missing for you, that is really important, you can add it there. So this is just an idea to get you started. But don't feel blocked. If something is missing here for you.

There is no recipe for fits everybody. So how we had you do the visualization exercise how we add you had you ask yourself the questions, you know, what do I want to change? Or what frustration do I want to ease or what am I passionate about now, using this template or this method, you are able to then say, Okay, I have these goals, or I have these frustrations, and how do they work under you know, just specifically when I'm talking about my body, just specifically when I'm talking about my social, when I'm talking about the stuff the material things, you can use this to help get your your brain in the right Way to tackle every area of your life. So you're not just focusing, like Amelia said on the physical, you want to step back and have a holistic picture and say, You know what, I'm feeling really good about my body right now I'm eating well, I get generally a good amount of exercise, I don't have any aches and pains, things are good.

So I don't really have much to improve on there. Maybe I could drink more water, I'll put that down. That's a really good reminder for me. And then I move on to mind. While my mind is full of clutter, I always feel like I'm going Boom, boom, boom. So that's something that I want to work on.

So using this template helps you focus in on the specific areas of your life, and it helps prevent you from you know, maybe neglecting or missing a certain area. Yeah, I would like to share a real example of one of our clients. So we went into her home, and then she was having physical clutter. So as always, we go with no judgment and we always ask a lot of questions. And then we were asking So what's the problem? What would you like to see happening?

And we were sensing that she wasn't excited. She just knew that she needed to change something in her life. She was tired, overwhelmed. All the things that we shared with you in the in the other videos. But we didn't sense her excited, like, I want to do this. Let's make it happen.

How can I do it? No, she was like, yeah. So again, we use this recipe. We forgot about the physical current, and then we step out and then we ask her, like, when was the last time that you were excited? When was the last time that you laugh really hard? When was the last time that you felt happy?

And then she started going back into the past a few years ago, say I was so happy when I was doing coffee with my friends. I was so fulfilled when I was doing that volunteering position. I felt really well when I was doing that. So we could see her getting excited again. So we started promoting her like, why don't you do Do these things or something similar again? And then she kind of like us herself?

I don't know. Like, yeah, I don't know why not. So she started doing those things. And then I can tell you that since then, the physical polling kind of disappeared very fast because she was ready. She was excited, motivated. She was taking care of all those things that she wasn't doing before.

We call that self care. We all know about self care and how important that is. It's about having a balanced life. For her that was the piece missing. It didn't have anything to do with Qatar, Canada was a result of being unmotivated, not having energy, and just don't having a reason to get it done. When we were able to find that, and when we were able to excite her again, she transformed her life, and now she's a completely different person.

And so one of the things you might not know what self care is, and if you don't, we have a whole course that we recorded about that in Tobermory, Ontario, just because It is so very important. It was one of the things that was a big takeaway for us when we took the Mental Health First Aid course as well. So if you've never heard of self care, don't worry, there's a bunch of people who have never heard of that. If you're just finding it now, great. Start by just giving a Google self care or jump over to our course and just have a look at some of the previews of the videos because it can make a huge change on your overall well being and and how you perceive and enjoy life. Yeah, I want to say that this is just so important.

We have done this presentation to the public several times. And people are always thrilled because this is something that we all know, but we just forget, life gets busy and we just forget to even think about those things. We also brought a book, a hardcover book that we have, and there is an online version too. But the thing is that it's so easy to forget because life is busy. And again sometimes going back to the basics is what you need to do to take control back If your life and if something is not working well, taking just the time to reflect on every area and find out what's not working, what's causing you frustration, and what excites you, that's going to be the answer for you to overcome whatever challenge you are facing. So we really, really recommend you to do this exercise.

Take a little bit of time. When we do this. We have fun, we go to a cool cafe. Wow, that's for sure. You will cry, you are grateful. And then there are challenges that you're facing.

But the thing is that try to find a space that is inspiring. Try to make this special location. We always try, okay, let's go to a new place that we have never been for No, well, hold on. You don't need anything to do this. Then yourself, no distractions. And we really recommend a piece of paper and a pen for the reason being that when you write things down, you become more accountable.

It becomes a visual physical thing in your reality. And you can also place it somewhere as a reminder, so One piece of paper, think about these different areas of your life. Each piece, each ingredient is going to add to your recipe. Some people need a couple extra dashes of mind, then maybe Me and you, and then giving back. That's something that you do more often. Maybe you're in retirement and you just love volunteering, and that's something that you're into.

So again, everybody's recipe looks really different, but you don't need anything we enjoy going to different places. But when we first started, it used to be light a candle in the apartment, you know, sit down, be quiet, practice the gratitude. And if you want more step by step instructions of how to do this visualization, there will be a course called the seven ingredients for an extraordinary life. Or you can purchase a copy of our book, and or ebook if you're an online reader. And we guide you kind of step by step through just specifically this exercise because it's dynamite. We also have a blog post that you can read.

It's an Pretty quick overview and that's free to eat in our blog. The whole idea and goal of this exercise is to find your own balance. Find that recipe that works for you. And that will look something different for everybody. But how much buddy how much mine how much family time you need, try to experiment, test and find the right amount of every ingredient to make your life meaningful and happy for you. So join us through the next videos.

We're going to dive into each category just explaining kind of how you can apply minimalism to every area. every ingredient