TWEAK IT INSPIRATION:
AN OVERVIEW

When I started to share the Tweak It practice, people would get very excited and say, “I want to start to be more involved in my community,” “I want to organize my house,” and “I want to learn about technology!” But then almost as quickly they’d throw up their hands in defeat and wonder, “But where do I begin?” The lack of small, concrete, get-started steps caused them to lose momentum.

To help people avoid this roadblock and continue to move forward, I began to keep track of the most common areas people told me they wanted to focus on as part of their Tweak It practice. Then I found experts who specialized in each area, and asked them to share their very best, simplest get-started wisdom. The results are the small, concrete Tweak It Inspiration tips that you will find in this section of the book in the following areas:

Renew Tweaks

Move Your Body

Choose Healthy Food

Prepare Healthy Meals

Get More Sleep

Learn to Meditate

Do Nothing… Often

Take a Vacation

Celebrate Good Times

Create, Dream, Escape

Practice Your Faith

Give Something Back

Manage Tech Distraction

Career Tweaks

Build Your Network

Create Virtual You

Update Your Skills

Learn New Technologies

Know Your “Type”

For Younger Workers

For Older Workers

Plan a Career Break

Find an Encore (Preretirement) Career

Start Your Own Business

Money Tweaks

Everyday Finances

Retirement Savings

College Savings

Connect Tweaks

Loved Ones

Friends

Date

Community

Connect with Kids Tweaks

Kids under Thirteen Years

Teens

Just for Dads

Nieces/Nephews

Technology

School

College Planning

SAT Prep

Caregiving Tweaks

Elder Care—General

Elder Care—with Siblings

Child Care—Regular and Backup

Summer Care

Maintenance Tweaks

Your Health

Your Personal Appearance

Your Car

Your House—Get Organized

Your House—Clean It Yourself

Your House—Hire Cleaning Help

Your House—Maintain It

I’ve known for years many of the experts I interviewed, and I am excited to share their knowledge with you. Other experts were recommended highly by people I admire, and after speaking with them I, too, have become a fan, and so will you. What all the experts have in common is a passionate commitment to serve and help others. Evidence of that commitment is the active and robust online presence all the experts maintain that will allow you to connect with and continue to learn from them once you’ve mastered their get-started advice. You can access the knowledge of these fifty-plus experts three ways:

• Read their get-started tweaks previewed in this section of the book.
• Check out the additional and more detailed tweaks and stories in the Tweak It online community (www.tweakittogether.com).
• Connect with each expert directly via the link provided.

Each page in this section contains “tweak” advice from a different expert. Let’s begin with the small activities and priorities that will help you to renew your mind, body, and soul in our modern, hectic world.