line a day: "God didn't promise life without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but HE did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way."
gratitude: Thank God for Adam. He reminds me of my strength, aids in my comfort and is the light at the end of each day. We are blessed. Hopefully I remember that during moving day tomorrow :-)
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
6.28.11
line a day: “remember that every person you meet – in person, over email, on the phone – every person you correspond with in any form, is valuable to this world. i am no better than he/she is, and i definitely shouldn’t treat this person any less than i would want to be treated myself.”
gratitude: today i am grateful for an already beautiful summer day - hopefully i will be able to spend some time outside enjoying it!
gratitude: today i am grateful for an already beautiful summer day - hopefully i will be able to spend some time outside enjoying it!
Friday, June 17, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
6.13.11
line a day: “strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
gratitude: today i am thankful for a new and exciting time in my life! moving is going to be scary, stressful and silly, but i know paul and i will come out of it happy and content.
gratitude: today i am thankful for a new and exciting time in my life! moving is going to be scary, stressful and silly, but i know paul and i will come out of it happy and content.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
line a day: "Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful." ~Buddha~
gratitude: I'm thankful to be knowledgable in my work.
6.8.11
line a day: (more like LINES)
Breathe. When stressed, lost in a problem or the past or future in your mind breathe with your belly for two minutes and just focus on the air going in and out. This will calm your body down and bring your mind back into the present moment again.
Do one thing at a time. You’ll get better results and feel better and less stressed while doing those things.
Write it all down. Use your mind for better things than remembering what to do. And the mind is often like a leaky bucket. So write down all your great ideas, insights, and thoughts before they go missing somewhere and add what you need to do to a to-do list.
Do all your food shopping once a week. You’ll save time, energy and possibly money.
Stop doing what you don’t like doing anymore. Life changes and so do you. If you you don’t like doing something anymore then stop doing that (even if it may take some time before you can do so by for example switching jobs).
Stop trying to please everyone. There will always be people who you don’t get along with or that do not like you for some reason.
Stop trying to do things perfectly. Go for good enough instead and when you are there you are done. Get things all the way to done this way and then move on to the next thing.
Pack your bag before you go to bed. Then you don’t have get stressed out by that in morning and you are less likely to forget something.
Throw out the things you haven’t used in 1 year. Go through what you have and ask yourself if you have used it in the past year. If not, give it away to charity or a friend or simply throw it out.
Ask yourself simplifying questions every day. Questions like “What is the most important thing I can do right now?”.
Keep everything in its place. If everything has its own place then it is whole lot easier to keep your home reasonably ordered and decluttered from day to day. This also helps you with your inner stillness as the outer environment affects how you feel on the inside.
Cook more food than you’ll eat. I usually make two or three servings of what I am about to eat. This cuts down on time that you spend on cooking and you’ll have to do less washing up in general. Plus, it’s good to have portions of food to bring to work to save some money.
Write shorter emails. I tend to write emails containing only a few sentences, usually between one and five. If you focus on keeping it short and focused then you’ll probably discover that this is a good solution in most cases.
Ask instead of guessing. Reading minds is hard. So, instead ask questions and communicate. This will help you to minimize unnecessary conflicts, misunderstandings, negativity and waste or time and energy.
Use a minimalistic workspace. My work space is just a laptop on a small black desk made out of wood. I use a comfy chair and there is room for my glass of water beside the computer. That’s it. There are no distractions here. Just me, the computer and the water.
Check everything just once a day. I check my email inboxes, blog statistics, my online earnings, Twitter and Facebook just once a day. I combine all that checking into one small daily ritual at the end of my work day so I don’t slip and go checking it more during the day and waste my energy and attention.
Choose small daily acts of kindness. Instead of small acts of judgment and criticism towards the people around you.
Don’t make mountains out of molehills. Before you you start thinking too much about something and building it up something big in your head, ask yourself “am I making a mountain out of a molehill here? And if you get lost victim thinking in some way then ask yourself “does anyone on the planet have it worse than me right now?”.
Spend 15 minutes each Sunday to plan the next week. Write down your plans for the week, organize your prioritized to-do list and get ready for the week before you are in the middle of it all. This will help you to find more clarity, get more of the most important things done next week and minimize stress.
Cancel subscriptions for things you rarely get around to watching or reading anyway.
Spend more time with people that help you to keep things simple. And spend less time with people that drag you down into overcomplicating everything and creating unnecessary drama.
gratitude: today i am thankful for the knowledge that friday is closer than it was yesterday.
Breathe. When stressed, lost in a problem or the past or future in your mind breathe with your belly for two minutes and just focus on the air going in and out. This will calm your body down and bring your mind back into the present moment again.
Do one thing at a time. You’ll get better results and feel better and less stressed while doing those things.
Write it all down. Use your mind for better things than remembering what to do. And the mind is often like a leaky bucket. So write down all your great ideas, insights, and thoughts before they go missing somewhere and add what you need to do to a to-do list.
Do all your food shopping once a week. You’ll save time, energy and possibly money.
Stop doing what you don’t like doing anymore. Life changes and so do you. If you you don’t like doing something anymore then stop doing that (even if it may take some time before you can do so by for example switching jobs).
Stop trying to please everyone. There will always be people who you don’t get along with or that do not like you for some reason.
Stop trying to do things perfectly. Go for good enough instead and when you are there you are done. Get things all the way to done this way and then move on to the next thing.
Pack your bag before you go to bed. Then you don’t have get stressed out by that in morning and you are less likely to forget something.
Throw out the things you haven’t used in 1 year. Go through what you have and ask yourself if you have used it in the past year. If not, give it away to charity or a friend or simply throw it out.
Ask yourself simplifying questions every day. Questions like “What is the most important thing I can do right now?”.
Keep everything in its place. If everything has its own place then it is whole lot easier to keep your home reasonably ordered and decluttered from day to day. This also helps you with your inner stillness as the outer environment affects how you feel on the inside.
Cook more food than you’ll eat. I usually make two or three servings of what I am about to eat. This cuts down on time that you spend on cooking and you’ll have to do less washing up in general. Plus, it’s good to have portions of food to bring to work to save some money.
Write shorter emails. I tend to write emails containing only a few sentences, usually between one and five. If you focus on keeping it short and focused then you’ll probably discover that this is a good solution in most cases.
Ask instead of guessing. Reading minds is hard. So, instead ask questions and communicate. This will help you to minimize unnecessary conflicts, misunderstandings, negativity and waste or time and energy.
Use a minimalistic workspace. My work space is just a laptop on a small black desk made out of wood. I use a comfy chair and there is room for my glass of water beside the computer. That’s it. There are no distractions here. Just me, the computer and the water.
Check everything just once a day. I check my email inboxes, blog statistics, my online earnings, Twitter and Facebook just once a day. I combine all that checking into one small daily ritual at the end of my work day so I don’t slip and go checking it more during the day and waste my energy and attention.
Choose small daily acts of kindness. Instead of small acts of judgment and criticism towards the people around you.
Don’t make mountains out of molehills. Before you you start thinking too much about something and building it up something big in your head, ask yourself “am I making a mountain out of a molehill here? And if you get lost victim thinking in some way then ask yourself “does anyone on the planet have it worse than me right now?”.
Spend 15 minutes each Sunday to plan the next week. Write down your plans for the week, organize your prioritized to-do list and get ready for the week before you are in the middle of it all. This will help you to find more clarity, get more of the most important things done next week and minimize stress.
Cancel subscriptions for things you rarely get around to watching or reading anyway.
Spend more time with people that help you to keep things simple. And spend less time with people that drag you down into overcomplicating everything and creating unnecessary drama.
gratitude: today i am thankful for the knowledge that friday is closer than it was yesterday.
Friday, June 3, 2011
line a day: "Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did."
gratitude: Officially walking out of school today with the knowledge that I was 100% done with this school year was the best feeling. I had a hard time yesterday, but today...today, I felt like I deserved to smile and celebrate! Thank you Celie, Nicole, Samantha and the sun for helping to make the last day a great one!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
6.2.11
line a day:"you’ll seldom experience regret for anything that you’ve done. it is what you haven’t done that will torment you. the message, therefore, is clear. do it! develop an appreciation for the present moment. seize every second of your life and savor it. value your present moments. using them up in any self-defeating ways means you’ve lost them forever."
gratitude: today i am thankful for a group of friends who, while unconventional in age and demeanor, are some of the best i've ever had. i'm truly going to miss them.
gratitude: today i am thankful for a group of friends who, while unconventional in age and demeanor, are some of the best i've ever had. i'm truly going to miss them.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
line a day: "Life without Jesus is like this pencil, pointless" - a student, while she handed me a double eraser ended pencil.
gratitude: This school year has been a tough one, but when a student handed me a book of acrostic poems she had written over the year as a thank you, I knew I had at least gotten through to one of them.
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