June 27, 2006
self help top 10 list
Some refreshing things one may occasionally want to do:
1) drink plenty of water. go on a new diet or exercise program or
earlier) sleep routine.
2) begin daily private meditation (stretch your body, observe each
of your senses and their imaginative powers, initiate deep abdominal
breathing and quiet observation of your thoughts, have a pen and
paper handy to record your insights about previously unseen issues
and unseen solutions afterwards) and/or individual and/or group
prayer (emphasizing gratitude & desires),
(Note: avoid religious fanaticism or dangerous cults.)
3) listen to the music you like until you can hear it in your head
even when it's not playing. Ideally sing a song each day. And
dance wildly to it.
4) write 1-year goals for various areas of life. Write which is
your chief goal among them.
(Process Caveat: Note that some people reasonably argue that we can
often have too many goals or take them too seriously and that our time is better spent enjoying the process of our life.)
5) prepare a statement of what you will have manifested, and read it
aloud with full visualization and emotional faith of having
successfully manifested such, to yourself in the mirror, while
listening and watching yourself as if you were second or third person, for 10 minutes in the morning. For more power, repeat in the evening before bed (but you don't need the mirror then), and perhaps even mid-day too.
(Process Caveat applies.)
6) compose a set of daily routines, such as drinking plenty of
water upon rising, morning exercises, daily goal setting, meditations
to manifest particular spiritual energies, time for cleaning, a time
limit for news reading, blog entries, a required but time-limited
frivolous procrastination or new adventure time, a required but
time-limited new-skill-learning time, etc.
(Process Caveat applies.)
7) maybe you're not challenging yourself enough! find a new hobby or
skill to pursue excellence in: art, a martial art, a book group or
other class or study group or support group or mastermind alliance, or regular random adventures, such as bike rides to other cities, or some charitable or entrepreneurial endeavor.
8) take a document or book that's meaningful to you (or write it
yourself, even a statement of identity) and read it aloud with full
visualization and emotion, to yourself in the mirror, while listening
and watching yourself as if you were second or third person, for 10
minutes in the morning.
9) a workshop such as Landmark Forum, a Franklin-Covey seminar, a
communication, motivation, or sales seminar, a coach or therapist.
(Stay clear on and stick to your agenda, and same caveats about religious fanaticism, dangerous cults, etc. apply; resist dependency, fanaticism, or excessive loyalty to the person or program.)
10) new drugs, such as caffeine pills or herbal or prescription
stimulants, or an antidepressant.
(Note: Obviously, only under proper medical supervision, and be
careful about contraindications, addiction, side-effects, developing
tolerances, etc.)
What do you think?
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