The secret to concentration is elimination.
-Howard Hendricks
I wanna help you choose one single word, that you will focus on the rest of the year, no matter what time of the year it is, this will help you, just one word.
7:55 ~
What could you accomplish in your life, if you chose a word,
to keep you focused,
to help you make better decisions,
to stay ambitious, and
to hold yourself accountable?
I believe your one word will,
fuel your goals,
it'll give you a laser-like focus for the key areas of your life, and
it'll become a driving force to live your dreams.
2. Mindfulness means intentionally and non judgmentally being open to the present moment with an attitude of curiosity.
3. The awareness that arises by paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.
4. Mindfulness is a way of being.
5. Being where our feet are.
Quotes:
- I am not my mind.
- I am the part of me that can observe my hands, legs, eyes, body, personality, feelings, and thoughts. I am mindfulness.
- Be aware of your breathing. (Notice how this takes attention away from your thinking and creates space.)
- One conscious breath in and out is a meditation.
- Deep breaths are like little love notes to your body.
- Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.
- What would it be like if I could accept life - accept this moment - exactly as it is?
- The point of power is always in the present moment.
- As if a flame of light is at the centre of your being, radiating the whole of your being.
- Inhabiting the body protects you by raising the frequency vibration of your total energy field.
Apply the word 'mindfulness' to each day of 2021. Apply the word 'mindfulness' to the most important areas of your life. _________________________________________________________
For 2020, my one word is, Self-care.
Meaning:
1. Self-care means honouring and respecting the miraculous being that you are by listening with the ear of a dedicated mother to your feelings and needs, so you can create an environment that nurtures your physical, emotional, spiritual, and relationship selves.
-Counselor Carl
2. It’s partly about knowing when your resources are running low, and stepping back to replenish them rather than letting them all drain away.
3. As Agnes Wainman explained, self-care is “something that refuels us, rather than takes from us.”
Quotes:
- Put your oxygen mask on first, before you attend to anyone else around you.
- When you start taking care of yourself, you start feeling better, you start looking better, and you start to attract better. It all starts with you.
- You gotta nourish to flourish.
- Affirm: I love myself. I approve of myself.
Apply the word 'self-care' to each day of 2020. Apply the word 'self-care' to the most important areas of your life.
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For 2019, my one word is, Self-discipline.
1. Self-discipline is the ability to control yourself and to make yourself work hard or behave in a particular way without needing anyone else to tell you what to do.
2. Self discipline is the ability you have to control and motivate yourself, stay on track and do what is right.
3. the ability to make yourself do the things you know you ought to do, without someone making you do them
4. Self-discipline also means self-control, the ability to avoid unhealthy excess of anything that could lead to negative consequences.
5. correction or regulation of oneself for the sake of improvement.
1. Having a broad structure to my day.
I am disciplined about having a broad structure to my day.
I am disciplined about my bed-time and rise-time.
Why?
1. Getting some 'Me-time'.
2. Working towards software development & practice.
3. Being more balanced, being able to devote time and energy to the key areas of my life.
I feel calm, quiet, energetic, nurtured, can do first things first and have time to myself (invest in myself).
(Write it on a sticky note and put it next to your desk/computer, so that you can see it every single day.)
2. Finishing what I start.
I have a habit of finishing what I start.
It's very satisfying to complete a project when you do it well.
Ms. Cilley is a proponent of breaking down a big job into small steps. For instance, don't try to clean the whole house in one go: Concentrate on just one room or even part of the room, like the kitchen countertops (save the sink for later). When you do take on that job, Flylady advises working for just 15 minutes at a time. Set a timer and when it rings, stop and rest or move onto something else. This technique is brilliant for three reasons. First, it eliminates procrastination because you can do anything for just 15 minutes. Second, it creates focus. And third, you don't get as bored.
Quotes:
Discipline equals freedom.
Love leads to discipline.
Apply the word 'self-discipline' to each day of 2019.
Apply the word 'self-discipline' to the most important areas of your life.
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If this is your love language, you may have tried the same approach with your significant other, only to be disappointed in their reaction (or lack thereof).
It matters so much to you when others express appreciation for your strengths, accomplishments, and for all that you do for them.
4. Acts of Service
You feel most loved when your spouse/partner does things for you that you want done — whether it’s taking out the garbage, helping out with housework, running errands, or something else.
1. Health/Well-being, Spirituality (Rel. with God, being present, conscious)
2. Family, home, close friends
3. Profession/Work, finances, learning/practice, network
4. Time off, rejuvenation, hobbies, fun (a change from routine)
- Space
What does 'Balance' look like to me? How do I apply that to my Life?
How do I apply that to my well-being?
How to I apply Balance to my relationships?
How do I apply Balance to my business, to my career?
How do I apply Balance everywhere in my life?
There is an area in your life that you are not happy, and you figured out out what your one word is, that's the lens, that's gonna tell you why?
Balance
1. to be in a position where you will stand without falling to either side, or to put something in this position.
2. to give several things equal amounts of importance, time, or money so that a situation is successful.
3. A situation in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.
4. If you balance one thing with something different, each of the things has the same strength or importance.
5. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
Balance is having the right amount — not too much or too little — of any quality, which leads to harmony or evenness. You might admire the balance someone has achieved between working hard and having fun.
1. Feelings
2. Attitudes and Beliefs
3. Behaviours
4. Choices
5. Values
6. Limits
a. setting limits on our own exposure to people who are behaving poorly.
b. setting our own internal limits. we need to be able to say no to ourselves.
7. Resources and Gifts
8. Thoughts
a. we must own our own thoughts.
b. we must grow in knowledge and expand our minds.
c. we must clarify distorted thinking.
9. Desires
10. Love
