"PRESS the REFRESH Button!" - Gaur Gopal Das : Evan Carmichael

Remind yourself that this is important.
Today is important.

Q. What is the thing that is holding you back from taking immediate action on your big goal?

7:51
Planning my week.
Looking at the week ahead. Planning out the big important things, the things that are non-negotiable and scheduling those out and then scheduling everything else around those big blocks.
My non-negotiables:
1. Health & Spirituality
2. Relationships [sat. lunch, sat. movie]
3. Creative work & Finances (earning n managing)
4. Fun & Hobby(s)

8:23
You don't have the ability to respect your time, nobody else will.
And I am always coming from a place of wanting to serve, its not an ego-centric position.

SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE - Dandapani

I prioritise what's important.
I need to simplify my life to who and what's important in my life.

You have the choice.

Peer pressure, social pressure.
They're doing this, so we should do this as well.

I do what I feel I need to do.

Law of thermodynamics states you cannot create or destroy energy, but you can transfer it from one thing to another or transform it from one thing to another.

So I can't create more energy, I only have this much.
Because come 11 o'clock tonight, I'll be exhausted and ready to sleep.

Energy is a finite resource. It needs to be wisely managed.

You Deserve to Chill: How to Create Space to Heal and De-stress : tiny buddha

https://tinybuddha.com/blog/you-deserve-to-chill-how-to-create-space-to-heal-and-de-stress/

Creating Space for the Big Things in Life

https://simplelifestrategies.com/create-space/?cn-reloaded=1

Lesson:

It pays off to create space for the big moments in life.

Space to be present and space to do whatever the hell you feel like doing in the moment!

If you have a big life moment coming up (maybe you’re getting married, having a baby, starting a new job or moving house), I would highly recommend taking some time out to create some space. Look at what you can cancel for a few weeks knowing that it will still be there when the dust settles.

Simple Life Strategy: How to Create Space for the Big Things

1. Take some time to create space before the big life moment arrives! (it’s likely you’ll be too overwhelmed once you’re in the middle of it)

2. Don’t’ be afraid to switch up your usual daily routines for a while – they will still be there when you get back to normal and its good to have a break

3. Don’t try to just keep on doing everything that you usually would, as you need extra emotional & physical space during big life moments

4. If things get ugly check in to see if you’re over-thinking or over-complicating things? How can you simplify?

5. Relax and enjoy being present in the moment! This is one thing you probably will remember when your life flashes before you so it’s worth making it a good one!

Creating Space for You to Show Up in Your Life

http://www.drmaryskataylor.com/creating-space-for-you-to-show-up-in-your-life/

Creating Space for You to Show Up in Your Life

One thing I have discovered is that you need to make space for the things that you want to come into your life; whether that is a new relationship, new job or healing. Whatever it may be.

When we create space in our lives by removing the things that no longer work for us – bad habits, clutter, unhealthy relationships, etc., we create the space for new energy, new people, new opportunities.

This means, things you do not use. People who use you. Cupboard clutter that makes you anxious. A job that drains you. Roles you play that make you feel awkward, cheated, compromised, heavy, confused…used — they all need to go. I do not need to tell you, you already know it... and not just because it will make you breath a sigh of relief, to no longer feel burdened, to relieve stress and make you feel lighter. It is because possibility requires space to unfold.

So I invite you to create space and to see what happens.
The possibilities are endless…

5 TRICKS to Develop UNSTOPPABLE Confidence | Evan Carmichael (BelieveLife)

5 TRICKS to Develop UNSTOPPABLE Confidence

1. Take action.

2. Become somebody else.

3. Keep the promises you made to you.

4. Do martial arts.

5. Let regret drive you.

Bonus point: Study the alchemy.

Answer these three questions:

Q.1) What regret can you use to drive you?

Q.2) What promise did you make to yourself that you need to keep?

Q.3) Who do you need to become to accomplish your goals?

How to Overcome Emotional Overload When You’re Highly Empathetic : tiny buddha

https://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-to-overcome-emotional-overload-when-youre-highly-empathetic/

How to Overcome Emotional Overload When You’re Highly Empathetic

Over time, I discovered four powerful ways to help manage emotional energy.

1. Practice awareness.

I noticed that if I wasn’t aware of what I was feeling, either in response to an internal shift, such as a hormonal or mood change, or a reaction to another person’s strong emotion, I was much more likely to be reactive and act out in a way that wouldn’t feel good to me.

With awareness, I could consciously choose a response and an action that I could feel good about.

2. Understand the nature of energy.

A big key to healing for me has been the understanding that my response to my environment also feeds the energy.

If my daughter comes home from a long day at school expressing negativity, if I feed on that, consciously or unconsciously, by being in any way critical, negative, or judgmental myself, I will only increase the dark energy that is now in the kitchen.

3. Don’t take anything personally.

I have learned to trust that other people, even those I love the most, need to learn life’s lessons through their own experiences and insights.

I’m not responsible for fixing the energy or the situation. My only responsibility was and is, how am I managing my own energy: am I adding goodness, love, and warmth to the space and people around me, or am I contributing to the creation of a frenetic and fearful environment?

4. Balance yourself.

The key to staying balanced for me is to continuously stay connected to my heart—my deeper, spiritual self—and when I stray from there by getting caught up in the voices in my head or the drama unfolding around me, to know the short-cut back to center.

For me, the most powerful way to do this is with a form of meditation that I call self-hypnosis.

This method helped me to heal so many aspects of my life, including my health, which had deteriorated at a young age, my weight, and food addiction issues as well as my relationships. Any type of meditation—and even just a few minutes of deep breathing—can help us center ourselves.

I used to think my only two choices were to react to negative energy with negativity or to withdraw and detach. Neither option was conducive to building strong, supportive relationships or to my own happiness.

I now know that when someone throws me a stone, I can throw back a flower (as a wise spiritual teacher once recommended), and I can feel great about it!