How To Train Yourself To Be In The Mood You Want. Dec 27, 2010 When you have major changes going on in your life, or you’re just frustrated about where you are, it’s easy to get trapped in a cycle of depression, bad moods and frustration. I know, I’ve been there … and when I’m not careful, I still get there more than I want to. But when I’ve had a particularly hard time, I hit these moments where I’m in a foul mood, or I’m just feeling paralyzed, and I’m just stuck. Sometimes I just stew in that and stay there, but sometimes I actually get intelligent and pull my way out of it.
I’m going to outline the framework that I’ve been using successfully to really get myself resourceful and motivated (and in a better mood) when I’m feeling stuck. Hopefully it will help you, too, and if you do I truly hope you’ll share it with others. First Up: Using A Framework to Escape From Paralyzing Emotions When we feel bad, it’s hard to “feel good” again. A: AGREE With Yourself That You Don’t Want To Be In This Mood Right Now. You want out of this emotion? Waking Up at 5 am Experiment - Conclusion. Wow, it has been a month since I started my waking up at 5 am experiment, and I think it’s a good time to draw some conclusions. First, I want to say that I started this experiment to see what would have happened if I started to wake up early. As a 23 years old guy, I knew that it would have been hard, but I decided to try anyway. After all, I knew I could have quit after 30 days if I wanted to, so it was not a lifetime commitment.
If you are just looking for the quick answer, yes, I’ll continue to wake up at 5 am now that the experiment is over. Keep reading if you want to find out why. Waking up Waking up at 5 am may seem difficult to do, but it’s not. Before starting this experiment, I used to sleep 8-9 hours per night, but now I get 7-8 instead, and I still feel very energetic. One thing that’s worth mentioning is that I have no problems doing high intensity activities during the day. Having said that, if I want an immediate boost of energy I would simply take a 20 minutes nap.
Can a Simple Switch in Your Brain Make You Happier? By Janice Mawhinney/ Source: Toronto Star Can you learn to be a happier person by repeatedly visualizing two tiny parts of your brain and imagining yourself tweaking them? Colorado teacher and musician Neil Slade says you can. Slade has developed brain exercises, described on NeilSlade.com aimed at lifting your spirits and calming your fears.
The website has become something of an underground sensation, attracting an average of 750,000 hits a month through word of mouth alone. Slade suggests visualizing part of the primitive brain called the amygdala, commonly described as the seat of emotional experience. Slade recommends locating your amygdalae in your thoughts, and visualizing a switch on each one, with the click-back position turning on the fear feelings, and the click-forward position turning on feelings of pleasure.
Another way to stimulate lighter and happier feelings is to visualize yourself tickling each amygdala with a feather. Slade thinks there is more to it than that. 25 Item To-Do List EVERYONE Should Be Doing. 5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness. Learn More While You Sleep So say you haven't followed that first step up there and choose to continue sleeping like other mere mortals.
A very minor change in your schedule can still let you use your sleep patterns to your advantage, by making you smarter. Holy Shit, How Can I Do It? No, we're not talking about those scams where they have you put a tape recorder under your pillow and let it teach you Spanish while you're asleep. What scientists have found out is if you need to remember a bunch of information (say, for a big exam), do NOT study right up until time for the exam. Study at least 24 hours before, and sleep on it. Note: "Sleep on it" is simply an expression. They did a study at Harvard that proved this technique works. No, the participants who slept on it and had 24 hours for the information to fester in their brain did the best on the test, while those who only had 20 minutes did the worst.
Wasting your time, nerds, go to sleep. How Does It Work? Memory is a funny thing. 21 Suggestions for Success by H Jackson Brown, Jr. Teaching Clinical Psychology - The Shadow Exercise. 8 Things to Stop Doing Right Now. The main purpose of this site is to help you be who you want to be and live the life you want to live. I think everyone deserves that at the bare minimum, and I believe that everyone can achieve it. Therefore, a lot of the messages that I share here are positive, inspiring and action orientated. With this post I want to change direction, and not cover the things you should be doing, but the things you shouldn't be doing. I'm not even going to be half-hearted about it and say you should 'probably' stop doing these things or 'you can if you want'. No; you really should stop, right now. Photo Credit I truly believe that successful implementation, or actually 'de-implementation' of these methods will dramatically improve a number of things.
What I mean by improving your awareness is that you actually might 'wake up' to some of the things you've been doing, and understand exactly why I say you need to stop doing these things immediately. 1. 2. “Why do some people have all the luck?” 3. 4. 5. 6. Inspirational and Wisdom Related Quotes. 30+ Pieces of Inspiring, Funny and Interesting Advice. Everyday, as I scour the web looking for interesting things to post about, I run across a few of these pictures. They're signs or little pieces of advice that pop up like presents on the screen. These life lessons remind me to stop and enjoy life. The remind me to step away, ask me to change my perspective or give me reason to laugh. What I love most about these signs, though, is that they touch each person in a different way. Though we're all connected and though we often share similar interests, it is our life experiences that will ultimately draw out a different emotion from each of us.
And...how cool is that? Here, I've compiled over 30 of my favorite signs or posters. Also, check out30+ Pieces of Inspiring, Funny and Interesting Advice, Part II! If you have some of your own, please share them with us in the comments section! Which one is your favorite? Related:Simple Sayings, Complex Meanings By ExplodingDog (12 Total) Grief Support for Survivors of Suicide - Advice: Carl Jung. Sometimes in life, events occur that fracture the very foundation on which we stand.
Our life, as we have known it, is forever changed and we find ourselves in an unexpected struggle, first just to survive and then to move forward. The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors provides healing support for people coping with the shock, excruciating grief and complex emotions that accompany the loss of a loved one to suicide. We hope that you will find resources here to help you deal with, and eventually heal from, what may well be the worst pain you will ever feel.
It is important to know that people can and do survive loss by suicide. They are forever altered and may never stop missing their loved ones, but they do survive and go on to lead meaningful and contributory lives. This site was designed by survivors for survivors. The culture here as well as on our forum is one that recognizes and respects the courage and resilience of suicide survivors at all stages of their personal journeys.
Habitforge - Forge new habits. Change your life! How to Use Your Subconscious to Change Your Life. “Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.” – Thomas Edison Your subconscious loves to do work while your body performs other tasks that are easy. I can prove this very easily by asking you how many good ideas you have had while driving or in the shower. When you are relaxed yet slightly distracted, your mind is often at its best. Using subconscious requests will… Improve your motivation.Help you become happier.Increase your emotional intelligence.
You’ll see improvement in less than a month. My last request was… “Please give me more patience when commuting to work and allow me to even enjoy my time in the car.” Within a month I was enjoying my ride to work. My latest request is… “Let’s find creative ways to grow my blog.” I took this approach because it’s going to take a request to my subconscious and action in my waking life to make this happen. Mindset My mindset is changing by setting my subconscious on a certain issue. The 3 step request only takes five minutes: 6 Simple Ways to Eliminate Your Excuses (Summarised)
They Did Not Give Up. Archives | Inspiration Pro. Seize the Day. Seize the Day by Derek Lin Here's a puzzle for you: What do you see in this grid above? What do you think it represents? Okay, it's not a difficult puzzle. The answer is "one year. " The columns represent days and the rows are the twelve months of the year, so each day of the year occupies one square. "Okay," you ask, "so what's the big deal? " When I look at this grid I get a chill because I'm used to thinking about one year as a long time.
This grid is the layout of a typical table blotter calendar that you can find in any office supply store. In any event, confronting the grid and contemplating its meaning is a sobering experience for me. How many more grids do you have? If I am lucky. When you see it this way, you come to the inescapable conclusion that, indeed, life is too short.