How to Do Nothing Edit Article Edited by Krystle C., Jack Herrick, Whichmonkey, Wes Platt and 138 others Do you need to carve time out of your day to be still? Sometimes, you need to take a break from the daily hustle and bustle and just do nothing. However, if you're a particularly jittery or impatient person, this can be difficult. Ad Steps 1Schedule quiet time. 8Resume your normal activities slowly. Tips Once you become good at doing nothing, you can use this new found time and energy to think of things, instead. Warnings At first you may feel nervous, sad, and restless. 100 Inspiring Quotes & Demanding Joy - StumbleUpon So many people have said so many things so much better than I will ever be able to. Here are 100 of them. I hope you find at least a few that speak to you. If you want to be happy, be. – Leo Tolstoy The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. Several of these came from Louise Hay, who is pretty terrific. Tags: lists , quotes
7 Secrets of the Super Organized A few years ago, my life was a mess. So was my house, my desk, my mind. Then I learned, one by one, a few habits that got me completely organized. Am I perfect? Of course not, and I don’t aim to be. But I know where everything is, I know what I need to do today, I don’t forget things most of the time, and my house is uncluttered and relatively clean (well, as clean as you can get when you have toddlers and big kids running around). So what’s the secret? Are these obvious principles? If your life is a mess, like mine was, I don’t recommend trying to get organized all in one shot. So here are the 7 habits: Reduce before organizing. If you take your closet full of 100 things and throw out all but the 10 things you love and use, now you don’t need a fancy closet organizer. How to reduce: take everything out of a closet or drawer or other container (including your schedule), clean it out, and only put back those items you truly love and really use on a regular basis.
How to Wake up Every Morning on Top of The World | tinybuddha.com “You get peace of mind not by thinking about it or imagining it, but by quietening and relaxing the restless mind.” ~Remez Sasson What’s the first thought that goes through your head when you wake up in the morning? Is it deliberate or is it the default “Oh shi#$, it’s six!”? If that’s how you start your day, then it’s likely your day will be filled with anxiety and stress. Questions are quite powerful if used in the right way. How to Use Morning Power Questions When you wake up in the morning, you are always asking yourself questions, whether you realize it or not. These things generally don’t serve any useful purpose, and in some cases, as you can see, are even hurting you. What do I have to look forward to today? By asking yourself these kinds of questions, you start to shift the focus of your mind toward all of the things you want to have happen. The key to using this effectively, however, is to do it for thirty days in a row. One Question to Ask Yourself Every Morning Meditate.
How Your Dominant Beliefs Control Your Life By: Jason Demakis The following assertion is one that has been reached through much personal study, growth, experimentation, experience, and correlation with others from within the arena of emotional intelligence: We are not our thoughts. Further more, our beliefs are what fuel the nature of our daily experiences entirely, as well as open us up to or limit us from choices and opportunities which are completely neutral and available to us at all times – regardless of our personal beliefs (see how that works) about their availability. Now, this is far from a new concept; many authors, scholars, and ancient peoples understood this very basic principle. Consciousness Circuitry Simply put: we don’t actually experience anything until we start running our consciousness through it, like electricity through a circuit. This then makes that particular circuit seem “real”. You Always Take SOMETHING to Be True… Let me explain this one a bit more, because it’s incredible powerful: The solution?
Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity | zen habits By Leo Babauta This is something I’ve been wanting to write for some time — a Handbook for Life. Now, is there any handbook that can be a guide to every single person? It’ll also become apparent from the links in this handbook that I’ve written about this stuff before. How to use this handbook This handbook is not meant to be a step-by-step guide, nor should you adopt all the tips below. Pick and choose the tips that will be most useful to you. 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity Try rising early. 10 Rules for Brilliant Women I coach brilliant women, lots of them. Dedicated, talented, brilliant women. Most of the time, they don’t know their brilliance. They are certain they “aren’t ready” to take on that next bigger role. They are more attuned to the ways they aren’t qualified than to the ways that they are. They are waiting for someone to validate, promote or discover them. It’s time to step up, brilliant women. 1 Make a pact. 2 Imagine it. 3 Gasp. 4 Get a thick skin. 5 Be an arrogant idiot. 6 Question the voice that says “I’m not ready yet.” 7 Don’t wait for your Oscar. 8 Filter advice. 9 Recover and restore. 10 Let other women know they are brilliant. Clear a path by walking it, boldly. Sign upfor Tara’s free workbook& put the 10 Rules into action in your daily life P.S.
The Great Geek Manual » Japan 101 Japanese find sleep, shelter in cyber cafes May 9 2007 0 Comments 530 views More proof that I should have been born Japanese. I turns out the there are a growing number of impoverished youth dwelling in the cybercafes of Japan, rather than paying rent on an apartment. Takeshi Yamashita does not look like a homeless person.From his carefully distressed jeans to his casual-cool navy striped T-shirt, he is every bit the trendy Tokyoite.Yet the 26-year-old has been sleeping in a reclining seat in an Internet cafe every night for the past month since he lost his steady office job and his apartment.It’s cheaper than a hotel, offers access to the Internet and hundreds of Manga comic books, and even has a microwave and a shower where he can wash in the morning before heading off to one of his temporary jobs ranging from cleaning to basic office work.Asked how long he plans to go on living like that, Yamashita smiles and shrugs. … and people say that I have an Internet addiction. From Yahoo News:
How to Stop Trying So Hard (or Just Be Who You Are) God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. – William Shakespeare For most of us, the plan is to have an extraordinary life. Our time in this world is so precious, and brief, it just makes sense to get everything we can out of each day. And then, by building one day upon the next, we can create a life full of meaning. However, something can happen along the way when attempting to find this meaning – we begin trying too hard. I have seen this many times in my professional career. Long hours spent away from the people who matter the most, agreeing to decisions and directions that are not aligned with our personal values, and saying things we really don’t mean, but feel compelled to say anyway, are all examples of trying too hard and not living within our hearts. We can try too hard in our personal relationships as well. Instead of trying so hard to avoid what you do not want to become in your life, focus on who you are and who you are becoming. Willingness to be yourself.