It’s all about focus. When your “why” is that important, you find the “how” more easily.
Erin Pavlina’s comment on why Steve Pavlina was able to graduate college in three semesters. Found on their online forum.
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
On Focus
Affirmation: I Choose to Focus on the Positive
From now on, I choose to focus on the positive things I’m working towards, not on the things I think are holding me back.
Thinking about Becoming
Being in situations that deprive me of what I want force me to be more of what I want. The uncomfortable void fosters maturation and personal growth. To learn to be happy and fulfilled without the external things I think I need, that is the greatest lesson ever. I thank the universe [...]
First Pedicure
What woman goes through life without ever getting a pedicure? Me, that’s who! Well, almost, until my beautician cousin convinced me to get one from her. I finally got my first pedicure yesterday and am loving my new funky blue toes. Finally, my feet are funky in a good way.
I [...]
Expect Growth, Not Perfection
Expect growth, not perfection.
From Steve Pavlina’s twitter on June 16th
Positive Visualization: Seeing Heaven in a Traffic Jam
Today as I was driving home from work through some very heavy traffic, I caught myself becoming annoyed with the other drivers. A car would speed by too fast (in my opinion at least!) and I would imagine the driver as arrogant and reckless. Someone would be too eager to get in the [...]
Words of Hope for People Who Get Depressed: Things CAN Get Better
Depression brings you down. It weakens both the mind and body. It steals your life away by preventing you from enjoying what life has to offer.
Depression feels like being trapped under water. You cannot feel, or breath, or even see outside of that mental prison. Depression is a suffocation [...]
Thinking about Finding Joy
How to find joy:
See the world as your playground.
See every person as your soul mate.
See every moment as an opportunity for joy.
Feel love whenever possible.
See your workplace as a space to express your highest creative outlet.
See enemies as extensions of yourself, mirrors of what your inner demons, and opportunities to let go and let love.
See [...]
The Daily Happy List
To help me keep on track with my commitment to be happy, I devised this happy to-do list. It serves as a reminder that my happiness is a priority that should be taken seriously above everything else. I try to read it each morning, attempt to practice the techniques outlined below throughout the [...]
My Experience of Healing Depression
EARLY EXPERIENCES
Growing up I suffered from chronic depression and did not realize it. The world constantly had a hint of gloominess to it, even during “happy” times. This makes sense since my parents and most of the other relatives who raised me were depressed, anxious, and/or suffering from some type of mental illness [...]
