Each week, I build on my previous blogs. They are all inter-related and in a way are like a game of Connect-the-Dots: Once you connect all the little pieces of information I have provided, you can then see the bigger picture. What that picture represents is your health and the various aspects necessary to maintain it.
With that said, I want to continue talking about stress and things you can do to improve your mental well being. A friend recently sent this to me, and the simplicity of it really hit home. So read it and then try to have a better day.
1) Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate antidepressant.
2) Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
3) Buy a Tivo or use DVR to tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
4) When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, “My purpose is to _______ today”.
5) Live with the 3 E’s: Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
6) Watch more movies, play more games and read more books than you did last year.
7) Always make time to exercise.
8) Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9) Dream more while you are awake.
10) Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat fewer processed foods.
11) Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds and walnuts.
12) Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13) Clear your clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
14) Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, issues of the past, negative thoughts and things you simply cannot control. Instead, invest your energy in something positive.
15) Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class, the only difference being, these lessons you will remember a lifetime.
16) Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out credit card.
17) Smile and laugh more.
18) Life may not be fair, but that does not mean it isn’t good.
19) Life is too short to waste hating anyone or anything.
20) Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21) You don’t have to win every argument. Sometimes, just agree to disagree.
22) Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up your present.
23) Do not compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey has been like or will be.
24) Burn those scented candles, use the 600-thread-count sheets, the good china — every day should be a special occasion.
25) No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26) Frame every so-called disaster as “In five years, will this matter?”
27) Forgive everyone for everything.
28) What other people think of you is none of your business.
29) Time heals almost everything.
30) However good or bad a situation is, remember it is temporary.
31) Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will, so stay in touch.
32) Get rid of everything that is not useful, beautiful or joyful.
33) Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
34) The best in life is yet to come.
35) No matter how you feel, get up, get dressed and show up.
36) Call your family often.
37) Always try to do the right thing.
38) Each night before you go to bed, complete the following statements: “I am thankful for ______” Or “Today I accomplished ______”.
39) Remember to rise above the stress.
40) And finally, just enjoy the ride. Experience each and every day to the fullest, life is a gift; unwrap it and cherish it.
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by Mike White (Owner, Trainer @ Body-N-Motion)
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