Monday, February 29, 2016
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NOTICE ME!!!
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
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Friday, February 19, 2016
99 Reasons to Start Meditating by: Trista Thorp
There’s big buzz around meditation, and for good reason. Research points to this once fringe practice as a highly effective technique for improving your life overall. With benefits ranging from physiological to psychological to spiritual, and scientific research to back its validity, there’s really no reason anyone shouldn’t be meditating at this point. Corporations, professional sports teams, school systems, and celebrities all recognize the value of adopting mindfulness-based lifestyle practices as part of their daily routine.
If you’re still not convinced, here are 99 reasons to start
meditating, from the light-hearted to the scientific, and everything in
between.
Helps you better
manage stress
Boosts your social
life
Helps you
accomplish more by doing less
Cultivates
compassion
Enables you to
become present in the moment
Leads you to, and
connects you with, your purpose
Lowers your blood
pressure
Gives you laser
focus
Heightens your
intuition
Improves your
memory
Makes you a nicer
person
Broadens your
perspective
Gives you
Jedi-like skills
Reduces irrational
reactivity
Increases your
immunity
Cultivates more
loving relationships
Helps you let go
of defensiveness
Lowers your heart
rate
Enhances sensory
perception
Helps you achieve
better grades and/or higher test scores
Decreases
inflammation
Taps your
creativity
Improves
problem-solving abilities
Lands you cooler
friends
Makes you more
giving
Boosts your
happiness
Deepens your
connection to the Self and others
Increases your
emotional intelligence
Accesses higher
states of consciousness
Improves your sex
life (yes!)
Leads to
self-discovery
Decreases anxiety
and depression
Makes you
resilient in tough times
Expands your
awareness
Opens you to
greater possibilities
Helps you let go
of baggage
Gives you a richer
life experience
Hones mental
strength
Helps you discover
who you really are
Encourages peace
of mind
Reduces impulsive
behavior
Teaches you about
forgiveness
Promotes more
restful sleep
Evokes feelings of
lightness
Discourages the
victim mentality
Allows you to step
into your power
Guides you to make
more conscious choices
Helps you to get
out of your mind and into your heart
Leads to
cultivation of a spiritual practice
It’s easier than
you think
Helps you get to
know your thoughts (so you can change them)
Improves metabolism
Improves exercise
Makes you less
judgmental
Alters the genetic
expression of your DNA
Increases your
energy
Enhances your
connection with nature
Makes you more fun
to be around
Helps you connect
more deeply with your children
Improves your
ability to communicate effectively
Reduces signs of
aging
Improves your
listening skills
Generates
helpfulness
Helps you fight
diseases
Improves heart
rate and respiration
Promotes cellular
regeneration
Enhances gratitude
Makes you more
successful
Helps you become
more proactive
You can do it
anywhere—no studios, gyms, or props needed
Improves
functioning of your brain
Improves conflict
resolution
Strengthens bonds
with your pets
Makes you fall in
love with Apple products
Lessons your
desire to control other people
Reduces negative
emotions
Improves overall
athletic performance
Helps you roll
with the punches
Improves digestion
Makes you want to
do nice things for the planet
Enhances
collaboration
Enables you to
find the silver lining in challenging scenarios
Builds
self-confidence
Increases job
satisfaction
Provides greater
levels of tolerance
Reduces road rage
Balances mind,
body, and spirit
Activates the
parasympathetic nervous system
Deepens your
capacity for love
Develops greater
will power
Makes you more
outgoing and fun
Enhances dream
recollection
Helps you develop
patience
Helps with
headaches and migraines
Decreases muscle
tension
Slows aging of the
mind
Enhances your
memory
Everyone else is
doing it
It’s free!
Just as the phrase implies, “the answers are within.” A
daily meditation practice will teach you about yourself, others, and the world
you live in. You will tap into your own truth without the influence of society
or the validation of others. And, the level of insight and clarity you glean
from within is the catalyst for unparalleled personal development and
self-evolution. This is how you become the best version of yourself. This is
how you create personal transformation, and it’s how you effect global change.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Monday, February 15, 2016
365photochallenge - Day 43
I
know this picture sucks. It was the best I could do without moving,
finding something to steady myself against, and taking a dozen to choose
the best from. I just wanted to enjoy the show.
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Saturday Happy Song - INXS - Not Enough Time - Happy Valentines Day weekend 2016
In honor of our 10th Valentines Day together (10!!! I have spent 10 Valentines with the man I love. I am SO blessed) I share with you our song. This song was playing on KROQ when The Man and I were falling in love. He thought of me and called me to tell me about it, and I was listening to the same radio station, neither one of us had ever heard this song before, but we both immediately thought of each other. This song made us realize we were falling for each other.
I know that not everyone is as blessed in love as I am, I know that some of you have lost the loves of your life, or never found them to begin with. Take this weekend to do some loving of yourself. Take yourself out for a meal, a hike, a massage, a pedicure, or just masturbate to your favorite dirty movie and smoke a joint afterward. However you spend Valentines, love yourself as much as you love others and remember you are pretty damn great.
I know that not everyone is as blessed in love as I am, I know that some of you have lost the loves of your life, or never found them to begin with. Take this weekend to do some loving of yourself. Take yourself out for a meal, a hike, a massage, a pedicure, or just masturbate to your favorite dirty movie and smoke a joint afterward. However you spend Valentines, love yourself as much as you love others and remember you are pretty damn great.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Shia LaBeouf "Just Do It" Motivational Speech (Original Video)
I'm not entirely sure what the fuck this is, but I'm trying to find it inspiring.
Monday, February 8, 2016
Learn Self-Control Through Science
Written by Taylor Kreiss, Psychologist
92% of Americans routinely fail their New
Year's resolutions. It’s a large rate of failure, and much of it is due
to a lack of effective self-control strategies.
Regulation Strategies
Your first and best strategy for self-regulation boils down to deliberately choosing where you end up. Alcoholics should avoid bars. Dieters should only eat at health food restaurants. Addicts should not spend time around Hunter S. Thompson types.
Think in terms of where you are, what it's like and who you’re there with. Choose situations that encourage good behaviors and avoid situations that tempt counterproductive behavior.
Situation Modification
You probably need to attend class, go to work or be in other situations that render the first strategy moot. Thankfully, you can usually change your situations. You can modify them to help you achieve your goals.
If you’re trying to quit smoking, throw out your cigarettes and tell your friends not to give you any. The more work it takes to get them, the less likely you are to smoke. Laziness is often the stronger vice.
If you want to stop contacting your ex, delete his/her phone number and unfriend them. If you have no access, you can’t communicate.
Ever hear of website blockers? They are apps that restrict your ability to visit preselected websites (like Facebook and Reddit). If you’re in class and you have trouble paying attention, apps like these can be tremendously helpful. They limit access to distractions.
All of these examples aid self-regulation by changing the situation you are already in. They set up the situation to reduce temptation and encourage good behavior. These strategies adjust the world around you, making it is easier to achieve and harder to fail.
Selective Attention
If you’re standing with business clients and they’re eating junk food, you can’t just walk away or ask everyone to trash their munchies. What you can do, is focus your attention in a way that will help you resist temptation.
Don’t face the buffet. Don’t stare at the food or focus on how good it smells. Choose instead to focus on something else. Pick someone to speak with and invest your attention in the conversation. Heck, people forget to eat for hours when they’re engaged in an activity that consumes their attention.
The idea is to guide your focus constructively. Don’t let your attention get stuck on a temptation and you’ll be less likely to give in.
Cognitive Reappraisal
Once you have chosen your situation, modified it and decided what to pay attention to, you can change how you think. This strategy is about altering your mental representation of the situation.
Is your goal to feel better about yourself in the new year? You could focus on external behaviors like exercise and nutrition, or you could change your appraisal of your self. You could shift from “I’m ugly” to “I love how I look.” It’s difficult, but it works if you do the work to track and change your thoughts.
If you can imagine that cookies taste awful, and really make them gross in your mind, they will have less pull on you. This one sounds funny, but it works. If you can consciously reappraise something, it can help you achieve goals and self-regulate.
So think about how you’re thinking, and think about how a change in thought might help you achieve your New Year's resolutions.
Response Modulation
This is your last and least effective line of defense. It requires that you flex your willpower and forcibly change your behavior. Cue Shia LaBeouf's motivational video and “just do it!!”
This strategy can work, but it’s pretty difficult. When you’re standing right in front of your temptations, they have their strongest psychological magnetism and it takes a lot of effort to resist.
Everyone eventually falters in this method, so best to avoid having to use it. Nip the problem in the bud. Select your situation before you have to change it. Pay attention to constructive things before you have to change your appraisal. Lastly, good luck to you if you must actively resist temptation.
And don’t forget to have some fun, too: life isn’t all about resisting enjoyable things!
A huge thank you to the brilliant Angela Duckworth Ph.D. for helping me understand these practical strategies. Most every part of this article was inspired by/taken from her self-control lecture. I know I speak for all of her students when I say she’s the absolute best.
(My Source)
“The most important scientific discovery about self-control is that it can be taught.” - Walter Mischel, psychologistThe rest of this article explains 5 science-backed strategies for self-control. They are listed in order of effectiveness, so aim to employ the earlier strategies over the latter. With some effort, they can help you turn your New Year's resolutions into new realities.
Regulation Strategies
- Situation selection
- Situation modification
- Selective attention
- Cognitive reappraisal
- Response modulation
Your first and best strategy for self-regulation boils down to deliberately choosing where you end up. Alcoholics should avoid bars. Dieters should only eat at health food restaurants. Addicts should not spend time around Hunter S. Thompson types.
Think in terms of where you are, what it's like and who you’re there with. Choose situations that encourage good behaviors and avoid situations that tempt counterproductive behavior.
Situation Modification
You probably need to attend class, go to work or be in other situations that render the first strategy moot. Thankfully, you can usually change your situations. You can modify them to help you achieve your goals.
If you’re trying to quit smoking, throw out your cigarettes and tell your friends not to give you any. The more work it takes to get them, the less likely you are to smoke. Laziness is often the stronger vice.
If you want to stop contacting your ex, delete his/her phone number and unfriend them. If you have no access, you can’t communicate.
Ever hear of website blockers? They are apps that restrict your ability to visit preselected websites (like Facebook and Reddit). If you’re in class and you have trouble paying attention, apps like these can be tremendously helpful. They limit access to distractions.
All of these examples aid self-regulation by changing the situation you are already in. They set up the situation to reduce temptation and encourage good behavior. These strategies adjust the world around you, making it is easier to achieve and harder to fail.
Selective Attention
If you’re standing with business clients and they’re eating junk food, you can’t just walk away or ask everyone to trash their munchies. What you can do, is focus your attention in a way that will help you resist temptation.
Don’t face the buffet. Don’t stare at the food or focus on how good it smells. Choose instead to focus on something else. Pick someone to speak with and invest your attention in the conversation. Heck, people forget to eat for hours when they’re engaged in an activity that consumes their attention.
The idea is to guide your focus constructively. Don’t let your attention get stuck on a temptation and you’ll be less likely to give in.
Cognitive Reappraisal
Once you have chosen your situation, modified it and decided what to pay attention to, you can change how you think. This strategy is about altering your mental representation of the situation.
Is your goal to feel better about yourself in the new year? You could focus on external behaviors like exercise and nutrition, or you could change your appraisal of your self. You could shift from “I’m ugly” to “I love how I look.” It’s difficult, but it works if you do the work to track and change your thoughts.
If you can imagine that cookies taste awful, and really make them gross in your mind, they will have less pull on you. This one sounds funny, but it works. If you can consciously reappraise something, it can help you achieve goals and self-regulate.
So think about how you’re thinking, and think about how a change in thought might help you achieve your New Year's resolutions.
Response Modulation
This is your last and least effective line of defense. It requires that you flex your willpower and forcibly change your behavior. Cue Shia LaBeouf's motivational video and “just do it!!”
This strategy can work, but it’s pretty difficult. When you’re standing right in front of your temptations, they have their strongest psychological magnetism and it takes a lot of effort to resist.
Everyone eventually falters in this method, so best to avoid having to use it. Nip the problem in the bud. Select your situation before you have to change it. Pay attention to constructive things before you have to change your appraisal. Lastly, good luck to you if you must actively resist temptation.
And don’t forget to have some fun, too: life isn’t all about resisting enjoyable things!
A huge thank you to the brilliant Angela Duckworth Ph.D. for helping me understand these practical strategies. Most every part of this article was inspired by/taken from her self-control lecture. I know I speak for all of her students when I say she’s the absolute best.
___________________________________
Taylor Kreiss is
an existential positive psychologist who writes about the science of
human flourishing. For more articles like this one, follow Taylor here.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
The lesson is repeated until the lesson is learned.
I am still learning about so many things, but I am pretty sure I have a couple of my main lessons down. Though, I haven't been able to change the behavior that leads to these lessons being administered by the powers that be.
I really am not sure why I talk about other people.
I hate it.
I want it to stop.
BUT, most people have nothing else to talk about, so this has become habit.
I mentioned in passing peoples questions as to why I am paying so much to remove a tumor from my cats side when I asked my partner if he had any further questions for the vet before we drop said cat off on Monday. I added that this seems to be a large expense for most other people and they do not seem to be very well prepared to care for pets since there is only so far they are willing to go in their care.
It upset my partner that I seemed so upset. This is bad because it can take him many hours to go back to feeling happy again after being upset, he can't just roller coaster ride emotions with me.
Which brings me back to a question I have had for about 25 years: Why do I need to talk about my day, my interactions and how I felt about all of them? Why do I need to work out what why and how things happened today? I express myself through 3 different websites and a journal, why do I ever need to actually fucking talk about anything? I go on and on ad nauseam about how something made me feel. I used to just rant forever on work chat to my dear friend about all the tiny details of how my job can be killing sometimes. I have worked to stop complaining, but now have to work out how I feel about it without complaint.
This is really funny actually, until I was 23 everyone complained I was too quiet and shy...now I won't shut up.
I am still learning about so many things, but I am pretty sure I have a couple of my main lessons down. Though, I haven't been able to change the behavior that leads to these lessons being administered by the powers that be.
I really am not sure why I talk about other people.
I hate it.
I want it to stop.
BUT, most people have nothing else to talk about, so this has become habit.
I mentioned in passing peoples questions as to why I am paying so much to remove a tumor from my cats side when I asked my partner if he had any further questions for the vet before we drop said cat off on Monday. I added that this seems to be a large expense for most other people and they do not seem to be very well prepared to care for pets since there is only so far they are willing to go in their care.
It upset my partner that I seemed so upset. This is bad because it can take him many hours to go back to feeling happy again after being upset, he can't just roller coaster ride emotions with me.
Which brings me back to a question I have had for about 25 years: Why do I need to talk about my day, my interactions and how I felt about all of them? Why do I need to work out what why and how things happened today? I express myself through 3 different websites and a journal, why do I ever need to actually fucking talk about anything? I go on and on ad nauseam about how something made me feel. I used to just rant forever on work chat to my dear friend about all the tiny details of how my job can be killing sometimes. I have worked to stop complaining, but now have to work out how I feel about it without complaint.
This is really funny actually, until I was 23 everyone complained I was too quiet and shy...now I won't shut up.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Made Better Homes and Gardens blueberry pie filling, had an excuse to use the "Heart Pocket Pie Crimper" I got in the clearance bin at Pavilions after last Valentines Day.
Finally.
I LOVE hearts and Valentines day stuff and I always think I will use it all year round and then I never do...
Pretty good! Filling wasn't too sweet. I will do this again very soon.
I need to work out my own crust. I shouldn't be buying crust when it's so simple to make. So, that's next.
Here's what happens when you over fill these things:
Monday, February 1, 2016
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