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 Daily Gratitude: What form of self reflection do you use? Do you journal; do you have a “shutdown” time at night, do you talk to yourself; do you discuss things with a therapist or Eve a best friend? It’s so important that we not just go through our days but that we learn from them. How did you respond to something? Was it the best way you could or were there aspects of it that you’d like to change? If you don’t think about it, you won’t change it. I have a daily morning routine and if I don’t do it I feel really out of whack. I would love to have an evening shutdown routine too but i have not been able to establish one. It’s very strange but it’s also because I have other habits that interfere. So that tells me I’m not committed enough. That’s a form of self reflection and it’s good but it would be even better if i really analyzed what I could do to make it stick. That would be most valuable. So that is something I’ve learned about myself and am going to work on. I am probably trying to do too many things all at once instead of taking it bit by bit. That’s also something I’m learning about myself. See, just writing this has been a form of self reflection and you can do the same. Since it’s the weekend, take some time and think about what you learned about yourself this week. Take 3-5 minutes. That’s all. See what happens and how you like it. Go from there.
I am grateful so many people have received their books. Although it’s frightening to “take your clothes off” in front of all the people I know, I am grateful i found the courage to do it.
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 Daily Gratitude: What’s going through your mind right now? Stop and identify those thoughts. Now think how can you change them. Because you can change your thoughts. And you can do it in a split second – once you decide to change them. If you’re feeling tired, can you just think something like “this is just a feeling. I have much more energy than I think I do!” I’m not telling you to change that thought immediately into “wow I feel so energized I could run a marathon”. If you can do that big a change, great! But most of us have to start small and that’s ok. Remember that tiny acorn and what it becomes. You can become that mighty oak tree too. Start small and be consistent. What’s one thought you can use to replace any less than desirable one today? You can use that technique too in case you don’t want to reframe all the thoughts that are less than fulfilling. Come up with several replacements and write them down or put them on your phone. Then use them. See if anything happens.
I am grateful that I love to write!
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 Daily Gratitude: It seems there’s been a lot about fear in these daily posts and I don’t mind that. It’s an important topic and one we don’t often think objectively about or even think about at all. Most often we just play Thanksgiving Turkey and stuff it all down deep inside. That has adverse repercussions later in your life though. Or, we can be paralyzed by them. We can sit and worry (just another word for fear – there are so many) or feel anxious (same) and not do anything. For the past few days I’ve been spinning my wheels because I have two books I want to work on and one is tough but the other isn’t. I wasn’t getting anything done. So yesterday I decided that part of my problem was the mess of books (my “Writing Books”) that was all around me. There were piles of them and they weren’t neatly stacked. It was a mess. Fortunately I decided to do something and that was to clean them up and put them in their proper places. So i did. And you know what. Just that action allowed the decision about which book to work on was made. My mind was no longer cluttered when my space wasn’t but it was really the action I took that helped. I could have gone walking and the same thing probably would have happened but I haven’t been able to for those same few days. What can you get up and do when you’re worrying or feeling anxious or afraid? Make a plan ahead so that you don’t sit and worry because you don’t know what to do – the inevitable vicious circle.

I am grateful for those of you who will still be my friend after you read the things I reveal in my book. I knew it was a risk but decided to take it.