Sunday Bump.
How's everyone feelin today?
This weekend help anyone get closer towards heir goals?
Stay motivated guys, life is precious
Digging this thread.
I'm feeling great and grateful for everything in my life. Yep, the weekend has helped me recharge and refocus after a hectic week of work.
I've been working on myself slowly with incremental changes everyday where I do something to gain knowledge, gain strength (physically/emotionally), and increase my mindfulness and awareness. The concept of "No Zero Days" is apt for me right now because every day makes a difference and is valuable because that time allows for me to talk to people and learn from them, learn from books, challenge myself physically (even if that is just one push up or walking a single block), sitting still, listening to my thoughts, and writing; the goal is to do SOMETHING every single day, there are no zero days and no wasted days. After a string of these days, I will have made progress.
A book that helped me out: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (can provide perspective when dealing with life). When dealing with your own personal adversity, when you look at how things can be worse and the other tragedies that are happening in the world at that moment, your problems are much more manageable and you can even be grateful for whatever difficulties you have because it is all relative. Recently, I'm recovering from a torn ACL and a lot of down time that threw a wrench into my normal lifestyle of sports/enjoying the outdoors. But I'm blessed in that I have world class medical care, therapists, and vast resources to improve myself both mentally and physically. It also provides me with an opportunity to work on myself beyond the physical aspect. I'm not forced to do anything, it's all a matter of choice. I choose to work on my mind, my awareness, and my body.
Another thing that helps me is writing my thoughts down. In some ways, I interview myself. I ask myself questions like "What am I grateful for? What do I want? What do I value? What are my goals? If I died tomorrow, would I be happy? How can I improve myself today? etc." It helps me get to know myself. To have more awareness of where I am helps guide me in the direction I want to move and is a measure of whether I am making steps forward or backward. I remind myself that if something is not measured then it is not managed. I don't really keep a journal, but I write by sending myself emails or freehand on scraps of paper when I'm waiting somewhere or on my phone.
