Who the heck do you think you are? With as much time you spend on social media, that last impulse buy you made because that ad campaign caught you in a moment of weakness, and your sleep habits…you really think you should be in control of your life? Click-bait title and inflammatory first paragraph aside, …
Tag: habits
Why I Think the Flips Bracelet is Brilliant
If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you know that I’m interested in personal development. How do we develop habits? How do we change them? I’m a freelancer, an entrepreneur, and a fanatical autodidact. Trying to fit everything I want into a day is impossible; there are always So Many Projects as well as So …
The State of the Habit
I remember the good old days when I felt that my voice wasn’t needed. There were plenty of people who were saying important and useful things, often better than I could say them, and therefore I hung up my virtual pen and took a hiatus from this blog. When I did that, though, I also …
Fighting Self-Sabotage with Time Travel
I’m going to share with you a nifty little trick you can use to travel into your future and your past and change things. No joke. And yes, I’m going to rely mainly on the power of your mind, but that’s ok, because that’s how you experience time anyway. Step One: Get in touch with …
Five Unusual Ways to Hold Yourself Accountable for Your Practice
It’s a pretty simple and common problem: practice means “more than once”, and that implies a repeated action. Life has it’s own gravity, though, and there are times when it really sucks (ha). One of the ways we try and make it less sucky is through comfort (think of it as inertia; a safe place …
Diving Back Into Practice
I swear, I had the best of intentions. I was traveling, and I really wanted to incorporate some kind of daily morning routine. You know the stuff – some yoga, some meditation, some journaling, maybe even some inspirational reading over morning coffee. The kinds of things that start the day off on a roll of …
Diving Back Into Practice
I swear, I had the best of intentions. I was traveling, and I really wanted to incorporate some kind of daily morning routine. You know the stuff – some yoga, some meditation, some journaling, maybe even some inspirational reading over morning coffee. The kinds of things that start the day off on a roll of …
Hot Fudge for Habit Change
It’s not often that I get to come to this blog with a clear-cut “Hey, this worked exactly the way I expected!” anecdote. But this is one of those times. I have a weakness for hot fudge brownie sundaes. When I say weakness, I mean that the bowl of gooey yumminess is more than just …
Picking Up a Practice Again
Remember the Five-Minute Journal? I love the thing; I extolled its virtues, I recommended you buy the fancy one if you like that kind of thing, I even formatted one for my daughter to try and help her get more centered as she prepares for her boards. However, if you look in my colorful little …
Priorities vs. Values in Your Every Day Practice
Get a Pen and Paper: Pop Quiz! Today’s bonus question: what did you do today that you also did yesterday? Can you think of anything? Let’s make it a little harder: did you do it the day before? Did you do it last week? If it is difficult to think of something, maybe you’re trying …