“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”
–Mary Tyler Moore
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Tag: Motivation
Quote of the Week
“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.”
-Paulo Coelho
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Back to Basics
The last month and a half has been challenging for me. I traveled to Greece for two weeks, which disrupted my usual routines, though I still managed to do some meditating and blogging while I was there. Then my dad was hospitalized and died, and for a while it seemed nearly impossible to focus on anything else. I still think about my dad constantly, and my mom and I are doing our best to figure out this new normal. To top it off, I am pregnant with my first child, making me both excited and exhausted. Simple tasks like eating and exercising have become much more difficult than they once were.
The Power of “Can I Just…?”: Building New Habits, Motivating Ourselves, and Progressing Toward Our Goals
We all have things about ourselves and our lives that we’d like to change or improve. A study published last year showed that less than three percent of Americans meet all four markers of a healthy lifestyle (regular exercise, healthy diet, low body fat percentage, and not smoking). I would guess that most of us know we need to eat better, exercise more, and quit smoking, but change is hard. Though setting ambitious goals might cause us feel energized at first, lofty goals can make change even harder. We have an idea of where we want to end up, but we don’t know how to get there, or we get overwhelmed along the way and give up. Read more
Infusing our Environments with Reminders of our Values
You may have noticed that in each Monday’s Quote of the Week post, I usually include a link to an item bearing the selected quotation or other words of wisdom spoken or written by the same person. I do this not because I want to encourage you to buy things (I am not compensated for these links), but because I like to surround myself with statements of my values and important lessons. Read more