I just finished Tim Ferriss's Past Year Review: The Exercise (1 Minute) 1. Grab a notepad and create two columns: POSITIVE and NEGATIVE. 2. Go through your calendar from the last year, looking at every week. 3. For each week, jot down on the pad any people, activities or commitments that triggered peak positive or negative emotions for that… Continue reading Tim Ferriss’s Past Year Review: Insights and Reflections
Tag: Mental Health
When Comments Catch You Off Guard: Let Them and Let Me
"Let Them & Let Me" is a mindset strategy from Mel Robbins: "Let them" means accepting you can't control others' actions, thoughts, or moods (e.g. "Let them be wrong" or "Let them act that way") "Let me" is the powerful follow-up, reclaiming your agency by focusing on your own control: your responses, boundaries, and choices ("Let… Continue reading When Comments Catch You Off Guard: Let Them and Let Me
Daily Candle Rituals for Stress Relief This Holiday Season
Skip the expensive self-care products. This holiday season, strengthen your spirit with the oldest ritual in the book: lighting a candle. Here's why it works: the simple act of lighting a candle signals your brain that it's time to pause. That flame becomes focal point, a micro-meditation. The simple act of lighting a candle can… Continue reading Daily Candle Rituals for Stress Relief This Holiday Season
Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?
This time last year, I was serving part time planning to explore other career options - maybe go all in on real estate or do something completely new like social media marketing for small businesses. I was considering it all, even going back to school. For the past few years, my biggest hurdle was finding… Continue reading Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?
How to Forgive and Let Go for Emotional Healing
With the Scorpio New Moon here (deep, intense, and super transformative), I challenged myself to sit down and think deeper. What am I holding to? What am I not forgiving myself or others for? Do negative thoughts keeping popping up around certain situations? I may need to add it to my list of Forgive and… Continue reading How to Forgive and Let Go for Emotional Healing
Express Feelings Positively with the ‘I Feel’ Framework
Here are my notes for communicating feelings and needs to others in a productive, positive way: Instead of bottling up emotions or exploding in frustration, let's work on expressing our thoughts, feelings, and needs in a productive and positive way. This is one of my biggest weaknesses (continuing and never-ending improvement). It's been fun learning… Continue reading Express Feelings Positively with the ‘I Feel’ Framework
