Fill It Up With the Good Stuff

Have you ever found yourself brainlessly surfing the net or watching bad TV as a means to decompress or checkout? Yeah, me too. And it’s not that this type of brainless activity now and then is necessarily a bad thing, it’s more about the quality of the overall moments in your life that counts. So what if, by chance, instead of staring into some form mindless media void you chose something else? What if you took a nap, or a walk, or sat under a tree, tried your hand at painting, or…you get the picture.

I know that I can get better about how I let myself unwind after a busy day or what I do when I take breaks from boring tasks, so I appreciate the reminder that this week’s message gives us. I’m willing to commit to a little more conscious quality downtime, how about you?

With Love.

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From Over There: 10.19.14 Weekly Focus Fill your time with activities that are of value to you. You are worthy of pursuing moments that inspire joy and satisfaction, not activities that are simply done so as a means of avoidance and procrastination. Now is the time to be aware of how you fill your time.

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This week’s question:

Q: How do we instill a sense of joy and satisfaction when pursuing activities that are valuable, yet are mundane and not very exciting to perform?

A. To focus on the outcome and reason behind the activity. For instance, do you pursue the task of organizing to make your life flow more easily? Then focus on the feelings of comfort and ease that the outcome of the task will bring. Whatever the activity, it is in focusing on the positive aspects of the outcome that make the process less daunting. It is in also balancing the task with breaks while pursuing those activities that are of value and reward you with joy and satisfaction. Distracting oneself from mundane tasks with less valuable activities leads to frustration and further procrastination.

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