March 10, 2016
This is an easy one for me, personally. My attitude towards tasks in general is focused 95% on efficiency. Which leaves little room, or time, for perfection. I prioritize efficiency over almost every other aspect of living. And, in studying my habits and...
January 21, 2016
Rule #8: Don’t Hold Onto Regret
No regret, eh? I regretted the 872 pounds of candy corn I ate in October, but you know… I just had to move on and deal with the consequences.
It’s quite fine to have momentary regrets, they are natural. We slip and say something uni...
October 7, 2015
Rule #7: Ask and you shall receive
There are two parts to asking for things. Asking for the things we need and deserve from others, and asking for help regardless of what we think we deserve. The first is more straightforward, but still very difficult to do....
July 1, 2015
Rule #6: Don’t sweat the small stuff
Often I wonder how old/wise I have to be to learn the lesson that nothing is that big of a deal. It’s something that we inevitably learn over and over again. Every little bad terrible no good thing that happens we cry and wor...
May 20, 2015
Rule #5: Find Gratitude
Confession: I have several of these rules already cued up to write about because they are known sources of struggle/practice/success for me. I am still working to explore my own complete personal manifesto, but this one, Find Gratitude, has been...
March 18, 2015
Rule #4: Give the benefit of the doubt
It’s so easy to take things personally. I think it is a natural part of the ego to assume that if someone says something about you that rubs you the wrong way that it’s a negative personal judgment. You are experiencing the world...
February 18, 2015
A blog reader, and friend IRL, posed a question to my self-assessment as part of Rule #1: Be Yourself. I made a bold statement, which I believed to be true, and still do, that when you pretend to be someone with one person, you tend to be that other someone with everyo...
February 13, 2015
Happy Valentine’s Day!!! #spreadthelove
There is this really obscure movie that I loved when I was in my 20’s called Love & Sex. The main characters, played by Famke Janssen <hot> and Jon Favreau <not> have a very tumultuous relationship, and at one point in the mov...
February 9, 2015
Rule #2: Zero tolerance for negativity.
“…those who mind don’t matter…” – Dr. Seuss. He was a complete genius, no? I might be able to link every rule in my book to something smart Dr. Seuss said.
I am a bonafide energy-challenged person. I have a limited pool to draw f...
January 14, 2015
Rule 1: Be yourself.
And, what I really mean is: Be yourself, at the expense of everything and everyone else in your life. You are all that you have. This life is the only one that you will have. You are unique and beautiful and necessary. The world would not be the s...