Thursday, March 15, 2012

Day 15-Do at least One thing that makes you happy

Day 15- Do at least ONE thing in a day that you love to do.

Do anything that you love to do , just for yourself. This is just to make sure you are taken care of , everyday. This one thing should make you happy after doing it , not feel more stressed out or time wasted. Do whatever makes you really happy, gives you satisfaction and at the end of the activity you get a smile on your face :)

Here are some examples that you might want to do:

  • Play ping pong 
  • Do yoga 
  • Go for a walk
  • Call an old friend (Don't call a friend who wants to complain or cry, call someone who will make you happy, proud and elated)
  • Meet up with a friend for coffee (Discuss happy things only)
  • Do one good deed (this is still for yourself, if you would feel happy helping someone else, if you don't , then don't do this)
  • Go for a massage
  • Get your nails done
  • Get a nice dress for yourself
  • Get a gift for yourself or for your loved one
  • If you are creative, work on creative stuff
  • Read a book
  • Visit museums, parks, library, whichever one makes you happy
These are just examples I can think of. Do what makes you happy and remember we have to do this everyday. At least one single thing everyday, because if you are happy everyone around you is happy and if you are happy, things will happen for you more easily and smoothly :)

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Day 14 - Drop your baggage

Drop your baggage. Drop all the garbage , hurt , past incidents, sad feelings, grudge , any kind of feelings that you have been carrying for so long. Drop it and move on. Dropping a baggage feels very light, feels so light that now you can move on easily and swiftly. Now you can move on to do bigger and greater things. Getting stuck with terrible feelings just drags you down even further and it becomes that much difficult to get back up and to move.

Tips to drop such feelings:

  • Do not talk about it or discuss about it with anyone. As you talk about that feeling or that incident or about that person who had hurt you, you are just giving it more energy and attracting it with that much strength towards you. Do not talk about it at all.
  • Do not think about it , try to concentrate on things you like to do , things you love , things you appreciate. Intentionally move your thoughts from bad frequency to the good one. Start feeling good about yourself and about what you do.
  • Remember one thing, you cannot change past, gone is gone, done is done, start to move on.
  • Remember another thing, you cannot change people, the only person you have full control on is yourself, so work on yourself and try to make yourself happy, rather than sulking or complaining what other person did to you.
  • Laugh , smile and do something that will make you smile. Watch a movie, go out with friends, hang out in nature, go party, do whatever that makes you feel really happy and lighten yourself.
We all need to work on ourselves to be happy and motivated. Put that effort and energy in doing what you want and you will get yourself out of what you do not want to be in.

Enjoy .

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Day 13 - Smile and Celebrate

Celebrate Life each and every day. You are here today, living , healthy and happy independent of what you have and what you don't have.
Always keep the remote control of your happiness with you . Do not give it out to anyone or anything.

We do not want to live life being sad or unhappy or upset , cause someone told you something, cause someone did something to you nor cause something happened to you.

Happiness should always be independent of all the surroundings. Happiness will attract Happiness. Just keep smiling, celebrate life , and be happy all the time.

Now it reminds me of the song "Don't Worry Be Happy" by "Bobby McFerrin", watch and enjoy.

Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy

Monday, January 30, 2012

Day 12-Check yourself

Day in and day out, keep a check on yourself. How you are feeling at this specific moment?  Which direction are you going towards?  Is this something you really want to do? .

Keep a close check on yourself daily. Revise your goal, revisit your passion, redefine it if needed, see if your actions are in alignment with your goal.

Sometimes, it will not make sense, but when you look back you will be able to connect all the dots (essence of what Steve Jobs said)

Try to live every moment, try to give your best in everything you do.

Tips on keeping a check on yourself.

  • Be alone for half an hour on your own and think about yourself
  • Do yoga
  • Meditate
  • Talk to people about your goals
  • Be passionate
  • Keep smiling
  • Think before you speak
  • Do not jump to conclusions
  • Do not be judgemental

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Day 11- Health is wealth

Health is wealth. Health is the first thing you need to have to get anything else working. If you are physically healthy, you will have all the energy to start working on your goals , on your passions. Being healthy and staying healthy takes some effort and time. Everyday working on your health bit by bit will get you to a very healthy stage, where it will become easier to accomplish what you are looking for.
Few tips on being healthy and staying healthy:

  • Eat healthy
  • Exercise
  • Sleep Well
  • Drink lots of water
We all know about these points but we still try to ignore it. Will discuss on this topic tomorrow.

Things done to achieve goal 1: Stay Healthy
  • Biked for 10 km
Things done to achieve goal 2: Learn French
  • Attended French class

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Day 10-Persistence brings results

Try try till you succeed. We have heard this in past , since our childhood but implementing now feels good. Be persistent on what you are working on, try different things, choose different angels, look into new options, take a different route, keep going. Do not try same thing again and again , when you have already got failed results. There is no point in trying same things and expecting different results.
Persistence does not mean doing same thing again and again, it means continue of an effort. This has to be enlightened effort, intelligent effort, and constructive effort.

Ideas on being persistent

  • Look at your goal , as you look at the task you love
  • Google up some solutions on how people have already resolved those kinds of goals
  • Try something different
  • Be adventurous
  • Smile and start working
  • Share the task with the loved one, or with someone who is proud of you, they might have brilliant ideas too
  • Talk to smart CEOs or smart people
  • Learn by falling but still get up to try again
That is for today on persistence :)

Things did to achieve Goal 1:
  • Biked for 30 min, 150 calories burnt, 11 KM

Monday, January 23, 2012

Day 9- Extension of focus

Focus on one area with full dedication , makes things possible. There are lot of distractions in today's world, with facebook, twitter, emails, chat programs, phone , tv, movies etc, we need to take some time and focus on the things we need to do.
Focus combines all the energies we have and helps us produce the results we are looking for. All the different senses work together to help us analyse the problem and get us better answers. Take time to understand the problem or the issue on hand or the goal that you want to achieve. Fully draw it out in your mind or on a piece of paper, to understand where to start from and where would you want to end , to achieve what you are looking for. This is very similar to the vision board. This is the path that you want to take to reach to your final destination. Even if path is not clear , start with the vision board, put it down and focus on it. Look at it from different angles, and see what can be different possibilities.
Sometimes it helps to make your own bubble and be on your own to focus on the problem and there will be some Eureka moments. All these great scholars had those moments , due to some reason, mostly it was the focus and concentration in one particular area.

Things done to achieve goal 1:

  • Biked for 30 min, 240 calories burnt, 11 KM
  • Yoga for 20 min