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Jen Sincero
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March 30 - April 9, 2018
Cut out pictures of places, people, things, and experiences that you want in your life, paste them onto a board and hang it somewhere where you’ll see it all day long.
Surround yourself with people who act on their big ideas, who take action on making positive change in the world and who see nothing as out of their reach.
We only get to be in our bodies for a limited time, why not celebrate the journey instead of merely riding it out until it’s over?
There’s nothing as unstoppable as a freight train full of fuck-yeah.
When we’re in fear, we hold on to what we’ve got because we don’t trust that there’s more. We pinch off the energy, we’re scared to share, and we focus on, and create more of, the very thing we’re hoping to avoid, which is lack.
If you haven’t already, pick one or two causes that have real meaning to you and give to them every month. Give however much time or money you can,
Give one of your favorite things in the world away to someone who would totally love it.
Leave a dollar more than you normally would every time you tip. Or ten.
someone is being snarky, instead of sinking to their level and being snarky back, raise them up by giving them the love.
Smile, compliment, and crack people up as often as possible.
Say yes to invitations that you wouldn’t normally say yes to because you hate to inconvenience the person offering.
Stop and feel in your body how great it feels when you give and receive; raise your frequency and expect more good things to come your way. 8.
You cut yourself off from the supply of awesomeness when you are not in a state of gratitude.
Having gratitude goes way beyond just having good manners, however. Manners are a form of custom, gratitude is a state of being.
because it makes you feel good to be in such a state of gratitude, it puts you at a very high frequency and connects you to Source Energy, which puts you in a more powerful state to manifest more good feeling things and experiences into your life.
Faith is the muscle you use when you decide to blast outside of your comfort zone and transform your life into something that’s practically unrecognizable to you in your present reality.
When you are consistently in a state of gratitude, and aware of all the awesomeness that already exists, it, among many other things, makes it much easier for you to believe that there’s more awesomeness where that came from, and that this yet-to-be-manifested awesomeness is also available to you. You’ve received awesomeness before, so of course, you can receive awesomeness again. This is how gratitude strengthens your faith. And having strong faith is a major key in transforming your life.
In other words, you must be grateful for your imaginary friends and your imaginary life. Yep.
Being in gratitude for the not-yet manifested informs The Universe that you know that what you desire already exists, and puts you at the right frequency to receive it.
Every night before you go to bed, review your day and either write down or mentally note ten things you can be grateful for in your life. These can be everything from the beautiful flowers in your garden to the fact that your heart is beating to the hour-long visit from your persnickety neighbor that taught you to be happy that you don’t have her life.
FORGIVE OR FESTER
Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past. —Lily Tomlin;
Forgiveness is all about taking care of you, not the person you need to forgive. It’s about putting your desire to feel good before your desire to be right.
Holding on to resentment is like taking poison and waiting for your enemies to die.
If you’re having issues with someone you care about, explain how you feel without putting the blame on them and regardless of the outcome, forgive them. Your talk may bring you closer together or you may discover that you don’t want to hang out with them as much or at all, but either way, if you want to be free, you have to let it go.
Why do you care if they understand how lame they are or not—what good does that do you?
The longer you stay attached to being vindicated, the longer they hang around in your consciousness, stinking up your life.
Forgiving isn’t about being nice to them, it’s about being nice to yourself.
FIND COMPASSION
ERASE THE OTHER PERSON FROM THE EQUATION
If you have nobody to be angry at, it’s hard to be angry. Instead, it opens the incident up for questioning. Why did this happen? How was I involved? Why did I attract this to myself? How can I grow from this? How can I find compassion for everyone involved? When you’re consumed by resentment, the lesson can’t get through all your inner, and outer, screaming and yelling. Do yourself a favor and use irritating situations and people as opportunities for growth, not pain.
DECIDE YOU’D RATHER BE HAPPY THAN RIGHT
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
What you choose to focus on becomes your reality.
Start paying attention: What are your favorite, self-sabotaging stories? What do you hear yourself think and say over and over again that has become who you are (or rather who you think you are)? Bust yourself in your own tired old broken records right now so you can set about rewriting your stories and create the kind of life you love.
Now look at your list of false rewards for what they really are: scared little parts of yourself acting out. Thank them for trying to protect you and for keeping you company, but tell them it’s time to run along now.
Procrastination is one of the most popular forms of self-sabotage because it’s really easy.
If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.
REMEMBER THAT DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT
Nobody else cares or will probably even notice that everything isn’t 100 percent perfect—and, quite honestly, nothing ever will be 100 percent perfect anyway so you might as well start now.
NOTICE WHERE YOU STOP
When you’re working on whatever you’re working on, or whatever you’re pretending to work on, where exactly do you stop?
If you can pinpoint the precise moment that you say, “Screw it—I’m outta here!” you can prepare yourself for hitting the oil slick by hiring coaches or assistants or psyching yourself up or delegating that particular part of it out, or removing known distractions.
you’re the kind of person who blows everything off until the last minute, and you know this about yourself, why waste your time freaking out while you’re not doing what you’re supposed to be doing?
I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened. —Mark Twain;
If you want more time in your life, show time some respect. If you’re constantly late, if you blow things off or if you’re a flake, you’re not sending a message to The Universe—or others, or yourself—that you value this precious time that you crave and are trying to create more of for yourself.
It’s not rocket science—if you want to have a good relationship with time, have a good relationship with time.
Not only will this help you create more time in your own life, but you’ll stop being one of those rude people who constantly wastes everyone else’s.
We tiptoe through life hoping to safely make it to death.
To fear or not to fear, that is the question.
