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by
Jen Sincero
the best damn letter mailer ever to enter the post office.
Come up with an image that represents your personal sanctuary.
I embrace the absurd magnificence of the cosmic joke called life.
Get in your car, drive somewhere isolated, roll up the windows, and scream your head off. Set a timer
I am whole, I am complete, everything I desire is already here.
Decide that today you will spray on the travel perfume and be a stranger in your own land.
“What shall we celebrate today?”
The Moment of Truth or Poof.
ho-hummery.
“Is this sandwich I’m about to eat in alignment with my goal? Yes, I’m hungry, avocados are good for me and make me happy, this meal will give me energy. Sandwich, you officially have clearance.”
All hail the light switch on the wall that provides me with the miracle of sight in the dark!
Notice five things, bask in all the reasons you love them, and then sit in a grateful stupor over what a charmed individual you are.
and every time you find yourself about to start stewing on something scary, irritating, or worrisome (practice staying aware of when this is happening, please), say to yourself, “I choose to forget this,” and move on.
Overwhelm is a mindset;
choose to take your life moment by moment and savor
Overwhelm exists in the future: “I have six trillion emails to answer, two kids to pick up at school, a blueberry pie to bake, four client calls, and a cat who just had kittens.” Staying present while thoughtfully answering each email or while rolling out the pie crust or while getting a towel and cleaning up after the cats—each of these moments is its own deal, packed with so much to be grateful for and enjoy.
Fear not the judgment of others; fear living a life in which you keep your wild, wonderful, weirdo self in a cage.
the profound and wondrous miracle
Send a big fat thank-you out to the Universe for your food, your body, your life.
How would you behave if the person you respected most in the entire world were watching?
