Need Peace? Try This for Seven Days
Try one step each day for seven days.
Your mental health will thank you!
Try this for 7 days. Rinse. Repeat
How To Remain More Peaceful In Seven Days
1. Take 5-10 minutes each day
to stretch, do yoga, meditate, pray, or read. It's a small start which can be increased later. Small steps create lifelong habits. Lifelong habits create health and well-being.
2. Drink more water.Yes, I said H2O! Keeping yourself physically healthy is crucial when dealing with the stressful lives most of us lead.
3. Go to bed early. Adults need 7-9 hours of sleep each night. Awake refreshed and focused. You can't "make it up" later. 4. Laugh...or at least smile broadly! Find something humorous in each day. Even if it's laughing at yourself. Work and life demands are serious enough. Let out a good 'ole belly laugh now and then. It makes people wonder and it triggers those good-feeling endorphins in the brain.
5. Slow down. Walk slower. Take your time. Rushing creates frantic people. Frantic people make mistakes and live in constant stress. Chronic stress causes heart attacks. When you find yourself walking faster and faster to the next appointment or meeting, take a long deep breath and make longer strides down the hallway or across the parking lot. I promise you'll begin to feel more peaceful inside.
6. Unclutter and unplug.I am working on doing this in small chunks in my life. For instance, on the way to work in the car, don't think about work!! Just drive. Or ride the train and notice the scenery. Sit by the river on a park bench and eat lunch. Find a tree, sit under it and have a mini soul break. Or walk to work and listen to music. There are minutes here to sneak in some deep breathing and thankfulness thinking. Take a mini-soul-vacation en route and on the way home. I personally like to unplug from all noise as soon as my day ends. I don't even listen to music on the radio. Don't let thoughts of work and and what you have to do today or tomorrow create a frantic pace in your mind.
7. Practice letting go of what you cannot control.I do this by asking myself the same question each night: Did I do the best I could today? Answer the question and then let it go. This practice keeps me from carrying over resentment and worry into the next day. It forces me to throw away regrets of the day. Most of the time you can answer, "Yes! I did the best I could!" If you can’t answer that way, it’s still OK. Tomorrow is a new day, a clean slate.Give yourself an emotional pat on the back. If you fall short occasionally, briefly vow to do better the next time you're presented with the same set of circumstances and then move on. The other 99% of your day was indeed the best you could do! Now let it go.
Have a lovely week, Peace Bloggers! ~Mimi
P.S. Don’t forget to Blog4peace NOV 4. You don’t have to have a blog. You can do it on social media. Links below and at the top of this blog. Peace.
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2. Drink more water.Yes, I said H2O! Keeping yourself physically healthy is crucial when dealing with the stressful lives most of us lead.
3. Go to bed early. Adults need 7-9 hours of sleep each night. Awake refreshed and focused. You can't "make it up" later. 4. Laugh...or at least smile broadly! Find something humorous in each day. Even if it's laughing at yourself. Work and life demands are serious enough. Let out a good 'ole belly laugh now and then. It makes people wonder and it triggers those good-feeling endorphins in the brain.
5. Slow down. Walk slower. Take your time. Rushing creates frantic people. Frantic people make mistakes and live in constant stress. Chronic stress causes heart attacks. When you find yourself walking faster and faster to the next appointment or meeting, take a long deep breath and make longer strides down the hallway or across the parking lot. I promise you'll begin to feel more peaceful inside.
6. Unclutter and unplug.I am working on doing this in small chunks in my life. For instance, on the way to work in the car, don't think about work!! Just drive. Or ride the train and notice the scenery. Sit by the river on a park bench and eat lunch. Find a tree, sit under it and have a mini soul break. Or walk to work and listen to music. There are minutes here to sneak in some deep breathing and thankfulness thinking. Take a mini-soul-vacation en route and on the way home. I personally like to unplug from all noise as soon as my day ends. I don't even listen to music on the radio. Don't let thoughts of work and and what you have to do today or tomorrow create a frantic pace in your mind.
7. Practice letting go of what you cannot control.I do this by asking myself the same question each night: Did I do the best I could today? Answer the question and then let it go. This practice keeps me from carrying over resentment and worry into the next day. It forces me to throw away regrets of the day. Most of the time you can answer, "Yes! I did the best I could!" If you can’t answer that way, it’s still OK. Tomorrow is a new day, a clean slate.Give yourself an emotional pat on the back. If you fall short occasionally, briefly vow to do better the next time you're presented with the same set of circumstances and then move on. The other 99% of your day was indeed the best you could do! Now let it go.
Have a lovely week, Peace Bloggers! ~Mimi
P.S. Don’t forget to Blog4peace NOV 4. You don’t have to have a blog. You can do it on social media. Links below and at the top of this blog. Peace.
This series brought to you by Mimi Lenox @ blog4peace.com
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2 comments:
I’ve been doing all of the above Mimi! And my Psychology of Play class challenged me to try something new for a week as well. Proud of me for that. But mostly, your number 6 is my numero uno for keeping the peace around here. I love these gentle reminders. Oh And my 2020 Peace Blog is forthcoming. ��
Jackie - You are such a self-healer. Awareness should be your middle name. I'm enjoying guided meditation at the moment. It's truly keeping me balanced in these crazy times.
Can't wait for your peace offering!
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