Somebody give you a dirty look? Give somebody else a smile.
Somebody cut you off in traffic? Let somebody else skip you in line at the store.
Somebody sent you a hateful message? Send somebody else a loving one.
In a world where “more of the same” can make things so much worse—choose to do modern day alchemy instead.
And become an alchemist of human emotion.
Don’t get it twisted.
What most people think of as innate attitudes are very much so learned skills.
It never ceases to amaze me how much we can creatively express when we simply give ourselves the space and time to do so.
Fight the big battles on the inside And the big battles on the outside Suddenly won’t feel so big anymore
Slow steady pointed compounding non-comparative improvements. Each day.
We are a mind, a body, and a spirit.
We cannot perform at peak capacity with just one and not the others.
Train the body to improve the mind; train the mind to improve the body.
Train the mind to improve the spirit; train the spirit to improve the mind.
Train the spirit to improve the body; train the body to improve the spirit.
Order doesn’t matter.
Spending time on EACH is what matters.
What are the things that make you feel great?
And I’m not talking about 10 seconds great… I’m talking about 10 hours great.
I’m not talking about pleasure-seeking tasks—I’m talking about soul-filling tasks.
Exercising? Walking? Journaling? Meditating? Stretching?
First of all, once you come up with your list—why not include each of those things into each of the days of your week?
Why would you ever skip out on the things that make you feel great?
Your state—mentally, physically, emotionally—affects everything else in life. And so they should get the top priority each and every day.
Especially on the days when your state is at its lowest.
Skipping state-boosting tasks when you feel off/down/awful is a mistake and only reinforces that feeling of off/down/or awful.
And, worth noting, skipping them on the days when your state is at its highest is also a mistake.
Because if you stop doing the things that make you feel great when you’re feeling great—it won’t be long until you’re no longer feeling great again.
And up and down the rollercoaster you’ll go.
Better to prioritize feeling great on all the days.