Go Away Stress

I'm going to continue working on letting go of the stress from my life. Writing this blog and following these activities has truly helped me let go of the stress. Writing in my journal has been cathartic as has going through my day noticing all the great things in my life: smell of honeysuckle, harvesting my raspberries, herbs and cutting flowers from my garden. Becoming more grateful has helped me be more positive and put stuff out of my control in perspective.

Be intentional with letting go of things that are out of my control.

Thanks Gratitude Journal

Read the entries in my gratitude journal. I believe it will be helpful to go back and read previous entries when something negative is in my life or I am feeling bad. Hopefully, this will remind me about all the things I appreciate and am honored to have in my life.

Update: I'm feeling better already.

Joyous Memories

Pick a time in my life that I felt joy and write about it in my gratitude journal. It should be a memory that I have not written about before in my journal.

Update: I recalled several wonderful memories and wrote about 3 of them.

Living My Life Intentionally

Sometimes I find myself in situations that make no sense to who I am and what I care about, but yet here I am volunteering or giving a lot of time to it. This has got to stop.

Remember what is important to me and live my life with this in mind.

Email

I heard that Goldman Sachs is banning their employees from using profanity in their emails. I'm not sure I understand why anyone would use profanity in email. Nor, am I sure why anyone would use profanity at their place of business, but that's another topic.

Someone once said that you should only write and send email that you would be comfortable if your children or mother read it. Good words to write email by.

Appreciating Myself

Write in my gratitude journal a list of 10 things I appreciate about myself.

...And He Had No Regrets

When my brother-in-law passed away 18 years ago, the quote on his memorial was “... and he had no regrets.” As I get older, it feels calming to let go of regrets.

The past is behind us. Live to the future. It's ours to explore, give and receive.