I met a friend this week at a coffee shop and she looked really good, and said she changed to eating six small meals throughout the day, instead of three large meals. She said by distributing her food evenly throughout the day, and not allowing herself to get hungry, she doesn’t end up overeating. I… Continue reading 52 Weeks To Optimizing Yourself – Week 11 – Bo BIG With Eating Small Meals Frequently
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Review of Week 10 – Go Big Recording Family History
This week I took the family history information my brother gave me and started connecting the puzzle pieces together, only to discover it was one of those 5,000 piece puzzles! But simply writing down the stories gave me enormous insight to the contributions, success and struggles of my ancestors, and getting to know them better… Continue reading Review of Week 10 – Go Big Recording Family History
Review of Week 9 – Optimizing Yourself – Going BIG With Building an Inspirational Wall
This week I gathered photos and sayings and pictures and books to hang up on my Inspiration Wall, to remind me of all the inspiring people and wisdom and knowledge that make me continue to learn and grow in life. The pictures are of mentors that I have known, as well as inspirational people that… Continue reading Review of Week 9 – Optimizing Yourself – Going BIG With Building an Inspirational Wall
52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself – Week 10 – Go As BIG As The Taj Mahal With Recording Family History
My brother is recovering from an illness, and when we met this week it was nice to have some laughs together and to see that he is feeling better. I am going to write down some of our family history this week, so it is not lost, and my brother is going to supply me… Continue reading 52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself – Week 10 – Go As BIG As The Taj Mahal With Recording Family History
52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself – Week 9 – Go BIG With Creating an Inspiration Wall
For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I am going to make a wall above my work space called ‘an inspiration wall’ with symbols and sayings that inspire me to pursue my dreams. I will let you know how it goes next week. photo credit: ooh_food via photopin cc
Review of Week 8 – Go BIG With Going The Extra Mile
For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I went BIG with going the extra mile, in the areas of communications and planning. I started a file of samples of designs and graphics and photos to pursue my future design goals. I also added one extra task each time I worked on a project or did research.… Continue reading Review of Week 8 – Go BIG With Going The Extra Mile
Review of Week 7 – Go BIG With Changing The Words “If Only” To “Next Time”
This week, when I had thoughts like: “If Only I hadn’t broken my laptop charger, to “Next time I will not chop the chord up inside the motion furniture when I sit down, I realized that I can’t change what has happened, and it is a waste of my energy to regret it. I was… Continue reading Review of Week 7 – Go BIG With Changing The Words “If Only” To “Next Time”
52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself 2014 – Week 7 – Go BIG With Changing the Words “If Only” to “Next Time”.
Change the words “if only” to “next time”. Norman Vincent Peale. For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I am going to change my “if only” thoughts or statements to “next time”. Instead of saying “if only I had done this”, or “hadn’t done that”, I am going to focus on what I learned from… Continue reading 52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself 2014 – Week 7 – Go BIG With Changing the Words “If Only” to “Next Time”.
Review of Week 6 – Go BIG With Changing My Fear From Active to Latent
This week I went BIG with changing my fears from active to latent, and I learned that my fears cropped up when I wanted to take action. When I heard the voice inside saying: “you shouldn’t “, or ”you couldn’t”, “watch out for”, I knew it was some outdated fears in my mind talking. Fears… Continue reading Review of Week 6 – Go BIG With Changing My Fear From Active to Latent
52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself 2014 – Week 6 – Go BIG With Changing My Fear From ‘Active’ to ‘Latent’
In Bill Gates’ book, “The Impatient Optimist”, when he is asked if he is guided by fear, he says: “Fear should guide you but it should be latent. I have some latent fear. I consider failure on a regular basis.” For this week’s optimizing yourself exercise, I am going BIG with changing my fear from… Continue reading 52 Weeks to Optimizing Yourself 2014 – Week 6 – Go BIG With Changing My Fear From ‘Active’ to ‘Latent’
Review of Week 5 – Going BIG With Seeing Things Instead of Looking At Them
This week, I went BIG with seeing the moon, instead of only looking at it, and I saw the way it moves around the sky at different times of the night. I gave it my full attention, instead of taking it for granted, and expecting it to illuminate the night sky. I changed the way… Continue reading Review of Week 5 – Going BIG With Seeing Things Instead of Looking At Them
Review of Week 4 – Going BIG With Going With The Flow
I went BIG with the flow this week, instead of pushing or trying to influence events, I was laid back, yet surprisingly productive. I read the book “Redefining Success” by W. Brett Wilson, and learned about work/life balance, entrepreneurship, marketing and philanthropy, from one of Canada’s top business people. I will post a review… Continue reading Review of Week 4 – Going BIG With Going With The Flow