Category: 52 Weeks to Bettering Yourself in 2013 – One Week at A Time

52 weeks to bettering yourself in 2013 – one week at a time

52 Weeks To Optimizing Yourself 2014 – Week 5 – Going BIG with Seeing Instead of Looking at Things

  As technology speeds up, we look at an increasing number of images every day, and often don’t really see them, or allow our minds to absorb them. In the visual overload, we miss the sensory experiences: the texture of a painting in a museum, or the smell of a book in a book store,… Continue reading 52 Weeks To Optimizing Yourself 2014 – Week 5 – Going BIG with Seeing Instead of Looking at Things

Review of Week 41 – Bettering Yourself – Make My Tomorrows Magnificent

  I studied the book “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne this week, and the story of one of its’ contributors, Bob Proctor who  built a multi-million dollar company, although he had been working as a firefighter a few years earlier and was in debt the equivalent of a year and half’s salary.  He says he… Continue reading Review of Week 41 – Bettering Yourself – Make My Tomorrows Magnificent

Bettering Yourself – Week 41- Sept 30 – Oct 6, 2013 Make My Tomorrows Magnificent

“Whatever feelings you have in you are attracting your tomorrow” This week I am going to re-read “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne, and work on attracting more of what I want in life. I have read the book many times, and am familiar with the law of attraction that the book is based on, but… Continue reading Bettering Yourself – Week 41- Sept 30 – Oct 6, 2013 Make My Tomorrows Magnificent

Review of Week 40 – Bettering Yourself – To See The Best in Others

  “When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.” -William Arthur Ward Researching this topic captivated me so much that I wrote a separate blog entry about it.  Seeing the best in others and yourself makes all your relationships better. I discovered that I needed to… Continue reading Review of Week 40 – Bettering Yourself – To See The Best in Others

Review of Week 39 – Bettering Yourself – Do Something Creative Every Day

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I did something creative each day.  My inspiration for this topic came from Deepak Chopra and Rudoff Tanzi’s book “Superbrain” about ways to inspire your brain. How to inspire your brain Take care of stress. Avoid dulling routine. Do something creative every day. Read poetry, spiritual material or anything… Continue reading Review of Week 39 – Bettering Yourself – Do Something Creative Every Day

Week 39 – Sept 16-22, 2013 – Bettering Yourself – Do Something Creative Every Day

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I am going to slip away from my routine activities each day, and do something creative every day to inspire my brain.  By using my imagination, I am going to unlock my creative potential and lose some stress by choosing an activity to do daily that is creative.  I… Continue reading Week 39 – Sept 16-22, 2013 – Bettering Yourself – Do Something Creative Every Day

Review of week 38 – Appreciating All The Beauty Around Me Each Day

This past week I took the time to appreciate the beauty that is around me each day.  I was appreciating the beauty in the record breaking warm temperatures, and also the cooler air in the evenings which created the perfect sleeping temperature. I was also appreciating the beauty of the little bright green bird that hit… Continue reading Review of week 38 – Appreciating All The Beauty Around Me Each Day

Week 38 – Bettering Yourself – Sept 9 -15, 2013 – Appreciate All the Beauty Around Me Each Day

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I am going to take time to notice and appreciate all the beauty in my surroundings daily. Sometimes I am too busy completing my to-do list to notice the little starlings flying by, or the gentle late summer breeze, but this week I am going to pay attention to… Continue reading Week 38 – Bettering Yourself – Sept 9 -15, 2013 – Appreciate All the Beauty Around Me Each Day

Review of Week 37 – Bettering Yourself – Do a Fall Clean up.

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I did a Fall Clean Up, and got a surprising amount of chores done simply by setting the goal for myself. I cleaned the bathroom ceiling, trimmed the tree branches near the roof, and pulled the weeds.  I also mopped the floors, vacuumed the rugs, and put the air… Continue reading Review of Week 37 – Bettering Yourself – Do a Fall Clean up.

Week 37 – Bettering Yourself – Sept 2 – 8, 2013 – Do A Fall Cleanup

We obsess about Spring cleaning, but fall is another time, 6 months later, to Clean and organize. According to Houzz.com we should: Vacuum and mop floors, spot clean rugs and wipe surfaces throughout the house. As you clean, set things aside to give away — aim to free up about a third of the space… Continue reading Week 37 – Bettering Yourself – Sept 2 – 8, 2013 – Do A Fall Cleanup

Review of Week 36 – Bettering Yourself – Embrace My Shyness

This week I embraced my shyness, by changing the way I think about it. Anxiety or shyness comes from fear of looking silly in front of people, says The Dalai Lama, who speaks to many people worldwide, but admits to feeling shy himself. He says he “can reduce this fear before giving a talk by… Continue reading Review of Week 36 – Bettering Yourself – Embrace My Shyness