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At the moment I have several green stripes in my hair, my toenails are painted green, and so are both my thumbnails. If I had been nervous about my test last night, these things would have been charms to help me do my pattern right, but since I had prepared adequately for a change, I [...]
I know goals and I know goal setting and I know how I’m supposed to make them SMART* (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely) and I’m supposed to have checkpoints and so on and so on. I completely understand all of that, and the reasoning behind the structure. The problem is, of course, putting it into [...]
When I was in Girl Guides I always hated the Guide Law that stated ‘A guide smiles and sings, even under difficulty.’ I can see the value in the be-cheerful-keep-your-spirits-up sort of mentality it implies and sure, sheer grumpiness might make a bad situation worse sometimes but given that I will power through, I wanted [...]
Visualization can be a very useful tool to relieve stress, improve performance, and create a positive outcome scenario. Athletes use it to ‘practice’ perfect form, sales people use it to get over nervousness about cold calls, and stressed out people can use it to bring about relaxed feelings or to rehearse potentially difficult situations and [...]
I used to to think I was an utter failure at meditation (cue the sound of a thousand meditation teachers shaking their heads sadly) because I couldn’t keep my mind clear for any length of time. But when I read some of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s work I found out that I should be taking the word [...]
