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"From the top of the morning I shine, right through the blinds. Touching everything in my plain view and everything next to me gets lit up too."
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Hi + Hello
Happy Week 35! For the record, I’m still tired but I don’t mind when it’s for good reason! Although tired, I go into the week hopeful that I will make some progress on projects, I will detox from the indulgence from a much needed weekend with longtime girlfriends, and I will sleep!
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✍🏾 #RandomSessionNotes
1. Make decisions based on reality rather than predictions.
2. Notice the similarities and differences between how you treat yourself and how you treat others.
3. Who or what is your point of reference? How do you see yourself in relation to that point? Is that how you want to think of yourself?
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🔧 Tips, Tricks, and Tidbits
Acceptance is acknowledging that something is what it is, especially when we no longer have the power to change it. It doesn’t mean we like it or approve of it or are okay with it or chose it, but it does mean we understand that it is outside of our control and we no longer spend our resources trying to change it. Fighting against an unchangeable reality can keep us emotionally tethered to it, spending energy wishing the past were different or the current circumstances were otherwise. Acceptance allows us to redirect that energy toward what is still within our control: how we respond, what we do next, and what we choose to carry forward. We don't have to make peace with everything that happens to us, but we do have to find a way to keep living with the reality of what was and what is.
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😏 Unrelated Musings
From my notes: Is it a spiral or a twirl?
I asked myself this question rhetorically, it seems. We often say we’re spiraling and, in an attempt to reframe some clichés, I asked myself what makes spiraling different from twirling? Twirling has a lighter tone, a bit more whimsy. The cyclone action still makes you dizzy but it can be a lot of fun. Much more smiling and laughter is involved, like with the sky dancers fairy fliers (lol). Spiraling has a more destructive tone because we’ve decided it should. We’ve attached it to tornadoes and Tasmanian Devil. It ruins everything. But the truth is, the Earth is spinning and so shall we. What changes about our experience in the spins if we decide we’re twirling vs spiraling? Did we put our heads on the bottom of a baseball bat and go round and round and now are trying to figure out why we can’t stand, laughing so hard we nearly pee our pants? Were we whisked onto the dance floor and led ‘round and ‘round and ‘round and ‘round by a steady guide so it’s fully controlled and manageable? Did we go for the triple axel and are now praying for a graceful landing, not a crash onto the cold hard ice? Are we the tornado wreaking havoc on ourselves just because of our mindset? How we think about things impacts our interaction with it, and if I’m spinning, I want it to be graceful, to be contained, and be for my benefit and/or fun, therefore, I’m twirling baby!
My favorite possible self writes another blog post in approximately one week! My mantra says I follow through, so I must! See you there!
xo janelle
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