Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.

2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.

3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

4. Live with the 3 E’s - Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy

5. Play more games.

6. Read more books than you did in 2011.

7. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

8. Sleep for 7 hours.

9. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

10. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

11. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

12. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.

13. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.

15. Dream more while you are awake.

16. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

17. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

18. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.

19. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.

20. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

21. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

22. Smile and laugh more.

23. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:

24. Call your family often.

25. Each day give something good to others.

26. Forgive everyone for everything.

27. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.

28. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

31. Do the right thing!

32. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

33. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

35. The best is yet to come.

36. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Recent observations

Ive recently come to realize that I haven’t taken the time to evaluate my life in a long time. I have so much going on in my mind, it becomes difficult to filter. It gets overwhelming at times I’ve been prone to panic attacks.
Im going to try to stop and reflect on everything as often as I can as to prevent further attacks and stress from my life.

Looking back on the past few years I’ve learned so much about myself and ultimately about life.

I’m more at peace with myself now. I’m definitely a huge work in progress, but I’m making strides in the right direction everyday.

Given my many dramas with people over my college years, I’ve learned the hard way to give less priority to people every day. I become less concerned and try to avoid getting caught up in the details of other peoples lives. It’s frankly boring and causes me too much stress. Not to mention it takes away time I could dedicate to bettering myself.

In high school I thought my Loner qualities and feelings of not belonging would finally go away and I would eventually find where it is that’s feel complete and not lonely.
Nope still haven’t found it. I’m at peace with myself constantly bettering myself. And I’ve found places where I feel I belong but there will always be that tinge of loniless that I don’t think will ever go away. Somedays it hurts but most days I accept it. Each day it hurts less and I get stronger.

I used to be concerned with perfect hair and have lately noticed that ny hair naturally falls perfectly without any work. It’s amazing. :)

I steered away from music for a while giving it less priority bc I was afraid it would put me behind in my work load at College.
Now I realize it’s what drives me to work harder. All these years that I’ve been neglecting music and only listening passively has actually done me more damage than good.
God I was stupid
Thrice has ignited the passion back within me.

I’m less attached to people and to material items. It doesn’t bother me as much if someone ceases speaking to me. It used to kill me and eat away at me. And now I understand it’s life.

I can much easier throw away items from my past. I’m no longer such a hoarder. Only keeping the important things. I realize items don’t being me happiness only the memory of them do. So why keep the baggage? Memories last forever.

When I look in the mirror I see who I want to be. It’s perfectly clear and my mind is finally unclogged and I know I can accomplish anything.

Im trying to actively think more consciously and figure out what sets me off and what gives me bad moods.

Seeing negativity around me or people who project a negative attitude really really bother me. It instantly gives me anxiety and makes me feel awful. Must steer clear. Keep bubble tightly wrapped around self. Block ppl off fb don’t use fb it’s that easy.

I’m an empath. I feel the emotions and pick up on the energies around me. I soak it in. It can be a very rewarding gift, I can help people and I am very in touch with energies but it can also be a very overwhelming and painful process when I dont learn to block certain things out and focus on myself instead.

Here’s to me focusing on what’s most important and leaving the rest behind. :)

“We all need to know what it means to be honest. Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.”
– James E. Faust (via thefameofhealthandfitness)