Thesecondtipisalso a reallyobviousone, but I didwanttomentionit, andit's meditation.
I wantedtomentionitfor a fewreasons.
Firstofall, because I thinkmeditationintoday's worldandsocietyissocrucialwe'resoconnectedallthetime.
There's thisconstantsourceofinformationcomingourwayfromeverywhereso I thinkjustreallylearninghowtobestillisanamazing, amazingskilltoacquire.
But I dounderstandthatmeditationcanbeverychallengingtocertainpeople.
Andwhat I foundisthatinsteadofputtingmyselfinthisboxoffwhatmeditationshouldbe, whichislikesittingdownandcrossingyourlegsandhummingforlike 20 seconds, I mean, for 20 minutes, twotimes a day.
I knowthatdoesn't workforme.
Soforme, meditationmeansanyactivityoranythingthat I candotoreallykindofletmymindjustairout.
In a way, Someofmyfavoritewaystomeditateiskeeping a journal, which I thinkisalwayswonderful.
Anotherthingthat I trulyloveistoevenjustwalkoutside, gofor a littlewalkwithoutmusicwithoutnothing, andreallyforcedmyselftonoticesmalllittlethings, givesyousomesortofperspectiveandlife, whichisreallyweird.
It's thosesimplethingsthatremindyou.
Youknowhowwonderfullifeis, so I thinkthatalwaysboostmymood.
Italwaysmakesmefeel a littlebetter, a littlemoreinspired, a littlemoremotivated.
There's alsogreatAPSouttheretohelpyoumeditateifyou're a newbieandreallywanttogetintothemoretraditionalmeditatingmethods, sothoseairalwaysgreat.
I thinkthatinanysituation, ifyoufeelintherod, ifyoufeelthepressandmotivatedtalkingtosomeonealwayshelps, ratherthanjustkindofclothesoffandfeelthatyou'retheonlyoneinthissituation.
Sofind a familymember, a friend, evenonlinetheresomanyforumsthatwillbe a greatspaceforyoutoshareyourexperiencesorfeelings.
A lotofpeoplefeelthesameway, sodon't beshyanddon't beembarrassedaboutitandjusttalk.
Then I'm gonnatalkabout a touchofsubject, andthat's puttingawayyourtechnology.
I knowthisisreallydifficult, butattimeswherewefeelextrafragileandextrakindofsensitiveto, youknow, differentthings, thatcomparisonandthingslikethat.
I thinkthatsocialmediasometimescanbe a littlebitof a trickyareatobein, evenjustputtingyourphoneaway, givingyou a littledetoxtimeoutoftechnologybecauseyoukindoffeeliffyaboutourownlives.
Goingthroughsocialmediaandsingle, thesebeautifulphotosandeveryonesmilingandhappyandachievingallthesegreatthingsit's atthosetimesareminemayinterpretedas a negativething, andwe'regoingtostartcomparingourselves, andit's justgoingtokeeppushingusdownthatrut.
Sotaking a fewdaysoffandjustreallyfocusingondoingthingsthatmakesyouhappywillbealways a great, greatsuggestion.
Sometimesformeitmeanstogotolike a bookstoreandjustlookthroughbooksandfindsomethingthatreally I connecttoandgetlike, a reallyinspiringbookthat's treatingmyselfsometime.
It's goingfor a walkandgettingmyself, youknow, thesmoothiethat I loveandjustspend a fewhoursbutmyself.
Drinkingmustmoody.
Sojustthingslikethatthatmakesyoufeel a littlehappier, a littlebetter, a littlemorecomforting.
Nextthingissettinggoalsandmakingplansafteryoutake a dayortwoofftojustkindofnotnecessarilyrightawayrunintoanactionplantotrytosaveyourselffromthisrod.
Butonceyoukindofadjusted, trythesmalllittletipsthat I mentionedbeforeandwhenyou'rereadytostartactuallymakingsomeseriousmoves, I'm alwaysallaboutsettinggoals, so a lotofussometimesfeelthatsomeareasinourlifearekindofblock.
Solookintothisareasaysit's yourjob.
Isitsomethingthatyoucannotnecessarilyevenchange a matterforcommandingtoquityourjobandlike, findsomethingelseyouwanttodioButeven, youknow, tryingtofind a waytomakethatarea.
Ah, littlemoreinterestingand a littlemorechallengingforyouwhothoseattainablegoalsonpaperandstartbuildinglike a smalllittleplan.
I knowthatsometimeswhenwewantsomethingandwehavethisbiggoalon a pieceofpaperwerelike, Howthehelldoweevengetthere?