Carrying Around Your Pile Of Rocks
Damn they are heavy. Those rocks. The ones you keep carrying around. It doesn't take a doctor to figure out why you are so tired.
Grab a piece of paper and start writing down what the rocks represent for you — reoccurring mind-chattering content, things that inhibit your peak performance, other people's beliefs that do not align with your authentic self, and everything you think about that is out of your control.
Your brain is like a factory that operates 24/7. It needs to constantly be processing. Train it to focus on items that help expand and empower you.
Some examples of rocks: thoughts connected to "I probably should," "I wish I could," "If only…" Friends or co-workers that are toxic. Fears about money. Living your life according to others' expectations. Resentment, anger, jealousy. Worries that are out of your control.
1. Make your rocks list. Keep adding to it as you think of more.
2. Own that you are the one continually fulfilling that list in your life.
3. Commit to changing.
4. Begin a daily mindfulness practice.
5. Breathe. Smile.
6. When you intermittently stop your practice (and you will), go back to step 2.