I often encounter people in the course of my work who tell me “I am my own worst enemy”. It is so easy for us to believe 
the worst about ourselves, to put ourselves down, to litter our days’ thoughts with negative self talk. Somewhere in our past we’ve been delivered the message that to say positive, uplifting things about ourselves is to be stuck up, arrogant, self involved, and egotistical.
Of course there is a balance when it comes to being self-centered. I would like to take back that phrase and remove the negativity associated with it. When we hear ‘self-centered’ we think of someone vain or arrogant, who thinks they are better than everyone else. I would like to use the phrase to mean that someone is balanced in his or her life, knows their place in the world, what their passionate work should be and is able to stay in the here-and-now to live life to the fullest.
I think the actual dynamic that is taking place when we put ourselves down is threefold. First, we can make a negative statement with the hope ‘it won’t get worse than this’, second, if we say it out loud, someone will disagree, say something positive about us to contradict the negative thing we said, and third, we can stay comfortable in self-doubt and keep ourselves from stepping out of our comfort zone. What are some negative self-talk statements you make? Take some time to write them in your TN and then contradict them with positive statements. Work on switching the negatives to the positives! It will take time and consistency for it to become a habit but it can.
I often encounter people in the course of my work who tell me “I am my own worst enemy” and I believe it. It is so easy for us to believe the worst about ourselves, to put ourselves down, to litter our days’ thoughts with negative self talk. Somewhere in our past we’ve been delivered the message that to say positive, uplifting things about ourselves is to be stuck up, arrogant, self involved, and egotistical.
Of course there is a balance when it comes to being self-centered. I would like to take back that phrase and remove the negativity associated with it. When we hear ‘self-centered’ we think of someone vain or arrogant, who thinks they are better than everyone else. I would like to use the phrase to mean that someone is balanced in his or her life, knows their place in the world, what their passionate work should be and is able to stay in the here-and-now to live life to the fullest.
a faux-dori, regular with extra room, four strands, double strap, in genuine leather. This isn't just any faux-dori, this one isn't for the faint of heart because the leather has a beautiful pattern on it that will bring attention to it....I'm not going to say more - yet....how do you get in on the drawing? Simply be a follower of my blog AND my Instagram - yep that easy! Links to my Instagram on the right. Thank you to all of my followers for being a part of my blog. The deadline for entry is April 20th. The Dori shown is not the prize, it just illustrates a typical regular faux-dori with extra room.
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out for myself how it works since it was only ten dollars on Quirky. I received it this morning. After the first staple attempts right out of the box sucked, I was a little anxious. Once I got the hang of how it works I love it. The device is very light, so gives the impression of being kind of cheap. When you staple, you don't get that satisfying thunk that you do with a conventional stapler. If you can get past that, the stapler works very well. In the
We are on the countdown to Sunday morning's (that is the the 29th) giveaway of a Nomadic Flap Type Pencil Case (picture from JetPens as well as the pencil case) giveaway. It will be crammed with items for your portable planner needs. All you need to do to be eligible to win is follow my blog and my Instagram account...that's it!!!! By following my blog you will get notification of AMAZING, FANTASTIC posts on using your Traveler's Notebook to add joy, happiness, peace, focus, and fun to your life....for free - that is a great deal...don't you think? If you know of someone who might like to be entered please share this post with them...
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trying to promote their work. If you are a vendor or have a shop and would like your Instagram account listed on a post I am putting together about top 100 Instagram accounts for planner/office supply/midori lovers/addicts please send me a contact me with your info about your shop and your Instagram account name. I would love to include your shop and promote it for you! If you know of someone who doesn't read my blog but has a shop they would like included let them know and ask if they would like to be included in the list.
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