I’m so over personal development. Usually, I love learning how to amp up my life experience, but these days, I could care less about improving myself. I may have o.d.’d. Maybe it’s just a phase.
There are so many books, empowering quotes, advice on how to live, how to act, how to think. Do we know how to trust our instincts and live by our intuition anymore? We are bombarded by so much information but how much of this do we really apply to our daily lives and how much goes in one ear and out the other? I think some of it filters into my subconcious but ultimately, we are a collection of our habits… and these are learned early on. Change, with a few exceptions, is slow.
For example, when I first learned about eating healthy and taking care of my body with nutritious food and daily exercise, it took me years to get where I am today… and I’m still working on it. Yet, I feel sometimes we expect ourselves and others to immediately change the way we live because we have just read about a better way.
I do think, however, that even small changes can give big results. For example, if you decided to get up every morning and walk for 30 minutes, that can make a huge difference in how you feel mentally and physically for the rest of the day. You make better food choices, have more energy, and your body feels good. Or if you decided to only talk nice to yourself rather than focusing on your weaknesses. What would focusing on your strengths do to how you feel, and how you interact with the people in your life? If you have pain you need to heal, or things you need to work on … do the work. But be kind to yourself in the process.
This summer I’m taking a break from self improvement and just relaxing and having fun… living in the moment without looking at the past or the future… using all five senses fully. I’m appreciating who I am without needing to change anything. Let’s face it, we are all pretty great already. We should celebrate our gifts and how awesome we are.. and focus less on what we are not. What you focus on grows, right? :)
I’m going to take a blogging break too for a while but I’m sure I’ll have lots of updates when I return. Have a great summer!
Here’s my last empowering quote for ya. It’s a good one…
‘Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it‘.  ~ Bill Cosby
p.s. We took a girls trip to Savannah recently for my friend Chrystal’s sister’s bachelorette weekend. The weather was beautiful and we had such a good time.. I’m still recovering. I posted some of my favorite pics in the gallery. If you haven’t been to Savannah yet… go soon, it’s so charming. But go in the spring or fall, summer will be too hot!
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I am in exactly the same situation. I had enough of personal development and life hacks.
I think it comes down to the fact that you already know what to do so there is no point in studying about it anymore. Just starting out, there are so many great posts, blogs and ideas to read about. After a while, it starts being the same thing said in a slightly different way over and over and over again. Spending time reading about how to improve your life interferes with actually improving your life.
Enjoy your relaxing summer!
You seem a beautiful souled woman. Congratulations on your step outside the future and the past and into the wonder of right NOW. Love and Blessing to you! Oscar Crawford
“There are so many books, empowering quotes, advice on how to live, how to act, how to think. Do we know how to trust our instincts and live by our intuition anymore?”
Yes yes yes! That is exactly how I feel/been thinking. This is a great post as a whole, but those lines really hit the spot. And because a lot of us (including myself), don’t really use intuition, we aren’t sure how to separate anxiety vs. fear. Change happens naturally when we feel we don’t have to change.