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Member Since: 05/21/07
Last Login: 12/24/12
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Program Progress: Day 4
Member Since: 05/21/07
Last Login: 12/24/12
Viewed: 109097
Program in:
Program Progress: Day 4
Kayla's Challenges:
Kayla's Participating:
Kayla's Participating:
| Mo Money |
| PFR Challenge |
| Exercise your self control over your unwanted addiction |
| The Boost Challenge |
Personal Interests:
Music:
Books:
Too many to list. Like to read international authors, immigrant author, in addition to whatever catches my eye from current selections.
Love Barbara Kingsolver's writing.
Favorite Places:
I Want To See:
My son grow up to be a healthy, happy, accomplished man.
Peace. Ecuador, New Zealand, India, Guinea, Alaska.
Hobbies:
Activities:
Reading, going to museums, bicycling, dancing, hiking, swimming, spending time with friends and family.
Sports:
Movies:
Big, Peter Pan, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Avalon, Diner, O Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, anything with John Turturro
TV:
Heroes:
Optimistic, giving, humble, reflective, interesting, creative, loving, vibrant souls, especially those who have survived extreme difficulty.
I Want To Meet:
Kayla's Life List:
| Love my life |
| Be of service in my life |
| Be kind, gentle, compassionate, loving and generous to myself, my family and my friends |
| Live a healthy life |
| Live a moral and ethical life |
| Enjoy every day |
| Accept and work with life on its terms |
| Meet life's challenges with grace and humor |
| Let go of fears, worries, resentments, envy, negativity and excuses |
| Embrace confidence, joy, hope and faith |
| Surround myself with people I respect and love |
| Celebrate life with music and dance |
| Read daily for spiritual, intellectual and emotional benefits |
| Travel the world and the seven seas |
| Go on a major bike trip |
| Enjoy the cultural abundance of my city |
| Embrace nature |
| Enjoy the abundance of cooking, sharing and eating sumptuous, lovely, tasty, spicy food |
| Celebrate life with friends |
| Be positive |
| Be responsible |
| Be expansive |
| Wear comfortable, interesting clothing and jewelry |
| Be comfortable and comforting |
| Seek to understand rather than to be understood |
| Be quiet and peaceful within myself |
| Contribute to conversations without dominating |
| Be totally open to learning from others and from experience |
| Be willing to take fearless risks |
| Go hang gliding. |
| Write and be published |
| Have tremendous flexibility in my work |
| Be free from economic insecurity |
| Declutter home. |
| Make my home a beautiful haven. |
| Balance city and country life. |
| Travel to Canada, Greece, Israel, Finland, Russia, Ireland, Wales, China, Germany, Holland, Denmark again. |
| Travel to Thailand, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Guinea, Mali, Mozambique, Turkey, Croatia, Macedonia, Prague, Italy, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Brazil, |
| Travel cross-country, along country roads. |
| Play the saxophone. |
| Learn a new language - Arabic? Bangla? |
| Take my son to India. |
| Eat delicious, healthy food. |
| Get into the best physical condition possible. |
| Own a country home with a barn where we can hold dances. |
| Own a country home where fruit trees and berry bushes grow. |
comments
The day is yours.
This is how I see it.........
Kayla, I prefer to look at this as getting a head start on celebrating your new job!! Which I believe you are going to get. (Even if you don't it won't be the end of the world, and you can handle that).
The muscle relaxation does not work for everybody, after all we are each unique.
I have found that deep-breathing helps me when my head is pumped full of stuff.
The breathing technique where you get really comfortable, preferably in bed (I lie on my back when I'm doing these in bed), but it works in a chair, take a deep breath in through your nose, hold it for a few seconds, then blow it out your mouth just like you are blowing out a candle. (with a little force) Concentrate on the breathing, how the air feels coming into your body, how the rest of your body is feeling, all the physical things caused by your breathing. Try and clear your head of anything except the act of breathing.
I usually can't do more than 5 or 6 and I am MELLOW, calmed and centered. If not, I keep on doing them until I either feel better or pass out....you know all that oxygen to the brain. LOL
There are other things to try; some sleepy time tea, a soothing bath if you like those, soft and low gentle music, or one of my favorites is to write everything down in my journal, all the feeling, thoughts, hopes, fears, all of it, then close the book. Somehow getting it out of my head and down on paper helps me to let go of it, which helps with the mouse-on-a-wheel feeling.
Be patient and be kind to yourself, you have been through more than any one person should have to bear.
Kayla, it is only natural to have jitters about a new job and to have doubts about your ability to perform it. Those are all normal feelings. And I'm glad you were able to work through them.
We'll all celebrate big time with you when you land that job!!
Beverly