Archive for the ‘Smart Living’ Category
Enjoying the Process
Written by Lovelyn on March 20, 2009 – 2:35 pm -I tend to talk a lot about goals on this blog and how to achieve them. I do so because so often I see people give up on their goals because they feel so frustrated. I experience this frustration to from time to time too. I’ve written about he important of doing something to accomplish your goal everyday before, but I wanted to enjoying the process of getting to your goal today. Read more »
Tags: goals, success
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Start Your Day With Intention
Written by Lovelyn on March 18, 2009 – 1:03 pm -I practice yoga. I try to practice everyday, but sometimes that everyday becomes once a week. Whenever, I do an online yoga class or on the rare occasions when I go to a real live yoga class a moment is given at the beginning of the class to set your intention for your yoga practice that day. Read more »
Tags: focus, goals, happiness, set intentions
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What’s Wrong with Pretending to be Something You’re Not?
Written by Lovelyn on March 16, 2009 – 1:09 pm -I recently read a blog post about passing. For those who don’t know, passing refers to people pretending to be an ethnicity they are not. This phrase is most commonly used for light-skinned blacks who passed for white, but as the post I read points out, people of a variety of ethnic groups have passed at various times in history. Read more »
Tags: confidence, honesty, self esteem, self respect
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A Letter to Yourself
Written by Lovelyn on March 2, 2009 – 12:06 pm -On my twenty-first birthday I wrote a letter to myself. It wasn’t my idea, but the idea of a friend. We typed out letters to ourselves on her computer. We sealed the letters in envelops with pictures of ourselves from that same day. On the envelops we wrote the date ten years later that we were to open them on. Then we exchanged the letters so that we could mail them to each other on that date. Read more »
Tags: goals, journaling, letters, planning
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Like Attracts Like
Written by Lovelyn on February 26, 2009 – 12:03 am -For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom; truth embraceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light…(Doctrine and Covenants 88:40)
Tags: choice, happiness, like attracts like
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Optimism Makes You Healthier
Written by Lovelyn on February 23, 2009 – 4:23 pm -I like science based programs and the other day I watched a show about methods people to stay young. The show covered everything from calorie restriction to human growth hormone injections. There was an extreme and gruesome segment in the show about head transplants. There’s one simple method that we can all use to extend our lives that they didn’t cover in the show. Read more »
Tags: health, how to become an optimist, optimism
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Overcoming the Fear of Failure
Written by Lovelyn on February 18, 2009 – 12:23 pm -Not too long ago, I decided to learn something new. This isn’t really a big deal because I learn something new everyday, but it made me feel very nervous. Read more »
Tags: fear of failure, goals, happiness, success
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Everyone Deserves Some Time Off
Written by Lovelyn on February 16, 2009 – 7:29 pm -Sometimes you just need to take some time off. That’s what I did today. I went into London to the art museum and ate lunch at one of my favorite restaurants. Yeah, I had work to do, but the work was still here when I got back. Read more »
Tags: getting things done, happiness, health, work habits
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Happiness is a Choice
Written by Lovelyn on February 9, 2009 – 2:34 pm -Happiness does not depend on what happens outside you but on what happens inside you. (Harold B. Lee) Read more »
Tags: choice, happiness
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Time and Space Can Help Fuel Your Creativity
Written by Lovelyn on February 4, 2009 – 4:59 pm -When I’m not writing articles for blogs or websites, I write fiction. It’s something I’ve done since I was very young. I used to write poetry and then short stories and now my focus is writing novels. None of my novels are published yet, but with a bit of luck and perseverance you never know what might happen. Read more »
Tags: balance, creativity, personal development, self respect, talents
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