[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What is a small shift or change that you have made at some point that had a beneficial impact on your life?

 

  • A keen awareness of surrender to what is. It gets tiring swimming upstream. Just learning to lean into the moment and appreciate all the attendant feelings.
  • Adding tai chi chih to my life.
  • Attending Foothills service.
  • Taking painting and exercise classes on zoom.
  • Being with grandson in 5 grade zoom. Strong bond established with him.”
  • Attitude of gratitude- shifted focus from what I didn’t have to what I did have. Also, changing from “have to” to “get to” mindset. Big difference for sure!
  • Being vegetarian for 5 days
  • Change to a plant-based diet
  • Changed jobs
  • Changing the phrase “I have to” to “I get to.”
  • Connecting breath with movement.
  • Fitness competition where I started to see going up and down stairs in my house as extra fitness steps vs an imposition.
  • Getting more organized
  • Getting outside for walks, short and long.
  • Gratitude app
  • I am working on putting myself in the place of others.
  • I bought a better vacuum cleaner that isn’t too heavy to lug around my house enabling me to feed my obsessive need for tidiness. Makes me feel calm. Also I just buy salad all put together in bags so I eat more of it. I put my vitamins on my home office desk in the hope that I will actually take them. I hired a snow shoveling squad so I can just let that chore go.
  • I decided to work on my health. Cut out sugar from diet. Have lost over 30 lbs since September.
  • I decided, just as I am, is enough. Expecting, striving for perfection, or at least exemplary performance, is not necessary to be worthy.
  • I’ve posted 2 of the tiny shifts where I can see them daily to remind me to continue to focus on making these shifts. I especially like the Defenses Down as that can apply to so many facets of interpersonal relationships.
  • Less FB! Setting my phone down in another room for increasing amounts of time.
  • Making a point to share when I’m feeling joy or grateful. Name it. Share it.
  • Moving from NYC to Fort Collins. Best decision ever
  • My decision, on 10/12/78 to begin writing a daily journal, which has now continued for 15,435 days. Who knew, when I began with that small act, where it would lead to?
  • Not drinking soda or eating candy
  • Patience
  • Regular trips to gym for exercise
  • Remembering that, as someone with adult ADD, I will never be completely organized. I just need to be organized *enough* to accomplish what I want to accomplish
  • Spending 24 hours at my apartment for respite. So good for me.  Swimming again although the city does not make it easy.
  • Started Transcendental Meditation way back when introduced to us is San Francisco in 1967. I continue it today.
  • Starting the day with a gratitude practice.
  • Thanks to Zoom and other video platforms, I’ve been keeping in touch with family and friends more regularly. This has also deepened some of my relationships with people locally.
  • Though always active, I started a regular and persistent exercise program and was able to eliminate blood pressure medication at age 73. Not so small, but great impact on my overall well-being.
  • I’m smiling.
  • To try and say 5 positives for every 1 negative statement. The goal ratio is 10-1 but have to start somewhere!!
  • Took up yoga
  • Trying to live one day at a time, one moment at a time.
  • Trying to stay more in the moment
  • Walking away from an unhealthy relationship.
  • Whenever I am unsure about the tone of someone else’s comments, particularly by text or email or otherwise not in person, I “assume positive intent.” This gives them the benefit of the doubt and allows me to not ruminate over whether or not they were being snarky.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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