Tag: self improvement
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Rest and Relaxation
Relaxation. It is a need. Almost a must-have in today’s society, where everything feels like it is moving at speeds that could strip the skin off one’s flesh were they not careful. Some would place relaxation within this overarching new fad of “self-care”, where an industry has popped up with everything from aroma therapy, self-massagers,…
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Words to Ponder #4
“Preparing to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Scheduling time to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Making a to-do list for the thing isn’t doing the thing. Telling people you’re going to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn’t doing…
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Being Instead – a poem
“Being Instead”a poem by Jeremy C Kester I do not wish to wanderWithin my own doubtsInstead to banish themTo take over who I amMy beingMy soulTo live without thatWhich holds me back For more poetry, consider purchasing a copy of Jeremy’s collection: Change of Seasons: Selected Poems. Click the link to get yourself a copy…
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Reading First
Well, not exactly first… Routine has been on my mind a lot lately. The goal is to build a daily routine that reinforces habits that are worthwhile, while discouraging the mindsets that allow for distraction and anti-habits. Anti-habits are really my being all-Mr.-Fancypants in how I am describing something. They really are simply bad habits…
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The Question
Hours passed. Eyes were fixated on everything and nothing. Bland walls decorated in the standard method of the hotel surrounded me. The same paintings I’ve seen in every other room I’ve stayed in from that chain were there in front of me. They were aesthetically pleasing in a sterile way, the kind of way meant…