Breakfast this morning was a bowl of oatmeal (1/3 cup oats, a scoop of chia seeds, 2/3 cup coffee/chocolate almond milk mixture, strawberries, coconut, almond butter and a chocolate in the middle).
After breakfast I began working on my thesis discussion/conclusion. I got about 3.5 pages done before packing the papers away for the day.
Today I came across 45 lessons for life written by a 90 year old woman (Regina Brett). You can find the full list here, but I just chose the ones that stood out to me to reflect on.
Things I need to work on:
- Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.
(I am not overly sentimental, but I do have stuff around that I could probably get rid of. I also need to work on discarding one or two things for every new thing that is brought into the house).
- Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
(I waste a lot of my summer not going outside. This year that will change!)
- Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
(I am getting better with age, but I still take myself more seriously than I need to).
Things I already do:
- Pay off your credit cards every month
(I have never paid a cent of credit card interest, and I don't plan to start).
- Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is about.
(This one took time, but I believe I arrived at this some time in my 20s).
- Frame every so-called disaster with these words "In five years, will this matter?"
(I try to do this all the time. It really helps to put things in perspective).
If you have a look at the full list (or even just my short lists), which things do you feel you already do? Which do you need to work on?
