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Chapter 5- How to stop procastinating

 1 write down the thoughts that are holding me back 2 life is like with procrastination, what it could be without it 3 Reward yourself when you tackle something that you did not want to do Divide tasks into small steps Getting in shape/good health With: constant negative or self-defeating thoughts, always being a little disappointed in myself Without it: Pride, self-confidence, heck a little "superior" which I need to learn to let go off that Reward myself today while I stay in Good health HOw to accomplish: stop drinking wine every day, stick to that plan, how? Probably just to not drink at all for a while, and learn to have one glass, and if one glass leads to 2  then rarely drink. Stick to my exercise plan as much as possible. 2 days one, one day rest, walk most days

June 27- Adversity Reveals

 Handle even mild adversity with grace, kindness

June 26- Try the opposite

 try the opposite instead, do the opposite of what you want-Try not to sleep, if you are trying to sleep Sometimes our habits push us away from what we are wanting explore the oppostie

June 25-The wide don't have problems

 consider best and worse case scenarios reverse clause-be prepared and decide to WANT whatever happens Nothing surprises you

June 24- The Truly educated are no quarrelsom

 No need to get upset, even when talking about "important" things to me Always keep your cool, be more interested in what other people have to say No need to win the argument Question- Is there any reason to argue about this, will it solve anything? Take a breath relax resist the temptation to be right

June 23-The long way around

 We want Freedom. happiness and respect from our peers- Why we want "something" So much effort chasing things- Why spend years instead of just creating what we want Freedom- easy- its in our choices Happiness- Easy, it's in our choices Respect- in our choices All  is right in front of us- No need to take the long way around

June 22- the definition of insanity

 doing the same thing over and over Today I won't or today I will, but don't do anything different. Hope is not a strategy Learn from failure, op to do things differently, tweak and change This keeps coming up time and time again. I do want to react exactly how I have before, when obviously it does not work. Change ME