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Cultivating self-awareness and self-reflection
Prioritizing and setting boundaries for self-care
Practicing mindfulness and presence
Practice the “last time” meditation
On small occasions during the day, pretend it’s the last time you’ll experience that thing you’re doing.
- When you’re drinking a cup of coffee, pretend this is the last time in your life you will drink coffee. After your last cup, coffee beans will vanish from the planet.
You can do this for almost everything. That instantly makes us more appreciative of the task we're doing.
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Experiences are desires
When you’re trying hard to experience something special in life, you’re actually chasing your desires without being aware of them.
The funny thing is when you try hard to get special experiences from life, you miss whatever is right in front of you.
- Life is not ...
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Change is optional
We often want to change our surroundings because we don’t like them. There’s nothing wrong with trying to change your life.
Instead, view change as optional . Adopt a mindset of,
- “I’m good with the wa...
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“You have to understand that it is your attempt to get special experiences from life that makes you miss the actual experience of life. Life is not something you get; it’s something you experience.”
MICHAEL ALAN SINGER
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A medical student!🩺 I’d like to live as simply as possible. I love reading- regardless of what type of book it is. People are wonderful, especially those closest to me. I’m determined to do some good for others in whatever I end up doing in the future.
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This Could Be The Last Time
Stoics practiced ‘The Last Time’ meditation to experience life to the fullest. It is a mindset that makes us enjoy our experiences more.
- At random times during the day, imagine that the experience you are having is for the last time.
- If you are having coffee, pretend that it is...
Embrace procrastination
It creates artificial pressure that trains you to deal with real pressure during your career. Procrastinators have to learn to prioritize.
Because you’re doing everything at the last minute, there’s no time to forget anything or re-study anything. Your knowledge is fresh and the pressur...
Step 3: Replace the victim thinking with something more helpful.
What is one small step we can take to move forward or out of this situation today?
Gratitude.
Does someone on the planet have it worse than me right now?
Learn and take action.
What is one small step I can take to move forward or out of t...
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