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Make your Life Blossom! by Monica Resinger When you accomplish something, you feel good about yourself and gain confidence... this is called self esteem. >From experience, I know that my low self-esteem resulted from making very few accomplishments. I was in a rut and didn't realize it. Somehow I let myself get into a daily routine of the same thing each and every day... work, pick up the house, occasional errands, cook dinner and watch TV. Day in and day out the same ol' thing. My housework routine only included the absolute have-to's... dishes, picking up and vacuuming. I have a great family and life, so couldn't figure out why I felt unsatisfied until one day I put some thought into what makes me happy (before this, I prayed that God would lead me to do what he wanted me to do because I knew that He knows better than I what will give me joy). My best days were when I accomplished something and I could see the results of my efforts. Yes, picking up the house and cooking dinner give results, but that is all I was giving myself each day. I was wasting a large part of my day watching TV when I could have been accomplishing so many things important to me. I was letting the organization of our house go, the maintenance of our yard, the fitness level of my body, my interest in art among other things that meant a lot to me... all so I could sit & watch TV! Not a good trade-off! >From that day on, I decided to begin accomplishing things that are important to me. I didn't jump in and try and do everything at once because I knew I'd get overwhelmed. What I did do was make a list of small and manageable 'jobs'. The list is very helpful because it gets things out of my mind so I don't have to keep thinking about them... I can simply refer to my list. I told myself that I don't have to do everything (or anything) on the list, but when I do accomplish something and get to cross it off the list, I'll feel better about myself. My list includes not only household improvements, but my interests too... dance and art. Some examples of things on my list are 'clean & organize silverware drawer', 'decorate front porch', 'exercise' (I have made this a daily habit), 'practice dance', 'paint project', and 'eat right'. I add things to the list whenever I think of them, or notice something needs doing and cross them off as they are accomplished, unless they are ones I am trying to make part of my daily routine, like 'eat right'. Now, when I go through my day, I see the results of my efforts and I feel so much better! For example, by eating right and exercising each day this past week, I have lost weight. I have created a few paint projects over the past couple of weeks and some of our house is looking better from the small organization jobs I've been giving myself. The great thing about this is that when you see your accomplishments, you get inspired to do more, so you get a snowball effect... your life will continue to blossom! Monica Resinger publishes an inspirational daily newsletter regarding life lessons from a Christian/spiritual point of view. To join her group, send a blank e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hn24gs2/M=362131.6882499.7825260.1510227/D=groups/S=1705195072:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123264448/A=2889191/R=0/SIG=10r90krvo/*http://www.thebeehive.org ">Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job) Welcome to the Sweet Life - brought to you by One Economy</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE USING ARTICLES POSTED ON THE GROUP: 1. Print the article in its entirety. Don't make any changes in the article . 2. Print the resource box with all articles in their entirety. 3. Send the Author a copy of the reprinted article or the URL where the articles was posted. Anything short of following these three rules is a violation of the Authors Copyright. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReprintArticles-Paradise/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
