If it works, I keep it. If it doesn't, I ditch.
Either way, I decided to write about my self-help experiments to give other people an idea about it.
This is a "review"or "testimonial"of some sort.
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This time, I'll be covering in. Hal Elrod's "Miracle Morning": S.A.V.E.R.S
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SAVERS stands for Silence, Affirmation, Visualization, Exercise, Reading and Scribing.
I've been doing it for... 3-5 days now? (can't recall when I started exactly)
And yes, I've been consistent.
Benefits of doing a rigid framework another person is writing on?
1. I actually give myself a chance to bathë in silence. 5 minutes to be exact. It feels weird, considering my mind babbles a lot. But it's a decent activity.
2. I treat myself nicely, heck, I motivate myself. Through affirmations. People speak affirmations. I write them. I speak them. I found that talking and writing drives the impact affirmation has. One of the results of writing affirmation is my personal take on frustrations and persistence.
"The situation won't kill me, but my mental perception of it will. Keep calm as possible. Write 10 candidate moves. Write 10 next steps. Panic once you've exhausted a hundred options"
3. I draw my visualizations. I admit I have difficulty in visualizing good things for my future, or my day. But I'm a very good visualizer on what wrong will happen (Murphy's Law, ahem). To improve my visualization skills.... I decided to draw it. I use basic stick people. I write dialogues. As a matter of fact, it looks like a comic! It's a legit style of visualization... and I think it works for me.
4. Exercise. For 14 years, our school has a simple exercise program which I ditched upon entering college. I practiced it again. At least I'm stretching my body now. I have a reason to do bodyweight exercises at home. I use household items to help me. Hah!
5. I finally have a reason to read the Bible. I read the Bible (proverbs to be exact) and Og Mandino's the greatest salesman in the world. Yeah, and I read a bunch of ebooks lying inside my smartphone.
6. I still journal. Maintained my 10 ideas a day and morning pages. Writing has been very helpful to me. I can't imagine how I'll survive a day without jotting down my thoughts. I ruminate a lot. I reflect a lot. Writing is one way of decongesting the traffic inside my head.
7. I wake up to the sound of my alarm clock. Because the ritual takes approximately an hour. I can't be late for work.
8. It taught me to find my scooby-doo. I taught myself to wake up early because I needed to watch the 5AM episodes of scooby doo. I was excited to wake up everyday because of scooby doo. Somewhere along the way, Scooby Doo ended, I grew up and I hated waking up. Reading the book taught me that the last thoughts in my head before I sleep, the first thoughts during the morning. That prompted me to be grateful for the number of hours I will sleep. To look forward the next day.
So far, it works. (though I have moments of struggling). I remember sleeping for 3 hours, yet the night before, I thanked myself for the 3 hours of sleep. I thanked my body that 3 hours was sufficient to keep me awake. Thank God I wasn't groggy when I woke up.
So those are my initial experiences.
I might update this entry, or write another one in the future.
Either way, I finally posted something in my blog!
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