Into the Void

Transitions 2

June 13th, 2011

Managing Stress

Avoid Vagueness
Not wasting energy on nervous habits.

Success

The smells of pines, teaberry and blueberries
Birds chirping in the morning and not a car for miles
No longer a Peon
Hungry for those good things, baby
I can be anything I want, I’m that good.
“You can be anyone this time around.” — Dr. Timothy Leary

Alliance

Internal Motivation
Conformity
Safety/Strength in numbers
We’re all born to die alone
Confluence of interest
Tied to expectations
Ants

Harmony

Communicate easily
Keep my head in a crisis
Let Space die
Assimilate new
No sense fighting self
Resolve conflicts
Self-acceptance
Beta-endorphins
Synergy

Tied to expectations

Music

Resistance

Open-Hearted
Plays well with others
Let me lose with grace
Distancing others
Hubris
Confusion game
Color Orange for clashes and conflict

Celebrating myself

Reading for enjoyment
Hot baths
Pine Barrens
Avoid the front office
Avoid cold weather and the dark
Sneakers
650cc Motorcycle
Playing sports
How the hell did I associate being cold, poor and alone with “having it all”??
Springtime after rafting
Self-indulgence

Cherishing myself

Fight intertia
Kayak
Egocentric
In the Pine Barrens
External verification
No need to make sacrifices
Pilot’s license Note: probably won’t happen.
Vanity

Communication

Clarity and vision
Flow
“Friends from Space, have you eaten yet?” — Not on the Voyager ~~menu~~ plaque!
Travel
hearing loss as obstacle
MI as obstacle
Clinical Ecologist
Copy Cat
Acceptable ideas

Photo credit:
Anita363

Tags: Endorphins, motivation, Pine Barrens of New Jersey, Timothy Leary
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Overcoming Procrastination

August 21st, 2007

Powerful Sleep – Health & Energy Blog >> How to Overcome Procrastination with 4 S

As a lifelong procrastinator, I have to say Kacpar nailed it down pretty well. I think that where most of us fall short is this: when I make a commitment to myself, I have to treat it as seriously as if I’d made a commitment to someone else.

Powerful Sleep is great. If the only thing I got out of it was the concept of avoiding delta sleep during daytime naps, it would have been worth every penny.

Tags: motivation, Parapsychology & occultism, Procrastination, Psychology, Self-Help
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Trailer Trash Yoga

January 7th, 2007

Susan Powter: Valley of the Lesbian Doll

I stepped on the scale this morning and it groaned. Gads, this time of year is difficult. I have zero motivation, a huge appetite. I feel constrained by this body, as if it is getting in the way of my doing the things I love to do.

It’s not as if I’m lying around the house making garbage angels. It’s just that my internal motivation, my commitment to myself, fails me when the meds or the time of year sap my will.

I was allowing myself a small bout of self-loathing this morning as I read email, and what should arrive? An email from none other than Susan Powter. You remember her, the exhuberant, crew-cut exercise guru? She’s back, better than ever, with a new hairdo, a new website, and the same old infectious exuberance.

I definitely have trouble staying motivated. I am confident that SP can motivate me – her book “Stop the Insanity!” made a big difference a couple of years ago – but I seem to disconnect from my commitment. Yes, I have discussed this problem with my shrink. We’ve concluded that my psych meds are messing with my dopamine levels, and this messes with the connection between intention and action. The best answer is to reduce the psych meds, and I am trying to figure out a strategy.

I would like to pass on a concept. Motivation is something that comes from outside. Motivation is what gets you started. To continue after the external motivation has lost its power, we must also develop a commitment to ourselves. Commitment is internal and can’t be extinguished by external forces.

I’ll be watching Susan Powter’s new webpage with interest.

Tags: motivation
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