Affirmations

I think that sometimes I forget the power of affirmations and giving thanks. Last night I began with my obsessive thinking just as I wanted to go to bed. This is so frustrating. I lay down for bed and all of a sudden, right when I am about to fall into a deep sleep, a loud voice inside my head asks me: "What do you have to do tomorrow?" and, reluctantly, my brain answers with a list of different things I should do. I am trying to get back to sleep when I begin thinking about all sorts of things, each thought leading to a new thought and so on. This goes on for at least 20 minutes when I decide I will try counting my blessings to see if that will help me sleep.

Sure enough, after counting about 10 blessings and telling myself how fortunate I am for this and that and what I am good at, etc. I fall straight to sleep.

So I recommend trying this if you are anxious or are suffering from sudden insomnia - I know I will do it a lot more often!

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."Abraham Lincoln

The Sirens

I have a host of sirens trying to distract me from my goals. I tried so hard today to write some on my thesis but I failed - miserably.

My sirens all day were many: the clothes calling me to wash them, dishes screaming at me from the sink, notes asking to be taken from the pile of books sitting on my desk, books longing to be read before class tomorrow, and un-read e-mails sending out vibes to be responded to.

"Tomorrow I will do better, I will get up early, I will exercise and then I will write the rest of the day, and I will be motivated!" - this is what I say every evening and every day I find some reason to stray away from this relatively simple plan.

So - here is my answer to this:

"There is always a siren singing you to shipwreck.

KILL THE SIREN!"

Here is just one of my thoughts on how to do this:

On another note, here is a blog I found that I like: http://shamash.typepad.com/shamash/humor/