These 11 tiny hacks can save you years of painful effort of trying to feel Good
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Few days back when I wrote a Twitter thread on spirituality, some of you wrote in asking if there are some practices I follow to feel good on a daily basis
Here are the 11 things I do, that help me immensely:
Here are the 11 things I do, that help me immensely:
1. No WiFi
Yes, you read that right.
I do not want internet to linger with me throughout the day. So I have a beautiful 2 GB a day plan on phone for myself and Maa Papa, works wonderfully well.
Which brings me to the second thing:
Yes, you read that right.
I do not want internet to linger with me throughout the day. So I have a beautiful 2 GB a day plan on phone for myself and Maa Papa, works wonderfully well.
Which brings me to the second thing:
2. No OTT
Got an iPad in May, and comes with a free 1-year subscription to Apple TV+ and Arcade.
Soo happy that in August, I’ll happily give up all chances to avail this free subscription.
Because it ain’t free.
Costs your time, focus, eyesight, and even physical energy.
Got an iPad in May, and comes with a free 1-year subscription to Apple TV+ and Arcade.
Soo happy that in August, I’ll happily give up all chances to avail this free subscription.
Because it ain’t free.
Costs your time, focus, eyesight, and even physical energy.
3. No phone between 8 pm and 8 am. Daily.
Yes, if you send me a message at 8:14 pm, chances are I’ll see it at 8:14 am the next day.
Just my way of making sure I own my life and not the internet – and thus, this daily internet intermittent fasting :)
Yes, if you send me a message at 8:14 pm, chances are I’ll see it at 8:14 am the next day.
Just my way of making sure I own my life and not the internet – and thus, this daily internet intermittent fasting :)
4. Peanut + jaggery or banana
We are most likely to screw up our diets by having something highly calorific in the evening.
Having a combo of peanut + jaggery OR a banana works wonders. Satisfies the cravings + comes
immense energy to jump around.
Total win win :)
We are most likely to screw up our diets by having something highly calorific in the evening.
Having a combo of peanut + jaggery OR a banana works wonders. Satisfies the cravings + comes
immense energy to jump around.
Total win win :)
5. Affirmations
Every morning as I wake up, I walk to the balcony and say these affirmations out loud (loud enough for me to hear, no one outside the room :D):
I am a powerful being.
I am the luckiest soul in the world.
Only good things happen to me.
Every morning as I wake up, I walk to the balcony and say these affirmations out loud (loud enough for me to hear, no one outside the room :D):
I am a powerful being.
I am the luckiest soul in the world.
Only good things happen to me.
I say these aloud for 7-10 times, actually FEELING it, and then going on with the day.
During the day, if things attack, and they do, these morning affirmations remind me who I am!
During the day, if things attack, and they do, these morning affirmations remind me who I am!
6. Pick One and leave One
Started a new ritual – pick one good thing daily and leave one daily.
Things recently left: Not checking phone after meal, weight of others’ opinion
Things recently picked up: Using affirmations while tapping on the keyboard, looking for good in all
Started a new ritual – pick one good thing daily and leave one daily.
Things recently left: Not checking phone after meal, weight of others’ opinion
Things recently picked up: Using affirmations while tapping on the keyboard, looking for good in all
7. Meditate for a minute, every hour
60 seconds on a timer, repeating and feeling my morning affirmations.
They check what I did in the previous hour, and remind me to be more present in the next 59 minutes – after which the next 60 second meditation comes in :)
60 seconds on a timer, repeating and feeling my morning affirmations.
They check what I did in the previous hour, and remind me to be more present in the next 59 minutes – after which the next 60 second meditation comes in :)
8. Put it on a journal - at night
30 minutes prior to sleeping, I write everything of the day in a journal, give it to God to handle, read something beautiful, and then go to sleep.
Lightness is the goal, not being dumbed down by the weights of yesterday.
30 minutes prior to sleeping, I write everything of the day in a journal, give it to God to handle, read something beautiful, and then go to sleep.
Lightness is the goal, not being dumbed down by the weights of yesterday.
9. Neither give, nor receive pain
We are concerned about not hurting others, hardly about not being hurt by others.
If someone says something bad, or is rude or unkind, we quickly take it as a personal attack and give ourselves the permission to feel bad.
We are concerned about not hurting others, hardly about not being hurt by others.
If someone says something bad, or is rude or unkind, we quickly take it as a personal attack and give ourselves the permission to feel bad.
Even if they are right, the thing you need is the self-belief to make things better, not to beat yourself up further.
So, the mantra is: Neither give pain, nor receive it.
Not being a trader in pain is the best trade :)
So, the mantra is: Neither give pain, nor receive it.
Not being a trader in pain is the best trade :)
10. Forgiveness meditation
This one’s special.
In every meditation, I emerge all those I've hurt in the past, and ask for forgiveness. Also, to the people who have hurt me, I ask for forgiveness – because somewhere in some other body I would have also hurt them.
This one’s special.
In every meditation, I emerge all those I've hurt in the past, and ask for forgiveness. Also, to the people who have hurt me, I ask for forgiveness – because somewhere in some other body I would have also hurt them.
This is a superb process to feel light, and makes me let go of mental knots that occur even after things are resolved at the level of words.
11. Green Time
Everyone knows screen time.
Green time is time spent in nature.
On working days, I usually go to the terrace. However, on weekends, I make it a point to go to any natural place - park, community gardens, river side - at least for an hour. More, the better.
Everyone knows screen time.
Green time is time spent in nature.
On working days, I usually go to the terrace. However, on weekends, I make it a point to go to any natural place - park, community gardens, river side - at least for an hour. More, the better.
It has taken years to have these rituals.
Start with picking one that you know you would be easily able to do on your worst days.
And make feel good a priority for you.
As @JamesClear said: “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
Start with picking one that you know you would be easily able to do on your worst days.
And make feel good a priority for you.
As @JamesClear said: “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
Also, earlier this week I started a 45-day Project Air-pods.
For 45 days straight, if I finish off work before 8 pm, sleep on time and do not check phone before 8 am, even on a single day – I’ll gift myself a pair of Air Pods.
Wish me luck 😊
Until next thread :)))
Fin.
For 45 days straight, if I finish off work before 8 pm, sleep on time and do not check phone before 8 am, even on a single day – I’ll gift myself a pair of Air Pods.
Wish me luck 😊
Until next thread :)))
Fin.
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