Use Your Brain

Use it or lose it.

You’ve heard that saying, right?

Now… Are you aware, how easy it is to outsource your thinking?

To someone or something else?

In our current environment, outsourcing our ability to critical think (use our brains) has become almost common practice.

Don’t do your own research; just do what the latest influencer tells you; or ask one of the myriad of AI chatbots to tell you what to do, or think. Almost like a crystal ball, maybe?

This is not going to end well. As we increasingly negate the responsibility to use our own brains; our brains will begin to become unusable, when we do need them. That is the plain truth of it.

Use Your Brain. Do Your Own Research. Find Out For Yourself. Make Your Own Decisions…

Will you make mistakes? Absolutely. That only means, you are human.

Please don’t let your desire for ease and convenience, end up being a cage.

If we keep, as a society, outsourcing our thinking. In a very short time, we will loose the ability to do just that, to think for ourselves. To make our own choices.

To Critical Think is a skill. And that skill must be developed and continually practiced.

Please for your future self. Use Your Brain.

What Now?

Do you ever get stuck in the ‘Why?’ loop? Revisiting past mistakes, hurts, even betrayals, over and over again?

If you answered, yes; then you too would understand, how incredibly destructive that spiral can be. The memories of regrets, that cannot be resolved. Choices that can never be undone. There is no going back. No way to turn back the clock….

The only choice we have, maybe, is to change the question being asked.

Instead of ‘Why?’ what if we began to ask ‘What Now?’

‘What now?’ Given the wisdom and learnings gained; what will we do differently now? What can we adjust now? What treasure, could we possibly mine from that pain?

Whenever we choose to replace our spiralling ‘Why?’ with an empowering ‘What Now?’ Our brains will do, what brains do; begin to rewrite programming. Developing and creating new pathways. No longer focused on regurgitating past failings; it must begin to search out novel information.

Think of it like this; To change your perspective, you first, must change your perspective.

Put simply, instead of ‘Why?’ ask ‘What Now?’.

What Am I Missing? #1

Remember the old saying “Stop and smell the roses”? In these crazy times, I can’t help wondering, if sometimes we don’t even see the roses, let alone smell them.

Recently I attended a function, where the speaker shared numerous stories from their childhood. While reminiscing, he took his audience on a journey back in time; unfolding for those listening, the wonders and nuances of everyday life on the family’s dairy farm. It was quite the captivating experience. Made all the more so, as each remembrance reached ever deeper. His memories, became ours; as the threads of every detail were intrinsically knitted together….

A dear friend of mine is wonderful at noticing detail. She is a true joy to be around. Often you’ll find her in her garden, simply watching the bees going about their business. Noticing the little things. Those things that can bring such joy; if we would simply stop and see.

Then a thought came to me; challenging me. “What am I missing?”

Am I just charging blindly through my days? Focused on getting the next task done? Checking off my TO DO list? Not noticing the many wonders that surround me?

If I’m completely honest, yes. Much of the time…

Okay.. But, what to do? Now, there is another choice to consider. Keep going on as before; which is always an option. Or choose to change..

Choose to slowdown. Choose to consciously open my eyes to the world that surrounds me. Choose to become curious. To see the little things.

Choose to start noticing, ‘What I am missing’.

What’s in Your Hand?

Change can be difficult…. Well, that’s what we tell ourselves.

Which is why we usually find a myriad of excuses, some maybe even valid, to stay where we are. To keep doing what we do.

For many of us as human beings, there is a level of comfort in that predictability; even when the outcomes are less than desirable.

The thought of change can quite often be overwhelming. And where to begin, can bring us to a stand still. Where to even start?

Let me help give you a starting point; start with this question “What’s in My Hand?” What do I have already available to me? What current resources can I utilise, so as to begin this process of change?

Get practical, and keep it simple. Too often, the thought of change, becomes much harder than the change itself. You don’t need any special equipment. You don’t need another book or influencer or podcast. You just need to use ‘What’s in Your Hand’. Start there.

Remind Yourself, ‘The journey of 1000 miles starts with just one step.’

You Can Do It!

This post is for You!

There may of been a hundred others scroll past, but You stopped. Because this is for You. This word of Encouragement, is especially for You.

So let me remind You. Right in this very moment… “You Can Do It!”

I know how hard things can be. And you may be asking is it worth the effort. Yes. Yes it is..

You Can Do It! You’ve come this far. Every day is a new day. A fresh beginning.

Maybe today didn’t go the way you planned. That’s okay.. Tomorrow you’ll do better.

You Can Do It!

It’s the Challenges we face that develop our Character. Building Strength and Resilience. Just Keep Going… It’s all worth it…

“You Can Do It!”

Stop Playing the Game #2

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What games are you playing today?

Are you playing the game of Comparison on social media?

You know how it goes; you are ambling along, minding your own business, happy and content with your life.

Until… Upon opening your Facebook, Instagram, or whatever socials you follow; as you begin scrolling, one post after another, are perfect bodies, perfect families, gorgeous homes, amazing holidays, or just fill in the blank ______________.

And all of a sudden, you ain’t quite as content as you were a minute ago, and you ain’t quite as happy.

This is a game, and you just started playing.

The secret to ‘Stop Playing the Game’ is; first realise you are playing…