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Thursday - Think Before You Act

Habits can be a hard thing to break. Especially, bad ones. One of the things I’m working on is paying attention when I make decisions and trying to take a step back. It doesn’t always happen. It is becoming more frequent. Every once and a while it helps me avoid making a decision that I would normally make. Still it will take time, patience, and persistence. Rewiring the brain is a difficult thing.

Yesterday - Only Bad Dreams

Worrying about the future can bring out a lot of emotion. Especially, if it’s something new well into the future and the only way to learn more about it is to wait. That waiting can lead to some unnecessary stress. At the beginning of the year we went in with some friends on a risky investment. There was a lot of worry then. I identified the worry and tried to remember that there was nothing to control. It was still tough and will require more practice.

Today - Don’t Make Things Harder Than They Need To Be

We control how we react to things. This Key and Peele skit says it all for me.