What is your Loser Zone?

Posted by chica with issues under personal development issues

Just a few days ago I was talking about how I get distracted and have problems getting things done. Then I read about how fitness guru Jorge Cruise calls this your “Loser Zone.”
He went on to define a Loser Zone as a zone where you spend a significant amount of time where you do something […]

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I am so not a time management ninja

Posted by chica with issues under personal development issues

If you have been around here a while then you probably already know this. Especially after the past week or so.
I am terrible when it comes to time management.
I like to make lists. So, I have all these lists of things that need to be done each day. But then I waste time by re-writing […]

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Invest in yourself - Learn a new language

Posted by chica with issues under personal development issues

I think that a lot of what personal development is all about is learning to invest in yourself. One way that you can invest in yourself is to learn a new language. This is actually something that I think about a lot. But I never seem to have any real follow-through with it.
I know the […]

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Defining happiness

Posted by chica with issues under personal development issues

Defining happiness might seem like a rather simple task. If someone asked you to define happiness you could likely easily spout off something about bliss or feeling content. Or maybe you would go to Dictionary.com and look it up for guidance.
hap·pi·ness /ˈhæpinɪs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hap-ee-nis]
–noun
1. the quality or state of being […]

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Refresh by going MIA

Posted by chica with issues under personal development issues

In case you have not noticed, I have been a little MIA since Tuesday. Apologies for that. It was not intended, but it was well worth it.
Since Wednesday morning I have been throwing caution to the wind and taking things as they come, so to speak. Sometimes you just get up and decide that today […]

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It’s just too easy to put things off

Posted by chica with issues under personal development issues

Do you ever find that you make a lot of big plans to do this or that and end up putting them off for so long that they just end up on the back burner permanently?
I have a really bad habit of doing that. I will get all motivated about something and do a lot […]

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Personal development books with the best titles

Posted by chica with issues under personal development issues

I was looking around Amazon for some good reads and noticed some pretty oddly titled books that are apparently rather popular in the self-help/personal development category.
Here are some of the more interesting titled books that I came across.

1. Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?
2. Steering by Starlight
3. The Intention Experiment
4. Brain Rules
5. Cancer […]

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Carnival shout out

Posted by chica with issues under personal development issues

Be sure to check out the Fourth Edition of the Carnival of Improving Life over at ImprovedLife.ca.
One of my articles made it into the carnival. And there are a LOT of articles in this carnival, so be sure to check it out for some good and varied reads!
Some gems from this carnival:

Do Inspired Money Makers […]

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Investing in yourself

Posted by chica with issues under personal development issues

I read an interesting article a few days ago on Dolly Parton. What particularly struck me about the article was the following quote from Dolly,
“I thought, ‘I’ve made enough money. I can afford to invest a little in myself.’ “
That really stuck with me after reading it.  And beginning of the article mentioned that Dolly […]

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Fed up with stuff

Posted by chica with issues under personal development issues

Do you ever just look around your home and just get fed up with stuff? I do not have a lot of clutter as I have been working on trying to be a minimalist. But lately, I have been looking around my apartment and thinking “I have too much crap.”
The sad thing is that I […]

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