My favourite song has to be simple man by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Such wise advice. 🎶

Stoicism has been front of mind for me lately. Another stoic life hack I practice from time to time is negative visualization. So what is this? You visualize in the minds eye negative things happening to you, your loved ones and in your life. This sounds morbid, I know! But when you can imagine these negative things through visualization they hit hard and grab your attention and they seem to allow you to be much more appreciative for what you do have, the people in your life and opportunities in front of you right now. It might help you be more present, kind, to take action, appreciate close family members more ( you know the ones you may take for granted) and if nothing else to be glad and appreciate that those things you visualize about are not actually happening. I find this technique to be counter intuitive and a bit esoteric but a good technique to shift perspective quickly. 🌞 🌞 🌞

The stoics have many life hacks to live a good life. One of these hacks is voluntary discomfort. You voluntarily choose to endure discomfort in some way to cultivate appreciation for what you already have, practice resilience and to prepare and train yourself for when you encounter inevitable ‘real’ discomfort in life. These do not have to be huge discomforts, they can simply be something like going without air conditioning on a hot day for ex.

GM ☕️

In my experience it is easily forgotten that we are part of nature, that we are indeed nature in motion. We work in buildings, drive cars, live in buttoned down homes, stare at screens, live a modern life, which of course is pretty amazing but this can also obfuscate our roots and disconnect us from our origins. Because our modern life is steps removed from nature I actively seek nature. Get sunlight in my eyes Walk bare foot on the ground Swim in lakes Breath work - the breath is a gift, we can slow the mind consciously with our breath, we can also gauge the condition of the mind with our breath- is our breath fast and shallow? is it slow,deep and relaxed? the breath is linked to the our present moment state of mind. We can also observe our natural breath in meditation and in doing so observe nature within. Have an amazing day ☀️

What is the opposite of fear?

☕️ and chill

Be who you are, wherever you stand.

GM, good day to be alive ☀️

it’s not just what happens to us in life but it’s the story we tell ourselves about what happened to us. #Awareness

When we develop anger, hate, annoyance, jealousy, agitation or any other negativity we are its first victim.

Time to 🧘 🧘‍♂️ 🧘‍♀️