Love: Part 4

First off I wanted to say thank you to all of you that read this again, I truly mean it!!! Thank you!! I was told by Jess to never stop writing blogs, and as long as they are being read I don't plan on stopping!!! :)  Anyways here's the culmination of a whole entire month's worth of talking about one of the most powerful things in the world, love!  To be completely honest I had no idea where I was going with this in the beginning, but each post and each thought kept coming so naturally I knew I had to get it out, so it could be heard, and not be lost in the giant jungle that is my mind.  Where there are many ideas fighting for the forefront, such as novel ideas, new job ideas, comic ideas, and etc...but hopefully now that I have cleaned out my mind some new idea will step forward and demand as much attention as love demanded!  But last week I had an epiphany why this had to be done, and you could call it Project Awesome 2.0, but I believe this is much bigger than just an upgrade, so I have named it Project: Love!  Shocking I know!! But here's what this whole month has been leading too (total lie, Project: Love hit me last week around Tuesday!) But it will change your life!

Project Love might seem like a simple exercise but it will make you think, trust me I've been racking my brain since Tuesday just thinking about it.  Project Love's goal is to help you more appreciate love and life, and hopefully shrink the all too common negative thoughts we have about ourselves and our life.  I'll be honest I have been having more negative than positive thoughts lately, and sharing my insight keeps the negative thoughts at bay.  

Step 1:  Get nice and relaxed and take a few deep breaths.  Completely clear your mind.

Step 2: Make a list of things you love about your life and yourself. Be truthful and honest, because that is the only way this will work.

Step 3: Count up how many you have and write that number at the top and date it.

Step 4: Make a list of things you don't love about your life and yourself.  Once again be truthful and honest!

Step 5: Repeat step 3 but with the second list,

Now don't lose these two lists, because you will be doing some things with them.  First off look at your love list and your goal is to include every love you have on your list everyday in any way possible, big or small, just to make sure to acknowledge it somehow each day.  It could be as big as giving a certain person in your life a big hug and telling them thank you, or a simple text with a heart and a thank you!  Big or small make sure to include it everyday!!! Just make sure to represent that love in your life everyday!

Now the second list will be even tougher, but if you fully believe you can do it, you WILL shrink that list on a monthly or possibly weekly basis, depending on how hard you want to work on it!  If that thing in your life happens that you do not love, just say the words "no thank you" and move on!  Whether it be eating too much, telling yourself you are fat, not a good person, etc... Because the moment you start to dwell on negative thoughts the more power they will gain in the long run,  Trust me I know this from first hand experience, and once you give the negative thoughts power, it is extremely difficult to gain that power back! But it can be done!

Now you can update your lists weekly, or monthly its up to you, but I'm doing mine monthly because it's hard to gain much footing and progress in a week.  You just have one goal to make the love list go up, and the not love list go down,!  Simple!  Now to show you I practice what I preach I'll show you mine!

4-29-12

Love: 16

famly, friends, job (sometimes), car, fitness, health, sense of humor, listening, speaking, music, superheros, writing, thinking, connection with people, helping others, sharing inspirational thoughts

Don't Love: 11

job (sometimes), negative image of myself, negative feelings, anger, inability to share, education, negative words that come out sometimes, lack of smiling, being ignored, loneliness, overthinking,  

So hope you take the challenge with me, and who knows all my writing my lead to a book one day :)!  One can hope!!

Thank you and always keep love and peace in your heart!