Ways to Slow Down

I try the following things when I notice I'm getting too wound up. I used to be very hard on myself and try for all ten each day. I now am happy if I get three done in a day. If you feel too rushed or hard on yourself, try:

1. Deep breathing for a few minutes each day
2. Exercising aerobically for thirty minutes a day
3. Taking a multi-vitamin
4. Relaxing my body section by section before bed
5. Consciously turning around some of my negative thoughts
6. Journaling out my emotions
7. Practicing being assertive
8. Avoiding sugar and simple carbs
9. Avoiding caffeine and alcohol
10.Making a spiritual schedule for the day (examples: time for meditation and fun)

Good luck and remember to take it easy!

Turning Point

If you are like me, you may feel like you have to be smarter, faster, thinner, richer, better looking, etc. Always better. If we can't meet these impossible standards, we get labeled as a failure. We can hardly make enough money, be good enough family members, or employees. There is an overload of data regarding how we should be.

I can't be perfect and I can't get what I want by sheer white knuckle determination. In fact I'm taking the opposite approach. I'm going to aim to have more fun and see what happens. I want to judge less. I want to care less. I don't want it to be "all up to me". I want to be okay with the idea of giving up.

Overdoing it in every aspect of my life has made me depressed. I've reached a turning point where my only goal is to learn how to go easy on myself and others. This blog will contain ideas for taking a gentle approach to life and having fun.

What is Relentment?

Re·lent /rɪˈlɛnt/
–verb (used without object)
1. to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving.
2. to become less severe; slacken

Relentment
Re*lent"ment\ (-ment), n. The act or process of relenting; the state of having relented.