What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?
Honestly, today’s blogging prompt, “What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?” bugged me. Then it stirred me, tickling the edges of my gut like maybe something I ate was bad. No, it wasn’t that. The question reminded me of just the other day, when I asked chatGPT to tell me what it knows about me, and then I dared ask what I might want to change.
They say chat only knows how to be a yes-man. I’d already given it the command not to be so.
I admit, I was impressed. So impressed that I gave another command: Remind me of this frequently! Because already, I forgot.
For those of us who have been around a while, self-improvement may have become a tiresome subject. We know it takes 28 days to break a habit. We know we need to exercise more, eat right, balance the work-rest-play cycle, and advance along the spectrum of altruism.
Check.
But what chat suggested for me was actually new. Okay, new-ish. Yes, I saved it so I could remember. Ugh, this brain!
Here’s the advice chat gave me:
Simplify your public ecosystem. Right now your deepest asset is not volume, it’s coherence.
The challenge isn’t becoming more interesting. It’s learning to trust that you already are.
These are some pretty cool challenges for me to work on.
As an INFP, my innate quest toward depth and authenticity lead me down more than a few deep rabbit holes. Maybe it’s time to lighten up a bit and just enjoy the benefits of all that hard work.
How about you? What are you focusing on changing?
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Keeping the Sabbath the way God intends.
During Lent I took a closer look at this and learned that the root word for Sabbath is “stop”. I never knew that before. As I read the Old Testament, I was reminded in no uncertain terms that God takes the Sabbath very seriously. The purpose of stopping,of course, is to rest and to honor God.
I was deeply convicted, so I made a decision to curtail any activity involved with my writing including social media on Sundays in addition to worshipping God.
When I made this decision I was deep into the last stages of publishing a book and I had deadlines to meet. Taking a day off put me in a panic until I remembered who was Lord over the Sabbath and anything is possible with Him. I prayed for His help. What a walk in trust it was for me! God met me where I was and went beyond my expectations.
Now I look forward to the Sabbath on a whole new level and realize I am more organized and less stressed. I am far from perfect, but I’m not giving up. I sense there is much more to just stopping, resting, and worshipping. It is not a checklist. Far from it! I have found that the Sabbath is a great gift that I get to experience every week.
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This comment may or may not make it your post, but you may be glad to know that I have started taking other supplements to help my body and mood. I bought some progesterone cream yesterday since I feel like brain fog has been more prevalent. I hope to have a more stable mood too. I am trying to reduce my sugar intake and drink more herbal tea. I am doing a bit better at staying in the word and seem to have prayer flowing day and night. 😊 There is so much going on at this time of year that I get overwhelmed by the long list of tasks and may get a little (or a lot) grumpy or snippy I am doing a smidgen better at staying on track with my list of things to do, but with animals among those “things”, they sometimes become a bigger focus. I want to make the transition from Oklahoma to Colorado as smooth and painless as possible, therefore my lists are a high priority! Also adding boron to my routine!
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