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Time management

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Time Management for a Balanced Kiwi Life I’ve found that planning my daily schedule ahead of time is the easiest way to be productive and still make time for the things I enjoy doing. There are so many ways to plan your day which can feel a little overwhelming, but I always get inspired when I learn about how others structure their daily schedules.  Good old google calendar and tasks has helped.  Time management is a challenge for some of us but here are my tips to improve your time management skills. Get up earlier than you normally do and have a morning routine. Time yourself so you don't run out of time. Put clothes out ready for the morning. Short your shower time even if it cold weather. Planning your days with a planner. 🕒 Mastering Time Management: 5 Mindset Shifts to Take Control of Your Day If you’ve ever caught yourself saying, “There’s just not enough time in the day,” you’re not alone. Time management isn’t just about calendars and to-do lists—it’s about your min...

LIFE SKILLS: UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS

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  9 key points about emotions: No emotion is bad or wrong. They all have a reason, a message, a function. All of the emotions we experience today evolved because they promoted our survival in some way by influencing our behaviour. - we need to be aware of our emotions and behaviour. If you push feelings away, they come back stronger and overwhelm you. Some lighter emotions can increase in intensity to become something new. For example, annoyance that is repeatedly triggered and squashed can lead to rage.  Each emotion is connected to one another. Experiencing a mix of different emotions at the same time creates a new emotion with its own, unique sensations. You can see this in the picture of Robert Putchik’s emotion wheel.  Unprocessed emotions build up over time. All “uncharacteristic outbursts” begin to make perfect sense when you hear someone’s story.  Labelling your emotions helps to reduce their intensity in the moment.  Recognising that you are not your em...

Hang around people that bring you up not down

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Hang around people who embrace your dreams  Often I find negative or toxic people who don’t want to embrace your success and goals and embrace you as you are. You possibly have toxic family members and the best thing to do is change how you respond to their attitude and negative behaviour as it not your problem to fix. Only they can fix their issues this is where they need therapy. When you find positive people who share same goals and dreams or even spiritual path like on Gabrielle Bernstein miracle membership people like myself share the positive experiences of our spiritual path which inspire us to improve our energy towards it. Below is inspirational video you need to listen to on daily basis to remind yourself that people you spend time with either raise your positive energy or drag you down into a negative hole.  We all have these people, the choice is ours to have them apart of our lives or not. When we embrace positive people we will be more succes...