• Pick a word to guide your day.

Choose a word that will guide you for the rest of the day. It sounds very simple, but when you choose a word that will guide you through the day, it shapes your lens of how the day goes. Decide how you want your day to go. Pick a word like “fun,” “ease,” “relaxing,” or whatever you feel called to choose. As you go throughout your day, when things come up, ask how you can apply your word to it.

• Do some EFT.

EFT, also known as “tapping,” is a healing tool that can provide immediate shifts in physical, emotional, and performance issues. See, in acupuncture, they talk about how there are 14 meridians in our body that are “energy pathways.” This is where all negative emotions are stored in our body. And with EFT, short for Emotional Freedom Technique, you can simply tap on those meridians and start to unlock those emotions.

• Take some time to free write or journal.

You might take a few minutes to journal about whatever’s going on in your life, or about what would make the rest of your day great. Sometimes getting all of your thoughts onto paper can help you clear out a lot of overwhelm sitting in your body, and help you start the day with a fresher slate.

• Do absolutely nothing.

 If you’re usually perpetually overwhelmed, consider doing absolutely nothing for a few minutes.

• Pray.

If you believe in a higher power, spend some time praying. This will be especially helpful if you feel as if you haven’t been as connected to your spirituality as you’d like lately.

• Meditate.

 You can sit in silence, full-on meditate, or even just breathe certain words in and out. For example, maybe every time you take a deep breath in, you visualize bringing happiness into your all of your cells, and when you breathe out, you think about letting go of any stress in your body.

• Listen

Listen to a few minutes of an audiobook or podcast that inspires you. You might even listen to it the whole time you’re getting ready.

• Read an article or part of a book about something new to you.

Even if you cut that to 5 minutes a day, you’re still reading 9 books at the end of the year.

• Get out of your head and into your body.

 Take a moment and just feel your shoulders, your hands, your stomach, and go all the way down your body until you feel your feet touching the ground. Think about what’s underneath you - a floor, soil, the earth, etc… - and think about how it’s supporting you and your body. When you’re able to focus on how your body feels, it helps remind you that you even have a body.

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• Visualize something that you want to achieve.

Focus on what they would feel like, sound like, taste like, and who would be involved. The more visceral the image you make in your mind, the more you can start to tune your subconscious to make it happen.

• Read something inspiring.

Read books or emails from newsletters that inspire you. One of my absolute favorite quotes from Zig Ziglar is: “People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.”

• Have a mental conversation with someone who inspires you.

Think of someone who you respect and either ask yourself what they would do in a certain situation, or you can even have a mental conversation with them. Imagine you were sitting at a table with them and think about how they would respond.

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• Tune into your intuition.

First thing in the morning is one of the best times to tap into your intuition. When you first wake up, you haven’t yet been interrupted by the day’s demands, and nothing is clouding your mind. Another great thing you can do is, before you go to bed; ask your subconscious to help you make a decision on something you’d like clarity around. When you wake up, immediately write down what comes to you.

• Get some perspective.

If there’s something you’ve been feeling stressed about, think about the grand scheme of how it will play out in your life. Consider where you are right now. Ask yourself how big this problem will be for you in five years, three years, or even six months’ time.

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• Create a list of reasons to be grateful.

Help make people less self-centered, improve self-esteem, reduce feelings of envy, and just make you feel happier. It’s pretty powerful - and very easy to incorporate into your life.

• Do an ancient Hawaiian forgiveness exercise.

When you can think back to the first time you ever made a decision about something, it will often unhook the power of it and start to unravel any other time you made that same call. You can quickly eliminate limiting beliefs by doing this. The Ho’oponopono exercise helps you find those decisions and unhook them.

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• Figure out solutions to whatever is not optimal in your life.

If you operate from the assumption that all the things in your life that you really don’t have to deal with. Ask yourself, for anything that isn’t feeling optimal in your life, how you can make them better.

• Shake off the weight of other peoples’ problems.
• Make a “stop doing” list.

Make a list of things that you’re doing that you’re ready to stop. Some things you might add to yours: stopping complaining, procrastinating, going to bed after 10pm, gossiping about someone, blaming your mother, eating after 9pm.

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• Spark your creativity.

Story Cubes are a bunch of dice with random pictures on every side. You roll the dice, see what pictures come up, and come up with a story that links all the pictures that you rolled.

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• Give an abnormal “yes” or “no.”

If you normally say “no” to things, make it a fun exercise to say “yes” to things you might ordinarily not. Go to a class you wouldn’t normally go to, take a road trip that you’ve been fantasizing about, or hang out with someone who’s not someone you’d normally spend time with.

• Get rejected.

In your 5 minutes every day, you can do something that you think someone would say no to. Maybe you submit your articles to publications, ask for a discount somewhere, ask someone on a date, ask for a raise, ask someone to mentor you. There are all kinds of things you can do.

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• Write a Thank You email to someone

 You could thank someone for something big, like always being a great friend to you, or for something small like “Thank you for bringing in cookies to work yesterday.”

•  Write someone an email to let them know you’re thinking about them.

You can let them know that they don’t need to respond if they’re busy, but they’re in your mind and you wanted to say hello. You might even let them know a few things you appreciate about them in the email.

• Have a long-standing 5 minute call with a friend.

If you have a full life, have a regular 5-minute call where you and a friend get to spend 2.5 minutes each sharing about what’s going on for them. Set a timer if you need to. This can be something you do every day, every other day, or once a week.

• Respond to any outstanding text messages.

 If you take a while to respond to people like I do, you might take a set amount of time every day to respond to any outstanding messages.

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• Play with your pet.

If you’re normally stressed in the mornings, take some time to play with your pet instead. It will make both of you feel better.

• Say or do something nice.

 Do something nice for someone. Leave a review on Yelp, or go on Twitter and post something nice about somebody in a public way.

• Be silly with your kids.

In a normally stressful morning, it might make everyone feel better if you do something that’s fun. Maybe you dance to a song together, make funny faces, or say funny words.

• Do something kind for your partner.

 You can put a Post-It with a compliment on their computer, make them a morning smoothie, or write them a note and put it in their wallet. Maybe you even create a dry-erase board where every day, you write down a new reason why you love them. Ask yourself what would make them happy, then do it.

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You might decide to have rules around certain necessary tasks in your house so that things go more smoothly. When you have rules and order to who does what, things get done more easily and with a lot less resentment.

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If you’re in a situation where someone is frustrating you, take time to look through their lens. Empathy is a great thing and can dissolve a lot of arguments.

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• Define your 3 most important tasks for the day.

If you didn’t do it the night before, take time to identify the 3 biggest things you’d like to accomplish by the day’s end. Mentally review them so you have a clear plan for the day. When you set your day up with a few major focuses, you’ll make progress on your goals versus letting your day be dictated by what comes in front of you.

• Create agendas.

If you have any meetings or phone calls set up for your day, take a few minutes to set up agendas for them. When you can clearly tell people what the focus of a meeting will be, there will be less time for mindless chatter as well as increased focus and efficiency.

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• Block time-wasting sites from yourself.

Take a minute to block your computer from letting you go onto sites like Facebook, Twitter, or your email account so you can focus on your most important tasks of the day without interruption.

If you have a Mac, there’s a free app you can find at http:// www.SelfControl.com for this. If you have a PC, go to http:// www.FocalFilter.com for your free app. With both apps, you just identify the sites you want to block yourself from and for how long you’d like to be blocked for.

• Break down overwhelming tasks.

If you’re afraid to start a task that you know you want to get done because it feels overwhelming, that means that it hasn’t been broken down enough. Take any task you want to accomplish and start to simplify it to the easiest levels possible.

• Set up timers for different tasks.

If you go onto http:// rachelrofe.com/ kindle, you can download my favorite productivity tool for free. To use it, you set up all the tasks you’d like to accomplish for the day along with how long you think it will take you to finish them.

• Outsource something.

Take a minute to think about what you need to get done. Is there anything you can delegate? Maybe you can hire someone on Fiverr.com or use someone on MyFancyHands.com to accomplish something for you. Maybe you can put an ad up on oDesk.com or elance.com. If there are ways you can outsource work in a way that’s cost efficient for you, get it off your plate and focus on your core strengths.

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You might want to take a few minutes every day to recap what happened for you the day before. You can celebrate any wins and account for anything that you need to course correct.

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 Having an accountability partner is another excellent way to ensure that you gain and keep momentum on your goals. You might consider finding an accountability buddy or a small group of people with whom you share progress every day. This may help push you on days where you’d rather not work.

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• Tweet.

Send a Twitter message to 1-3 people you want to connect with. If you’re in business for yourself and want to connect with some industry leaders, send a (considerate, intelligent) message to 1-3 people you’d love to get to know. If people start seeing your name every day, they’ll eventually click over to your bio, and it could be a great breeding ground for relationships. Obviously this isn’t guaranteed, but it could be worth trying.

• Skim through some blogs in your industry.

You might take 5 minutes to skim through an RSS feed of top blogs in your industry. Skim through the headlines to get a feel for what’s going on without letting it suck up hours of your time.

• Make a video.

If you own a business or want to, creating content is VERY helpful. The more great content you put out there, the more opportunities you give people to learn about you.   And when you help people learn things they didn’t know about, they naturally want to know more about you and do business with you. That said, you can take 5 minutes every day to create a short, info-packed video.

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If you’re feeling overwhelmed or anxious about everything that’s on your plate, take a few minutes to write out everything that’s swimming in your head. You’ll likely be amazed to see that when things are on paper, they’re never as bad as they are in your head. Having a list of things on paper also feels a lot more manageable, because then you can start to create a plan to tackle each thing one by one.

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• Do squats, push-ups, or planks.

Take a few minutes every day to do squats or push-ups. See if you can beat however many you did the day before. You might also do a minute of the plank exercise, working your way up to 3-5 minutes at a time.

• Do some deep breathing.

Set a timer for 5 minutes to do some deep breathing. This will help calm your nervous system and give you a sense of inner peace, even if there is a lot of other chaos going on around you.

• Do some eye exercises.

 If your eyesight isn’t so stellar, there are all kinds of eye exercises you can do to get better eyesight.

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• Do 5 minutes of yoga.

Sometimes it feels really nice to do some stretches first thing in the morning. It’s a great way to feel connected to your body, to relieve any tension, and to get energized for the day ahead.

• Go on a walk.

Either walk around your block, or, depending on how big it is, walk in general for 5 minutes outside.

• Jump rope for 5 minutes.

This is a fun exercise you can do to bring you back to being a kid again. It also has all kinds of health benefits, including weight loss, overall cardiovascular health, and increasing your muscle tone.

• Pack a gym bag.

If you’ve been meaning to go the gym more, pack your gym bag now. If you have a bag full of everything you need ready to go, it’s a lot more likely that you’ll stop by than if you keep telling yourself you “should” do it but are not prepared to do so.

• Schedule gym classes.

I got this great idea from Ginny Johnson of http:// www.urbananimalwellness.com/. Go onto your gym’s website, either daily or once a week, and find classes that you’d like to go to. Put them in your calendar so that they’re as important as phone calls or meetings. Give yourself bonus points if you quickly email your friends to tell them which classes you’re going to, so that you have exercise AND social time.

• Park further away than you normally would when you go into work.

Give yourself a few extra minutes to walk into work from a further parking spot. Not only will you get in some exercise, but research shows that if you take a 5-minute walk for every hour you spend sitting, the terrible long-term effects of sitting all the time will actually be canceled out. By parking further away, you effortlessly get two 5-minute walks in - one on the way to work, one on the way out.

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• Drink Water

Drink 16 oz (or more) of water when you first wake up in the morning. If you put an oversized glass of water on your nightstand next to your bed, you can do this first thing in the morning. This will help start hydrating you and giving you a lot of energy.

• Plan your meals in advance.

Figure out what you want for snacks, lunch, and dinner later. When you have healthy choices in mind, you’ll know exactly what to do when lunch or dinner time comes, versus operating from an in-the-moment decision designed to give you immediate gratification.

• Make breakfast.

The best breakfast routines are ones where you eat the same type of thing every day, but employ a little bit of variety.

• Make a smoothie.

 Smoothies are incredibly quick to make. You can either make one in 5 minutes, or if you prefer, have your ingredients cut-up and ready to be thrown into the blender the night before.

• Make a mug of tea.

You can either make a mug of tea from bagged tea, or learn to custom-blend your own teas according to whatever is going on in your life.

• Bag up some snacks for the day.

Set yourself up for success by having healthy snacks with you for your day ahead. You can pack all kinds of things. Some ideas are: fruit, a baggie of almonds, carrots, celery, portable peanut butter or almond butter packs, Lara bars, YouBars, Kind bars, or hard boiled eggs.

• Throw something into a slow cooker for dinner.

Slow cooked meals are one of the easiest ways to make sure that you can have delicious, healthy meals without having to spend a ton of time cooking.

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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever done, thanks to Ginny Johnson of http:// www.urbananimalwellness.com, was to track how I felt before and after I ate foods.

How it works is that you rate your hunger from a 1-10 before and about 45 minutes after you eat, and also how you feel physically and emotionally before and after eating foods. If you can do this for ALL of your meals throughout the day, even better. You may start to notice, as I did, that you consistently feel tired after you eat certain foods, even though you would have never imagined that would be.

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• Take a hot/ cold shower.

Although they’re quite unenjoyable, hot/ cold showers (where you alternate between having hot water for a minute, then cold, then hot, etc, for a few minutes, always ending on cold water) are really great for you health-wise.

• Dry brush.

As I talked about with my morning routine, dry brushing can be really beneficial. To dry brush, use a natural bristled brush and brush through your body, starting with the soles of your feet. Make circular strokes towards your heart. When you get to your stomach, go clockwise (which mimics the movement of your colon). Do this for 3-5 minutes until your skin is rosy and a little tingly. If you shower afterwards, your dead skin cells will wash off.

• Oil pull.

Many experts rave about oil pulling as a great way to pull toxic compounds out of your mouth, get whiter teeth, healthier gums, and prevent bad breath. Some people say that it even helps with cavities. How it works is that you swish oil (often coconut oil or sesame oil) in your mouth for a minimum of five minutes. Don’t worry - it gets much easier and tasteless after a minute or so. When you’re done, spit out the oil, and then brush your teeth (preferably with a different toothbrush than you normally use).

• Spend extra time on your face routine.

 Take some time to cleanse, exfoliate, and/ or apply a moisturizer on your face. This will help your skin and also help you feel extra-clean throughout the day. You can also spend the extra time flossing.

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Give yourself a massage with a tennis ball.

If there are any areas of tension in your body, you can take a tennis ball, put it against the floor or wall, and rub your area of tension against the ball. This is known as “trigger point therapy,” and can be surprisingly effective. For example, you might put a tennis ball on the floor and rub your back around the ball to get a knot out. You can do this for any area of your body where you have a knot.

Use some essential oils.

Essential oils are herbal extracts that are used throughout the world as natural medicine.

Orgasm.

Orgasms help you boost infection fighting cells by up to 20%, increase oxytocin (a chemical that’s linked to bonding and overall success), boost your endorphins, spike DHEA levels in your body (which improve brain function, balance the immune system, and help with healthy skin), can cure migraines, relieve stress, increase your pain threshold, and one study shows that people who have more orgasms can even live longer. If you’re a woman, orgasms have been shown to increase your fertility rates and help with your estrogen levels.

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One really neat way to give a boost to your brain cells is to use your non-dominant hand on tasks normally reserved for your “go-to” hand.

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A rebounder is a small trampoline that has zillions of health benefits, besides being really fun.

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If it’s light out when you wake up, go spend a few minutes in the sun. This boosts your seratonin, helps you get outside in nature, and gives you much-needed Vitamin D.

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If you know there are some supplements or green drinks you could/ should be taking, but you keep forgetting, make it a habit to take them every day. If you’re taking supplements, you can put the jars near your toothpaste so you see them every morning, or near your coffee machine, or in plain sight on your counter. For the greens powder or wheatgrass, put a cup somewhere that you’ll see every morning, and designate it for the drink or shot. When you see the cup, you’ll be reminded to get to action.

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• Work on a fun art project.

Work on an art project that brings out the kid in you. Even if you can’t finish an entire project in 5 minutes, you can certainly work on it. Maybe you draw, or apply glitter glue to mason jars, or paint rocks.

• Knit.

If you’re into it, knitting can be a really fun way.

• Dance in your car as you drive to work.

Not only will it make YOU feel better, but it might also perk up other people around you.

• Go outside and enjoy the sunrise.
• Bring out the kid in you.

Do something that totally delights you just for the fun of it. Depending on the weather you can blow bubbles, use a squirt gun, make snow angels, play in the rain, swing on a swing, go down a slide, or jump in leaves, just for starters.

• Sing or play an instrument.

Music can be a total mood-shifter for people, and there are all kinds of benefits to it. It activates both sides of your brain and can be a really excellent stress reliever. If you don’t know how to sing, there’s a great site called InspiredToSing.com that has a lot of free lessons. There are also tons of YouTube videos on both singing and learning new instruments.

• Dance to a song that makes you feel alive.

Maybe you know a song that you love off the top of your head, or you can go onto http:// www.Spotify.com and do a search for other peoples’ playlists. Pick a song, dance like nobody’s watching, and have a blast! Sometimes it’s also fun to dance in a pitch black room, so you really have no reservations.

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• Watch a funny YouTube video.

Either do a search for a funny video, or pick a week’s worth of funny videos in advance.

• Read a guilty-pleasure magazine or website.

 Take a few minutes to read something that lights you up, even if it does absolutely nothing for your productivity or pride. Read a gossip magazine, go on PerezHilton.com, or anything that makes you feel really good - no matter what other people might think.

• Look at pictures that remind you of great memories.

One of the easiest ways to feel happy is to reconnect with great memories that you have. Look at some pictures you have that bring you back to happy times.

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Take some time to acknowledge yourself for things you’re proud of. It could be about things you did the day before, or even in general. “Bragging” will help you remember all of the things you’re capable of, and help you approach the world a little more confidently.

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• Put lotion on your body

 Take some time to put a great smelling, moisturizing lotion on your body. You’ll get to enjoy soft skin, a scent you like, and the experience of slowing down and taking care of yourself.

• Use a massager

Use a personal massage tool to give yourself a massage around your feet, neck, or any problem areas.

• Light a candle that smells really good to you

Getting into your senses can be one a great way to experience pleasure. Light a candle that smells absolutely delicious to you, and enjoy the scent as you get ready for your day. This can help you feel more grounded, add some warmth to an otherwise hectic morning, and remind you to slow down.

• Stick your clothes in the dryer

If it’s a little cold outside, one easy pleasure can be just putting your clothes into the dryer before you put them on, so they’re nice and toasty. It’s just a simple way to feel soothed and warm.

• Make your bed very well

Multi-bestselling author Tim Ferriss said once he was feeling like he had no control over anything. Someone gave him the advice to just make his bed every day, so that he had control over at least ONE thing.

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Making eye contact is a fabulous way to boost oxytocin, a “feel good” chemical in our bodies. Take a few minutes to really listen and be present with someone in your life - your partner, children, or neighbor. You’ll feel better and more connected.

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Take care of something that’s unfinished, like washing dirty dishes or putting away laundry. Taking a few minutes to tighten up loose ends on any projects can feel really good.

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Spend 5 minutes a day working on a specific area. Maybe you start in the kitchen and you work on one drawer a day. Or, maybe you start in your bedroom and clean up one shelf a day.

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Again, small actions add up to big ones over time.

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Take 5 minutes to get rid of something new each day. There are all kinds of things taking up space in your psyche that you can delete.

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 As you get rid of things, or even just through every day life, you may need to buy some replacements. Instead of trying to remember everything on your own, keep a list of everything you need to replace. It might be food, certain clothing items, grooming items, and so on.

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Increased intake of alcohol will increase risk for alcohol related diseases. Additionally, it’s very important to realize that alcohol by itself is a ‘depressive’ – while it may make you feel better momentarily; it’s doing a lot more harm in the long run.

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Your diet must consist of sensible carbohydrates that can stimulate the production of Serotonin.

• Limit simple carbs and sugars in your diet but indulge in whole grains.
• Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and legumes as all of these have healthy carbs along with lots of fiber.
• Also, limit caffeine intake.
• To boost your alertness, eat lots of healthy proteins.
• Add natural foods rich in Selenium to your diet, as this mineral is also known to combat depression.
• Nuts, low fat dairy, whole grains and beans are all healthy options.

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Any aerobic activity – be it walking, jogging, cycling or swimming can stimulate chemicals in the brain that combat stress, anxiety and moodiness. Don’t deny that there is a problem; rather accept the fact that you are depressed and take necessary action. Consult a doctor if necessary.

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Most men ignore the initial symptoms of depression, dealing with it either by drinking or simply becoming more aggressive in general. Take healthy measures to try and fight your negative feelings. If you don’t find any relief in your symptoms even after trying the above mentioned tips for 2 weeks, its best to book a doctor’s appointment.

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When you are in the flow, never do anything in one turn, keep a piece of work for later, but “contaminated” with the positive energy that started the whole lot. When you are doing stuff enthusiastically, you tend to consume everything, to live it totally and end up tired and somehow empty. Allow yourself “to be continued” in another episode of the same movie… In terms of GTD it might translate as a “Someday/Maybe” promise that you will actually enjoy to do and enjoy to see when you are doing your weekly reviews.

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Enjoy as much as you can what you do. The higher the pleasure you take from doing your stuff, the easier to remember. Each action resulted from enthusiastic processing it’s actually a positive milestone in your brain, a positive memory that can easily be reproduced, or at least used as a “state-igniter” in other contexts.

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When you are in the flow your attention is much more detached and capable of understand and see things that you can imagine. Only because you feel monolithical it doesn’t mean you can’t actually understand far more that you could understand from your environment than in a normal state. So, knowing that, make a special attention to the periferical signs of pleasure and joy that you encounter in each specific action. There might be signs that you don’t even notice, but remembered lately, and create a favorable context.

• Try to identify the zones of comfort and organize them.
• Consequently, make as much as attention you can to the discomfort signs you perceive. You can be enthusiastic and your energy can surpass a lot of the difficulties from your environment, but that doesn’t mean there are not real problems. But identifying each stress and discomfort sign makes it easy to organize them somehow and, next time, to avoid them.
• Understand what you like to do and what you don’t. You cannot always be energetic. There will be periods of boring and depression in your life. Being attentive on your periferical signs doesn’t mean you will eventually eliminate all the negative expressions of yourself, but you will be capable to shorten their manifestation, episode by episode, if you consciously acknowledge the existence of those situation and the fact that they have a beginning and an end.

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This one relates closely to the last one: encourage the favorable contexts of your actions. Once you have identified your favorable contexts try to use them as frequently as you can. If you are a person that enjoy socializing, try to put your @Phone context higher than @Computer context. You will act more often on that context and you will feel less stressed. But if you are more like an introverted person don’t hurt yourself with higher social endeavors and push the @Computer context first. And don’t be guilty about that also. That’s the trick.

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Prioritize emotions instead of thoughts. Once you have consistently integrated the collection habit enjoy your RAM emptiness and don’t feel guilty if you don’t think at anything for 30 seconds. Or 2 minutes. Or 10 minutes. Give yourself the very rare benefit of not thinking and only let your emotions to surface.

Express them in language, physical exercise, specific activities like playing with your kids, talking to your wife or relaxed conversing with your colleagues at work, but let your thinking aside. Your growing emotional energy will seed your future enthusiasm.

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And the last one: if you don’t feel enthusiastic at all, don't blame yourself. If you don’t blame yourself and let your energies constantly grow. If you constantly consume your feeble resources with guilt and desperate bets on your next enthusiasm state, you will eventually consume every little piece of common sense left and get burned out pretty soon.

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