Yesterday is NOT Today

As humans, it is easy to get caught up in what happened - what happened yesterday, what happened two weeks ago, what happened a year ago. We make it so much a part of our story that we let it shape us. This can be both a good thing and a bad thing.

For example, let's say that you succeeded at something. I'm going to go with running a marathon for personal reasons. So, you have succeeded at running a marathon, and because you did it before, you know that you can do it again.

What about failure? We treat it the same. If we fail at something, we often let is shape us to where we believe we will fail again.

However, yesterday is not today. Today is a brand new page, and we decide what is written on that page.

There are easy ways to flip a switch on to change how you view today. I've started with something simple: create something new every day. Each day, I make sure to create something. It can be something I write, something I draw, a business idea, or a picture I take.

1) What do you want to feel today (let's get some feel good vibes going)?

2) What can you create or do that will make you happy?

3) How can you implement this daily? (It helps to have small habits in place, something that takes little time.)

4) Write out this mantra, and keep it in a place where you'll see it.

Meditate on a feeling or task while placing your hands in the Shuni Mudra. Bring the tips of your middle finger and thumb together while keeping your other fingers straight. By placing your hands in this mudra, you stimulate areas in your brain to help you feel stable, patient and disciplined.

What did you come up with? I'd love to hear what you've decided to do or create each day. Write me a comment below.


Peace & Love,

Nikki

P.S. Don't forget to check my YouTube videos https://www.youtube.com/user/nevaezi and subscribe to my newsletter for feel good vibes every Monday https://mailchi.mp/b8c893064f10/thewildrosegypsy

*image borrowed from senseofpurpose.org

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Living Tiny

Image
Hello, hello! I hope your week (so far) has been grand. It is the Lunar New Year. We have now entered the Year of the Pig, which is supposed to be a lucrative year. Pigs are good with money. Here's hoping. ;) Last week, I talked about what lead up to my husband Ray and I purchasing a bus to convert to a tiny home. As I mentioned, we previously owned 2 conventional homes. After moving out of our house in San Antonio and into a 2 bedroom apartment (1 bedroom which was ours), we had already begun the process of removing unnecessary items from our life. When I say unnecessary, I'm referring to (for example) camping gear we were using every so often and my many, many books. Items like this were taking up space, and we didn't need them every day in our life. Moving into the bus, we had to purge even more. We had to get rid of clothes. I got rid of all of my journals that I had been writing in since I was 12.  Instead, I took pictures of the pages so I could save them in a ...
Read more

That’s Me

Image
I want to start by introducing myself. Call me Nikki. (Reference to Moby Dick, which I haven’t read all the way through.😜) My husband and I have been married 14 years. Let me tell you, a lot happens in 14 years. For one, I found my passions and drive to work with others. (Thankful for this.) Let me start with what got me to that point. I’ve always had some meat on my bones, and I’ve always had a butt. (Thankful for this too.) I have an hour glass shape, and when I gain weight, it usually goes to my butt and thighs first. It was incredibly frustrating to find clothes that got over my hips but also fit my waist. Elasticity plays a big role here. This picture is the one evening I went to roller derby training. When I first got into fitness, it was purely to change how my body looked. (Dare I say, I wanted to be thinner and weigh less.) Soon enough, I realized the power of fitness on my mind and emotions. Once I noticed changes in my body, I wanted more. I started to look at ...
Read more

Thinking Tiny

Image
A year and a half ago, my husband and I purchased a transit/shuttle bus in Katy, TX. As soon as I saw her, I knew she'd be the one we'd convert to our tiny home. She's 30 feet in length with a storage space in the back and large windows that I thought were perfect for daylight to come in and for us to peer out. The thing that steered me to this type of bus was the ceiling height and width of the bus. I wanted my husband to comfortably walk in the bus without hunching over, and I wanted a space large enough for my yoga asana practice. My husband Ray likes the type of engine she has, a Cummins - a diesel similar to the one he had in his Dodge pickup. He was familiar with it and knew how well it would run. Plus, she had hardly any mileage. We purchased our bus for $6,700 then she was ours - our Gypsy Rose Bus. The decision to go tiny was not one we jumped into. It took owning two homes and wrestling with a recession before we even considered going tiny. When we first ...
Read more