Reading is an integral part in how I acquire information and new perspectives. Give me a link to an enlightening or inspiring read on the net and you are held in high esteem by me. Now and again, though, I declutter my blog reader because, even though I love to add all of the interesting new blogs I come across, I don't have time to page through clutter or read things that don't interest me any longer. Learning to edit my life has been one of the most positive things I have ever done for myself.Thanks for checking out this post and finding out a little more about me. There's been an update posted, if you'd like to see what's been inspiring me lately. Sharing My Blog Reader Update #1 can be found here.
- Decluttering my stuff helped me to stop having a scarcity outlook.
- Decluttering my mind has helped me to move forward and gain much perspective.
- Decluttering my email inbox, blog reader and misc subscriptions has helped to keep me from a cycle of procrastination/overwhelmed/guilt, which led to distancing myself (i.e. deleting it all...with a lot of guilt attached for the loss of the information I never got to read) and then slowly reconnecting (reading the new stuff religiously for awhile) and then letting it get away from me again, which led to more guilt.
Right now, I am excited to see what awaits me each day in my blog reader again, as it's been edited and suits me very well right now. I do appreciate this short-lived moment and will enjoy it to its fullest.
So, if you'd like to see what's going to enlighten and inspire me for the next while, check out these awesome blogs.
Every Day (folder)
15 Minute Lunch
Fashion Under $100
Get Rich Slowly
Just Lisa, No Filler
Livin' la vida LuLu
Positively Present
Simple Marriage
Simple Mom
Small Notebook
The Simple Dollar
Unclutterer
My Blogs (folder)
365 Days of Decluttering Challenge
Taking Care of You (you are here :-)
New Finds (folder)
A Content Life
Authentic Mama
Being More Through Having Less
Create a Balance {for moms}
Joyful Days
My Simpler Life - Simple Living
Nannygoat
On Simplicity
reSPACEd: Home Design and Organization for the Budget Conscious
Serene Journey
Sources of Insight
Strong Tea
The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness
The Rat Race Trap
Tidy Brown Wren, bringing order to your nest
Sergis-TCOY search (folder)
Feed results with my name, TCOY or tcoyou
Time Permitting (folder)
I Choose Change
I've Paid For This Twice Already
Musings of a Housewife
No Credit Needed
Organizing Your Way
PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement
Raptitude
Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog
The Darkworker Experiment
Quest for Balance ... although it will show as (title unknown) in your reader. ;-)
Unleash Reality
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Suzanne, I'm honored to be on your new finds list! I know how you feel. Right now I have a list of 97 blogs I comment on. Are you freaking kidding me? There is so much I want to absorb but I have not time. I declutter my mind and list and then it grows right back.
Recent blog:=- Edit Your Life
Suzanne, I'm honored to be on your new finds list! I know how you feel. Right now I have a list of 97 blogs I comment on. Are you freaking kidding me? There is so much I want to absorb but I have not time. I declutter my mind and list and then it grows right back.
Recent blog:=- Edit Your Life
Your blog is definitely mention worthy because you write about areas of our lives where we can focus on taking care of ourselves from the inside out.
As you said so well on "Positive vs Negative Decisions":
The difference between the lives of people who are primarily making positive decisions (choosing pleasure) and those who are making negative decisions (avoiding pain) is the like the difference between night and day. The former is a thriving life and the latter is merely a surviving life.
If your decisions are mostly about avoiding or reducing pain instead of increasing pleasure, then you are definitely not where you want and need to be. Maximizing positive decisions is something I intend to be very conscious about in the future.
As I mentioned in the post, I also know the cycle of "It's too much!!" recognition (OK, overload ;-), then editing, and repeat. The difference between my old self and my current self? I have adapted to the notion of it being a never-ending cycle for me and use it to enhance my life.
When I felt overwhelmed before, it preyed on me and sucked me down the drain. Now when I feel overwhelmed, I get excited and use the motivation to edit, edit and refine just a bit more. When I'm done, the feeling of accomplishment and the lightened heart/mind feel amazing! The second best part is that it does not fade away quickly...I get to enjoy the benefits of it extended over time (in this case, it's every day when I view my reader ;-). It's a feeling that never gets old I'll tell ya. :-D
Find your way to create that feeling and you'll be excited to do the editing again and again. A side benefit is that you will eagerly add more blogs and gain even more information. Why? Because you will not have a nagging fear of overwhelm holding you back. You will know that they'll provide value or you will edit them out of your life. No worries. ;-)
Recent blog:=- Sharing My Blog Reader With My Blog Readers
Your blog is definitely mention worthy because you write about areas of our lives where we can focus on taking care of ourselves from the inside out.
As you said so well on "Positive vs Negative Decisions":
The difference between the lives of people who are primarily making positive decisions (choosing pleasure) and those who are making negative decisions (avoiding pain) is the like the difference between night and day. The former is a thriving life and the latter is merely a surviving life.
If your decisions are mostly about avoiding or reducing pain instead of increasing pleasure, then you are definitely not where you want and need to be. Maximizing positive decisions is something I intend to be very conscious about in the future.
As I mentioned in the post, I also know the cycle of "It's too much!!" recognition (OK, overload ;-), then editing, and repeat. The difference between my old self and my current self? I have adapted to the notion of it being a never-ending cycle for me and use it to enhance my life.
When I felt overwhelmed before, it preyed on me and sucked me down the drain. Now when I feel overwhelmed, I get excited and use the motivation to edit, edit and refine just a bit more. When I'm done, the feeling of accomplishment and the lightened heart/mind feel amazing! The second best part is that it does not fade away quickly...I get to enjoy the benefits of it extended over time (in this case, it's every day when I view my reader ;-). It's a feeling that never gets old I'll tell ya. :-D
Find your way to create that feeling and you'll be excited to do the editing again and again. A side benefit is that you will eagerly add more blogs and gain even more information. Why? Because you will not have a nagging fear of overwhelm holding you back. You will know that they'll provide value or you will edit them out of your life. No worries. ;-)
Recent blog:=- Sharing My Blog Reader With My Blog Readers
The html in my post above didn't come across. I wouldn't want some of Stephen's awesome insight to mistakenly be credited to me so I just want to provide the clarification...All of the following is from Stephen at The Rat Race Trap (www.ratracetrap.com).
"Positive vs Negative Decisions":
The difference between the lives of people who are primarily making positive decisions (choosing pleasure) and those who are making negative decisions (avoiding pain) is the like the difference between night and day. The former is a thriving life and the latter is merely a surviving life.
If your decisions are mostly about avoiding or reducing pain instead of increasing pleasure, then you are definitely not where you want and need to be. Maximizing positive decisions is something I intend to be very conscious about in the future.
Recent blog:=- Sharing My Blog Reader With My Blog Readers
The html in my post above didn't come across. I wouldn't want some of Stephen's awesome insight to mistakenly be credited to me so I just want to provide the clarification...All of the following is from Stephen at The Rat Race Trap (www.ratracetrap.com).
"Positive vs Negative Decisions":
The difference between the lives of people who are primarily making positive decisions (choosing pleasure) and those who are making negative decisions (avoiding pain) is the like the difference between night and day. The former is a thriving life and the latter is merely a surviving life.
If your decisions are mostly about avoiding or reducing pain instead of increasing pleasure, then you are definitely not where you want and need to be. Maximizing positive decisions is something I intend to be very conscious about in the future.
Recent blog:=- Sharing My Blog Reader With My Blog Readers
Thank you so much for reading Positively Present all the time! That makes me so happy to know that I'm in the everday folder! :) Yay! Thank you for sharing your reader with your readers. I'm looking forward to checking out some of the great sites you've mentioned here.
Recent blog:=- don't let the bad ruin the good
Thank you so much for reading Positively Present all the time! That makes me so happy to know that I'm in the everday folder! :) Yay! Thank you for sharing your reader with your readers. I'm looking forward to checking out some of the great sites you've mentioned here.
Recent blog:=- don't let the bad ruin the good
You're very welcome, Dani. Kind of a cool ego boost...even if my new blog has only this many < > readers. ;-)
Seriously, though, your blog is the only "mindfulness" type niche blog that I have allowed to influence me Every Day. Usually, I keep that for time (and mood) permitting. As J.D. said "you 'write from the heart'...There’s a lot of value in that." Reading your words is like reading a friend's blog (the Every Day folder contains 2 of those actually) and I thank you for sharing your insight and yourself with all of us via Positively Present. :-)
Recent blog:=- To Me, From Me
You're very welcome, Dani. Kind of a cool ego boost...even if my new blog has only this many < > readers. ;-)
Seriously, though, your blog is the only "mindfulness" type niche blog that I have allowed to influence me Every Day. Usually, I keep that for time (and mood) permitting. As J.D. said "you 'write from the heart'...There’s a lot of value in that." Reading your words is like reading a friend's blog (the Every Day folder contains 2 of those actually) and I thank you for sharing your insight and yourself with all of us via Positively Present. :-)
Recent blog:=- To Me, From Me
BTW, I thought your One-Liner Super Hero Power (http://tinyurl.com/superheropower) should be:
I connect with others, inspiring us both to be positively present.
Recent blog:=- To Me, From Me
BTW, I thought your One-Liner Super Hero Power (http://tinyurl.com/superheropower) should be:
I connect with others, inspiring us both to be positively present.
Recent blog:=- To Me, From Me
Hmm, weird. There was no emphasis showing up when I posted earlier and now there is. Oh well. Hopefully you read his words twice and they got to sink in a bit deeper. ;-)
Recent blog:=- To Me, From Me
Hmm, weird. There was no emphasis showing up when I posted earlier and now there is. Oh well. Hopefully you read his words twice and they got to sink in a bit deeper. ;-)
Recent blog:=- To Me, From Me
Thank you. I've just added your blog to my blogroll! Anyway you are right and it's an insight that I hadn't pondered before. Keep the "I'm going to edit" constantly in mind and your free! I have been treating that kind of activity as a once in a while thing and I need to make it a mindset that's there all the time. Edit all the time. Way to go Suzanne!
Recent blog:=- Top 99 Personal Development Principles from the Greatest Gurus of All Time
Thank you. I've just added your blog to my blogroll! Anyway you are right and it's an insight that I hadn't pondered before. Keep the "I'm going to edit" constantly in mind and your free! I have been treating that kind of activity as a once in a while thing and I need to make it a mindset that's there all the time. Edit all the time. Way to go Suzanne!
Recent blog:=- Top 99 Personal Development Principles from the Greatest Gurus of All Time
It will take time for it to grow from an event that only happens because of a negative effect (like overload) but for many of us slower equates to being lasting. If you allow editing to become stronger in your life and, most especially, as a tool you use to take care of you, it will! Less really is more. :-)
Thank you for much for adding me to your blogroll and sharing Taking Care Of You with your readers!
Recent blog:=- To Me, From Me
It will take time for it to grow from an event that only happens because of a negative effect (like overload) but for many of us slower equates to being lasting. If you allow editing to become stronger in your life and, most especially, as a tool you use to take care of you, it will! Less really is more. :-)
Thank you for much for adding me to your blogroll and sharing Taking Care Of You with your readers!
Recent blog:=- To Me, From Me
That's a cool idea to share your reader. :)
Thanks for stopping in and sharing a comment, Kris!
It's been an interesting experiment. There was even an update.
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