I came across this wonderful post on Marc and Angel Hack Life.
Marc and Angel have provided 52 stress reduction mantras you can use each week for an entire year. They suggest choosing one mantra each Monday morning and focusing on it for the rest of the week.
Here are my favourites from the list.
- Everything I do is by choice. There is always another option.
- I will not try to please everyone. I will simply do what I know is right.
- I will slow down and become conscious of life’s simple pleasures.
- We are all weird in our own way. This makes life beautiful.
- Everyone has a story. There’s a reason why people are the way they are. I will appreciate them just the way they are.
- The biggest mistake I can make is doing nothing because I’m scared to make a mistake.
- I will let go of things I can’t change and instead concentrate on things I can.
- Today is a new beginning – a chance for me to do something extraordinary.
- There are thousands of little things that just aren’t worth fighting for – I will let them go. I will choose my battles wisely.
- I will stay out of other people’s drama and not needlessly create my own.
Click here to view the other 42 mantras.
To make these even more fun, I suggest printing them off, cutting them out individually, folding them up into little squares then sticking them all in a little bowl or cup. Each Monday morning, choose a mantra from the bowl, pin it up in your office, memorize it and choose to start your week off on a positive note. 🙂
Great idea! The one I should work on is number 2, try not to please everyone. I do this and it makes me crazy… I need to learn that sometimes, not everyone can be happy or get what they want from me.
Thanks for passing this along. These are great reminders for living more peacefully. I especially like your idea about choosing at random each week.