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Author: peacelifeandpurple
The Seven Cardinal Rules of Life
1. Make Peace with Your Past so it does not spoil your present. Your past does not define your future ā you actions and beliefs do.
2. What others think of you is none of your business. It is how much you value yourself and how important you think you are.
3. Time heals almost everything give time, time. Pain will be less hurting. Scars make us who we are, they explain our life and who we are, they challenge us and force us to be strong.
4. No one is the reason for your own happiness, except you yourself. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.
5. Donāt compare your life with othersā you have no idea what their journey is about. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone elseās, we would grab ours backā¦
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From The Brave Girls’ Club
I know, with God’s help, it’ll all work out so I just keep it moving!
Life is sometimes very difficultyā¦I show up and do my best anyway. I do not always know how things will turn outā¦I keep going and do my best anyway. I make mistakesā¦I begin again and keep giving my life my very best anyway. I am imperfect and life is imperfectā¦I love life anyway. I am a brave girl. I do it anyway. ā Brave Girlsā Club
Always Have Faith
This to shall pass. Due to some current situations I am delaying the start of The First Nine Weeks and will announce a new date shortly. Thank you for your understanding. Prayers are welcome!
Never give up. Never lose hope. Always have faith, it allows you to cope. Trying times will pass as they always do. Just have patience, your dreams will come true. So put on a smile. Youāll live through your pain. Know it will pass and strength you will gain. ā Unknown
Happy October everybody! Rainy day here, makes me want to stay in bed all day! However, i just checked the weather forecast for this weekend here (tampa, fl) and Sunday is going to be absolutely beautiful! Guess I need to make some outdoor plans! Comment with: Where do you live? What’s the weather like for this weekend? What’s your favorite weather? Any big plans this weekend?
Creating a Healthy, Happy Life!
Creating a healthy, happy life does not happen over night. There is no miracle pill we can take or magic food we can eat that will makeover our lives and bodies. Instead it takes time, effort, steps, plans, desire, knowledge, dedication, support, sometimes even some setbacks and motivation, lots of motivation!
We have all heard of different diet trends and crash diets. A lot of us have probably tried a few. Sometimes you get results but usually they are too strict to stick to. If you do manage to stick to them and get results for most people they are short-lived. There are of course exceptions. A small number of people are able to make extreme changes very quickly, get great results and them maintain it long-term but this is the exception. For most of us small lifestyle changes over time will lead to lifelong results and habits. Most diet trends do NOT address your mental and spiritual health. I don’t know about the rest of you but I want the whole package!
I want to improve my mental, spiritual and physical health! So, I came up with The First Nine Weeks! I am super excited about this plan! This plan will fit and benefit everyone’s life regardless of your current situation or health status! I haveĀ pinned the plan to the home page of my site and will be posting more information, tracking sheets, habit ideas, etc… over the next week! I would love for you to all start and follow the plan with me!
My official start date of The First Nine WeeksĀ will be Sunday Oct. 5th. Please join me on this journey!
Be Peaceful,
~Nanette
The First Nine Weeks!
THE FIRST NINE WEEKS!
The First Nine Weeks is a program designed to help you develop new, exciting, happy and healthy habits to enhance your life! Studies show that it can take as little as 3 weeks (21 days) to build a new habit. With this plan you can build 7 new habits over a 9 week period. This plan is designed to fit any and everybody’sĀ current level, situation, circumstance and status.
Basics:
Every week for the first 7 weeks you will pick a new habit to add (or build on a current habit.*)
Example:
Week 1= Write something positive each day. This can be something that happened, something you are thankful for or a positive thought.
Week 2= Continue with week 1’s habit plus read for 30 mins each day.
Week 3= Continue week 1 and 2’s habits plus add 10 mins of physical activity 3 days a week.
You will continue adding a new habit every week (or building on a current one*) for 7 weeks. On week seven you will add your 7th habit.
Remember it takes 3 weeks to build a habit so habit 5 still has 1 week left, habit 6 has 2 weeks left and habit 7 has three weeks left.
After adding your 7th habit you will continue to complete all seven habits for 3 weeks (week 7, 8 & 9) to finish the process. After week 9 you will now have 7 new habits. You can start this process over at any time to add new habits or build on to existing ones*.
*Building on to current habits.
Example:
Week 1 Read 10 mins a day. Week 2 Walk 10 mins a day. Week 3 Drink 1 added glass of water a day.
Week 4 Read 10 more mins a day (total mins). Week 5 Walk 10 more mins a day (total 20 mins). Week 6 Drink 1 added glass of water a day (total of 2 added)
Enjoy!
-Nanette
Habit Forming
How do you form a habit?Ā
Repeat the desired habit everyday or on a regular schedule until it becomes automatic and comfortable (second nature).
How many days does it take to formĀ aĀ new habit?
There seems to be some debate and variables but on average it can take between 21 and 66 days to form a habit.
What kind of variables effect the number of days it takes to form a habit?Ā
It seems that the main variable is the intensity of the desired habit. For instance if you do not work out at all and want to form a habit of working out everyday for an hour, this would take longer to form. However if you wanted to start working out for 5 minutes everyday this would take less time.
Other variables could include: Health, desire, motivation, support, ability, etc
How do I start?
Pick a habit that you want to form and simplify it so you can start small. Ā Example. ….I want to stop drinking soda and I currently drink 3 sodas a day. For the first 3 weeks I will cut down to 2 sodas a day. Then I will cut back to 1 one a day during the second 3 weeks. Finally I will cut down to no sodas a day during the third 3 weeks.
Summary:
If you pick a small realistic habit or goal and repeat it everyday (or regularly) for 3 weeks (21 days) it is likely that you will form a new habit!
Resources
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/form-a-habit.htm
http://www.stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog/a-new-habit/
How Long Does it Actually Take to Form a New Habit? (Backed by Science)
Strength Comes From Struggle
Strength comes from struggle. When you learn to see your struggles as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser, then your thinking shifts from āI canāt do thisā to āI must do this.ā ā Toni Sorenson
My First Blog Post Ever! Yayayayayaya!
I created this website a few months ago because I had finally decided on a name and didn’t want to lose it. However I never shared it publicly and have only told about 5 people about it’s existence. I played with the design and layout a bit but just didn’t know where to start. Two weeks ago an idea for kicking off the site hit me and invaded my thoughts so I begin putting it on paper. I am very excited about it but it’s not quite ready for the public’s eyes so while I finish it up I figured I could and should write my about page and share my site with friends and family! š
My Goal for officially launching the site is one week from today!
September 27th, 2014
In the meantime please read my about pageš
See you soon!
-Nanette
Peace, Life & Purple 