Zen Factor

Staying in your comfort zone will keep you safe but it'll never really help you to discover what you're really capable of. Yet stepping outside your comfort zone can be really uncomfortable. What if we just focused on expanding our comfort zone? Small step by small step, action by action, overcoming one fear at a time .... until you're playing on a whole new playing field. Sounds good doesn't it?

I caught myself saying "TRYING" quite a bit last year, as in "I'm trying to lose weight", "I'm trying to get fit", "I'm trying to cut back on the coffee" etc.. BUT "trying" to do something is such a cop-out, I mean you're not really DOING it if you're only trying, you've given yourself a nice little opt-out if you fail, and are you even really committed?.... This year, I am eliminating THAT word from my vocab in favour of "DOING" (or insert any action verb here that means you ARE, you're DOING it, you're CREATING it...etc). The point of difference is in the EMPOWERMENT, the ACTION, the BELIEF behind the words. Trying doesn't mean you're succeeding, it also doesn't indicate you're committed to the result. For me it just has become a 'cop-out' phase I use when I'm not really convinced or not really believing my own words.
I hope these thoughts help you in some small way to go after your GOALS this year!

Carpe Omnia, seize everything, take every opportunity, be present, live in the now. Anyone else feeling invincible today?

How are those new year resolutions going? are you nailing it or failing it? I'm on week 6 of my own non-negotiable 90 day challenge to lose weight and get healthier, cut out alcohol and generally feel amazing. I'm doing really well but there are temptations out there... Fat Bastard Malbec, I'm looking at you (slurp). What do you do when motivation fails? Commit, commit, commit! Willpower will come and go, it's all about forming new habits :)

perhaps the ultimate question for responsible citizenry is not "how will we live?" but, "how will the coming generation live?"

The subtle art of being fully present in each moment, with each person 🌷🙏

That feeling you get when someone arrives with groceries and makes food for you unexpectedly- I love that it’s pretty special! Ma sister in law made me a huge bowl of this yummy salad so I’d have lunch to take to work- how kind is that? 🤸‍♂️🌷🙏😀

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit'. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.” - Ayrton Senna"

Hikers paradise, surrounded by beautiful forest 🌳

Long weekend =hiking ( of course)!

Woohoo 3 day weekend 😀 how does it get better than this? Thanks to for the gorgeous pic