Tag: affirmation

  • πŸ’ Meaningful ConnectionΒ 2022-M12

    πŸ’ Meaningful ConnectionΒ 2022-M12

    Welcome to #meaningful #connection, where I share #resonating ideas, thoughts, and realizations from my month of December.

    πŸ‘“ What’s New?

    During December, my most significant personal achievement was the Development of πŸ’­ For the love of the spirit of affirmations. Because It might help me further develop my mind. The idea is to combine obstacles, feelings, affirmation, gratitude for myself, and a connection to my higher power. In doing so, I can remember to do better with my triggers. For example, I used to have a habit of eating and watching a show in the morning, and I removed it. To do so, I journaled my feelings of unhappiness and then spoke my affirmation. The affirmation I use is, “I keep my schedule open, so I have balance in my life.” Then I would pray to ⛰️ My Higher Power and combine that with gratitude to focus on the positive. For example, I would say I am inspecting my thoughts closely and try proving to myself that I can be a happy person and have ways to do that. Aside from that, I had many other accomplishments, but I want to zero in on my career next.

    Also, my most significant career achievement in December was completing an offline app feature for a large angular app. While working on the item, getting a coworker’s input is vital to spot many logic issues. Unfortunately, the part is hard to fix, and I must get more eyes on it so the team can succeed.

    In other news, my productivity was getting better because I started my bedtime routine at 9:30 pm almost every day, which gave me the ability to have more capacity during the day and process my expanding desire to learn. Also, giving up watching shows while eating helped me pause and reflect. It allowed me to work on my projects.

    In late November, I started drawing holiday cards project for my family and was able to complete everything before the new year. However, it took longer than expected, and I passed my deadline by a week. Nevertheless, I finished eight-holiday cards, all hand drawn.

    While the project went well, I learned a few things throughout the weeks. For example, one valuable lesson was that I only need to take on challenges in the morning once I finish my breakfast. Otherwise, I get frustrated or upset, which can cause stomach issues. Also, dont eat and watch shows because that will cause problems with how much I eat and how I feel afterward.

    πŸ”” What is resonating?

    During December, my goal is to choose an input that is in finished status or has some juice to share. Of such caliber, I found a meeting that occurred on 18 December from CoDA. We covered the pamphlet The Making Choices Book and read the section Create your Affirmations. I learned that affirmations are powerful when using them for a goal. Such as, I want to manifest the type of person I want to be, like Honesty Core Value. However, the best part about the reading was the following point. 

    We put them into positive language. In other words, “I am a valuable person” is more affirming than “I’m not worthless.”

    The Making Choices Book

    To create affirmations, I can refer to my obstacles to create positive language. All in all, It gives me a target or goal that I can plan objectively.

    🌻 What’s Growing?

    For December, I will choose a mature idea I developed in my incubator. Looking at my list, I have yet to have the time to work on anything new. However, I noticed my note on How to organize and process a quick capture log. In that note, I have a line saying to use the fleeting notes app, but as of late, I moved my fleeting notes to Google Keep and embedded them inside Obsidian. I aim to use the notes to inspire further inspection of ideas and build new concepts. Using Google Keep is super easy and always available on my phone. One critical issue that has affected me was the inability to keep up with my fleeting notes. The idea is to process them at the end of the day or so, but I noticed that they tend to sit for a long time before they get off that list. I will follow up if I find a clever way to process them.

    πŸ₯‘ Mental Nourishment

    Meanwhile, as of December, I had many thoughts that differed from the notes of the objective Zettelkasten. I am still figuring out how to choose which notes I should share. I need to link it up with a rating system. Earlier I spoke about πŸ—ΊοΈ Feelings MOC. The idea is to get an overall sense of what’s happening each month, and I’m not sure how to get those results yet. I plan to use the influx plugin, check the highest feeling and see what thoughts connect to it. Starting from today, the surface with the most hits was happiness. Therefore I will choose one and talk about it briefly.

    In particular, my ex asked me what a relationship means to you. The following list came about:

    • Living together, we will come to know
    • I felt happy cos she wanted to move to the next step.
    • When I get upset, she won’t get triggered and will wait for me to work through it
    • I feel safe sharing my emotions
    • Helping each other during tough times
    • A relationship needs commitment
    • I don’t believe in marriage, but if we must, if our finance is too far apart, then a prenup is in order.
    • We are Patient
    • Active/Sports/Walks/Travel
    • Great in bed
    • Doesn’t make me worry
    • Clear Zodiac Signs
    • Respect, and be a glass half empty before fear. I briefly reviewed the first tradition and noticed that the relationship is more vital than a focus on self.

    🚿 Stream of Consciousness

    Anyway, going to wrap up the month. I had struggled with my balance, and now ex. Next time I get into a relationship with somebody who is international, I will state the requirement of a prenup or be financially similar to me. Also can move to the United States without any issues from my family. Working out these problems while being four months into the whole thing is a lot of emotional baggage. My biggest thing is trust is earned and not freely given. So many don’t understand that fact. Money is no exception. Divorce is at an all-time high and is hard to go based on the word. Human emotions tend to be erratic. People change once they move to a new country, family, or person they love. I’m so tired of proving my worth to partners. Moreso, my gut was telling me that I was not comfortable with the whole arrangement, and I was about to give the gift of citizenship and perhaps a better life in America.

    πŸ’Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year! 2023 Vye
  • πŸ’ Meaningful Connection 2022-M11

    πŸ’ Meaningful Connection 2022-M11

    Welcome to meaningful connection, where I share resonating ideas, thoughts, and realizations from my month.

    πŸ‘“ What’s New?

    The first week, I got the booster shot, then continued fasting and added nuts to my diet cos I was losing too much weight. Obsidian sync with plugins was bugging me, so I turned it off. Later that week, I spoke to my girl about marriage. I’m cooking much faster with dirty Keto.

    The second week, I was hiking at Cold Spring and looked at Accessibility by PayPal. Fasting and working while hiking. Fall age is in full swing. My girl wasn’t candid with her feelings about a prenup. In a different vein, I ended up not going to Terry Town cos of the rain. Vet Day, get the day to be home. Shopping at an art meetup was fun with so many folks at Bryant park because it felt festive.

    In the third week, I booked some vacation time with a friend. Keto is better for the cells to adapt. Also, my emotions are in training for the new diet. I started using Cronometer to track my meals to get an idea of how my meals run. The carbs are high. I didn’t know SI had unique hiking places, such as Greenbelt. But the food wasn’t as good, and the soup gave me a stomach ache. The weekend went by fast, decided to spend some time with my parents and cook some meals. A bit worried about my dad’s chest pain. Then I realized that I shouldn’t eat unless hungry might not apply to chia seeds.

    During the final week, an unexpected Verizon bill caught me off guard. Finally, Keto is off; it could be carbs or the chia seeds making me less hungry. I am making good progress on the wizard at work. I spoke to my brother during the thanksgiving party. Not only that, but I talked to a friend and made some great fish. I attended an art meetup but felt tired at the end of the day with a headache. Likewise, I was cooking and cleaning as usual on Sunday. Furthermore, I enjoy talking to my girl, and we usually speak well.

    Biggest Personal Achievement

    • I was hiking on my own at Bryant Park.

    Biggest Career Achievement

    • Accessibility discovery PayPal or getting better at UI/UX

    My Learnings

    • One valuable lesson is that I can only run well with sleep.
    • Next month I will improve on eating only, but not watching TV shows.
    • I will try to stop eating chia seeds in the morning unless I’m doing a long fast.

    πŸ”” What is resonating?

    During the meaningful monthly connection, I will choose a single item that speaks to me. The most exciting article was CoDA The Making Choices Book From Self-abuse to Self-care.

    What did I learn from this reading?

    • Step four was a relief.
    • I Learned that I hid behind games, food, and shows.
    • STR journaling as a reflection
    • Hope is that affirmations like the following will resurface
      • “We may have avoided life with the help of mood-altering substances such as drugs, alcohol, and food.”
      • “We came to see our codependent characteristics as our strategies for coping with the overwhelming stress and trauma we experienced in childhood.”

    How does this apply to my recovery?

    • I only sometimes take my time and give myself headspace. That’s when trouble starts.
    • Again, if it happens, then I pause and reflect. Try to channel the negative energy out. What can I do to cheer myself up?
      • Then I went for a walk and spent the time near the water.
    • When affirmations are said, Feeling my Feelings and what cognitive Distortion comes up and how I can reflect.
    • Mantra to repeat
    • Circles of life

    🌻 What’s Growing?

    For the month, I will choose a mature idea I developed in my incubator. Organize and Process Quick Capture Log is a great place to start because it covers how to process Resonating thoughts and organize my vault in Obsidian. For example, I can begin a Daily Practice of Capturing using a Fleeting Notes App such as Google Keep. Then, review the task list, and see what is vital for today. Afterward, I can review unprocessed Fleeting Notes and sort them, so I understand how to process the ideas that resonate with me. Finally, I can use my Quick Capture Workbench to sort through the items in the list below.

    How to organize?

    Order is vital

    1. My Tasks Plugin
    2. Waiting Buckets
      • Book notes started in red.
      • RainDrop.io
      • Pocket
      • ReadWise

    The order restarted, but I think you see the waiting buckets.

    1. My Projects
      1. Most relevant
      2. Deadline
    2. My Areas
    3. My Resources
    4. My Archives

    πŸ₯‘ Mental Nourishment

    For November, I had many thoughts that I chose to reflect on and create some plans. For example, What type of affirmations exist in categorization?

    • I want to create a collection of affirmations that can resurface quickly. If I have a collection type, I can make a resource and promptly go to that location, then pick out something that resonates with me and further reflect.
    • I remember feeling determined and making further reflections. For example, I think The Artist’s Way has some affirmations, and also, the long hand poems, if you will, from the Torah have verses for healing according to the category of affliction. I want to do similar.

    Did I learn anything?

    I need to build a higher-order categorization, which will require more research. In the end, the plan for the future is to search for where I can learn more about affirmation categorization to quickly locate potential candidates to use in situations that will benefit me.

    🚿 Stream of Consciousness

    I struggled with lack of sleep which caused me to make mistakes and not think things through. Then my health bill and walking for 30 mins after my feet had blisters on my way back from the hike. Furthermore, speaking to a friend about our meetup took a lot of work. I didn’t give him a direct message. Instead, I worked up to it because I felt I couldn’t be around him. Later on, I learned something was wrong with my Keto. I was eating too many carbs. I was spending too much time walking after poor planning on a hike.

    Next time I’ll overcome it by:

    • I will go to bed around 9:30 pm.
    • I will push on and keep going during long hikes or start from a different location while hiking if I know time is tight.
    • How can I use Intuition to figure out what my body is saying and adjust?
    • Speaking to somebody directly, I need to ask them if they are okay hearing the direct vs. not. It would be better for me to see which friends are worth being around.

    So above are some potential projects for the future. Also, special thanks to John Mavrick vaults on Gumroad, grateful for its ability to organize content. That’s the update. If you want to know how I became an artist, subscribe and follow my blog for more.


    Below is an illustration from my trip to Monk Cloisters #FortTryonPark.