To live a well balanced, rewarding life of our dreams by day and sleep restfully at night.
Simple
Published February 9, 2012 | 
Simple..
Less doing, more being…
Enjoy.
The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go. ~Steve Maraboli
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Time management for peace
Published July 24, 2011 | 
One day
One task
One moment
One activity
Peace comes with taking things one at a time.
Toss out all the plans, all the multi-tasking, and bask in the simple oneness of being here in the now.
Here you are. Now. You’re not where you were three years ago or will be two months from now. You’re just here now.
If you just did one thing well today, you had a successful day.
I think to-do lists are fine time management tools. They work perfectly well if we create them in a way that there are just a few really important items on top and nothing more. That way when you have accomplished those important tasks you are freed up to enjoy your life. You may create a list for the next day but then stop. Your work is done. Do not worry about anything you did not get to today. Don’t even try to multi-task. I think multi-tasking is one of the biggest anxiety producers of this generation. Just don’t do it.
Time management for peace in a nutshell:
1. The night before or first thing in the morning, decide on the top three most important things you need to do for the day.
2. Write them down.
3. Do them. You may cross them off your list as you accomplish them.
4. Your work is done.
All you have is today. Do not stress about tomorrow, or the next day.
In peace,
Debra
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10 simple tips to live healthfully and sleep well
Published May 14, 2011 | 
The better we take care of ourselves, the better sleep we will enjoy at night. Here are a few simple ways we can live healthfully:
1. Drink a lot of water.
2. Breathe deeply
3. Exercise
4. Connect with other people
5. Spend time outdoors
6. Nurture your spiritual life
7. Go with the flow more rather than let little things upset you.
8. Declutter and surround yourself with essentials that nourish and delight you (this can be people, things,job-related)
9. Play and laugh
10. Make love be your guiding compass.
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What is nudging you right now? A journal writing exercise
Published April 4, 2011 | 
What is nudging you right now? What gentle, quiet messages are stirring within you? Tonight, spend sometime being quiet. Take a bath. Sit and meditate. Do some simple stretches. When you are ready, get out your journal. Sit up straight. Place your journal on your lap and ask yourself, “what is nudging me? What is resonating with me right now?”. Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Sit and be quiet as long as you want.
When you are ready, open your eyes and your journal- take one more deep breath and begin to write….
I am doing this exercise tonight as well. Let’s see…
What is nudging me? What currently resonates with me?
1. I love my job.
2. I appreciate the quiet when I am home from my job.
3. I feel the need to specialize and focus on less: fewer projects, fewer ideas, etc. I often have so many ideas with my creative energy and then I tend to either spread myself too thin or not carry through with all of my endeavors. Less is more.
4. Love. I am blessed with love in my life all over the place! I am so fortunate!
5. Life is precious. I do not want to waste a day on negativity and stuff that doesn’t matter.
Your turn, Dear Warm Milk Journal reader….
Goodnight,
Debra : )
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"Out of clutter find simplicity; from discord find harmony; in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." -Albert Einstein
Published May 6, 2010 | Ways to incorporate simplicity and harmony in our lives:
- Focus on the good in our lives and let go of the rest
- Like Richard Carlson says: Don’t sweat the small stuff…and its all small stuff
- Ask: Do we really need that bigger house?
- Ask: Do we really need that bigger car?
- Ask: Do we really need all that stuff?
- Ask: Do we really need to sign our kids up for every extra-curricular sports and activity our community has to offer?
- Learn to say no.
I read an article in a recent Ladies Home Journal and they took a survey from people from different professions about what they think it takes to make a marriage work. One lady, a realtor, suggested that couples buy a smaller house rather than stretch themselves financially to get that bigger house. The sentiment was that instead of being stressed and fighting about money, the couple who bought a smaller house with a smaller mortgage could then use their resources to go out for nice dinners together, take vacations, and nurture each other. That is certainly something to think about.
Parents of our generation tend to keep our kids very busy with after school sports and lessons and weekend soccer games etc. Is all of this busy-ness really good for us? I am not judging (for I have done these things myself). I just encourage us to look at our lives and question.
Simplicity. Harmony. Peace. Balance. I like the sound of these things. A person living a simple, harmonious, peaceful, and balanced life is probably not a person staying up at night stressed, panicked, and anxious about his or life.
Debra : )
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