Today Is The Greatest Day I’ve Ever Known… Decide It, Declare It And Let Nothing Else Matter

One of my all-time favorite Smashing Pumpkins songs is Today. I’ve been listening to it since I was in middle school.

I rediscovered this song a few days ago when I was digging through the CDs in my car, and for the first time in my life, the lyrics hit me DEEP:

“Today is the greatest day I’ve ever known. Can’t wait for tomorrow. I might not have that long.”

I’m always talking about living in the now and being present, and these lyrics just reminded me of that.

And the reason I harp so much on living for today and not putting your priorities and dreams off for “one day” is because “one day” isn’t a real thing.

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When You Put Action Before Mindset You Gain It All Back

A few years ago, a good friend of mine decided to lose weight. He was tipping the scales a little over 300 pounds and he was unhappy with it.

Once he made the decision, he took action immediately.

He stopped eating fast food. He substituted water for soda. And he started running every day.

Not long after he began taking these actions, he lost weight.

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How To Create A New Habit In 3 Steps

Since my divorce went down, I’ve been (temporarily) living in my dad’s basement. It’s almost like having my own apartment, except we share the kitchen and the bathroom.

Over the past six months, I’ve gotten used to where everything is in the kitchen. But then two weeks ago, my dad and his wife decided to renovate.

They got all new cabinets, countertops and even a farmhouse sink. And along with the renovation, they also moved things around. For example, they put the silverware in a totally different drawer from where it was the past six months.

The changes only lasted for two days before they decided to put everything back in the same place it was before, including the silverware.

But in those two days of the silverware being in a different place, my mind got into the habit of going to the new drawer.

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What Bullshit Stories Are You Still Telling Yourself?

For a long time now, I’ve been telling myself a lot of totally nonsense, BS stories about who I am and what’s true for me. These stories included things about my worth, what I deserve, what I’m allowed to have (or not have) and what my limitations are.

But as I’ve dug in over the past few months and started to really look at my internal world in a much deeper way, I’ve started to uncover a lot of negative, disgusting, unacceptable limiting beliefs and ways of thinking that have been holding me back for a very long time.

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