How To Tame Your “Monkey Mind” Like A Boss

lifestyle , self development , spiritual development

World Of Alisa

Think about whether this sounds like you:

Your mind feels like it is literally going 150MPH. You have a million things to do and have no idea where to start. You feel overwhelmed by it all. That little voice inside your head keeps telling you that you will fail, that you can’t possibly accomplish all this stuff and be successful. All the negative thoughts are clouding up your mind like crazy. Your creativity is blocked and you’re always so distracted. And then all of this just makes you feel emotionally and physically EXHAUSTED.

Sound familiar? Well, it should. Every human being experiences this when trying to boss up in life. This, my friend, is what is called MONKEY MIND. You know how monkeys are crazy, swinging around all over the place? Well our thoughts are like that too.

“Monkey mind” is actually a term coined by Buddha which describes our…

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Unpopular Opinion: Watching TV is bad for you

Blog, mental health

PhilippaClaire

I know what you’re thinking: here comes the lecture, telling us what we already know but don’t want to listen to.

Well, this is coming from someone who STILL spends all of their time watching TV. No judgement, no lecture, just what I’ve noticed in my own personal experience.

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Watching TV is an escape. 

I use it as a way to escape normal life and pass the time. I stream Netflix, or watch the daily broadcasts on E4, all day long in an effort to cover up the silence in my home and help the day fly by without having to put any real thought into it. And that is exactly what happens. Each day goes by in a blur without me doing anything. My to-do list stays the same length and the things I wanted to get done remain untouched.
As someone with Chronic Fatigue this is…

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