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Janet

Janet Hilts MPH, EFT-ADV
www.Clearing-Pathways.com

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Andre Ford, Owner & CEO
COBAR Consulting, LLC
Web: http://www.cobarconsulting.com
Email Me

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Janet

Janet Hilts MPH, EFT-ADV
www.Clearing-Pathways.com

I go fishing.

No way to compete with that, Craig. Wouldn`t even try....

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Janet

Janet Hilts MPH, EFT-ADV
www.Clearing-Pathways.com

I like to move. Go rollerblading, take the dogs for a walk or a training session. walk near the lake, drive around. Turn up the music and dance around as I clean. Get on the elliptical or the stationary bike. Anything to get me out of the "stuck" physiology.

Of course, I also agree with Andre. I listen to new books to and from my job regularly. I read voraciously. I get online. I read the tweet stream.I visit bookmarked blogs.

But, the number one thing I do to get unstuck is just to do SOMETHING, no matter how small. Make a phone call, write a goal. Promise myself ten new ideas by X time. Taking action is a small way to beat inertia - to get the ball rolling, so to speak.

Thanks for your feedback, Heather. Makes me want to go out and get some skates!

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Janet

Janet Hilts MPH, EFT-ADV
www.Clearing-Pathways.com

Over the years I`ve been interested in coming up with easy to remember things about life. Sort of like rules of living. It goes to the issue that philosophy ought to be practical and actually connect with reality.

Two that have become very useful when you`re stuck in a situation that seems totally awful:

• What can you do in the next 20 minutes that will have any real affect on this? If nothing, then move on to something else, or take a nap. (A nap always works well....) :-)
  
• What seems like the best idea right now?

I was reminded of them by Heather`s advice to "do something!" I`d only add that the "something" shouldn`t be just a random action of any kind. It ought to "seem like a good idea," in that you check whether or not you have some sort of feeling or emotional response.

Another very helpful mantra that`s come to the rescue more times than I would`ve chosen:

• You may not like where you are, but you`re exactly where you`re supposed to be.
  

You may not like where you are, but you`re exactly where you`re supposed to be.

I have heard this said, and also a similar viewpoint that hits home with me:

You may not like where you are, but you`re exactly where you`re supposed to be.

Notice, neither say anything about where you want to be. If where you need to be and where you are supposed to be are not where you want to be, it`s time to examine, then do something.

*smiles*

The problem with elevating "want to be" to a high priority is that it leads to elevating anxiety and frustration as well. That`s okay, but it also leads to elevated cortisol levels and health problems.

When we were in grade school, many of us (if not all) could think of plenty of places we wanted to be other than in class. Not always, but often.

Likewise, we wouldn`t be able to prove conclusively that we needed to be in class. We might need to be in school, but that too would be a bit of a difficult argument.

And yet we were right where we were supposed to be.