While I started this, and many blogs to have a variety of independent columns to write my ed/op about different topics around the web - Keeping up with them all has been more of a challenge and a chore than a fun thing to do.
I've decided to let this blog go, and focus on my other projects, and not put in here, what can be sold to a magazine or used on one of my profitable and more trafficked ventures.
So if you want to see what I've been up to - check out one of my Other Cool Projects: 1, 2, 3, 4!
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1.2 Toddling
Ok, So. By Meg Meyer v 1.2.
"Toddling"
Ok, So.
If you went through last month's article and followed the several simple steps; you saw how just a bit of the effort, that you put into your escapism/procrastination, when applied to your real life, can make a big, rippling, difference.
In this month's article we're going to take a few easy steps to get yourself moving and reduce the effects of stress, a bit.
In "Over The Hedge" the animals lament that "humans are gradually losing their ability to walk."
I thought of this, this past weekend as I traveled, by plane. People using "moving walkways" to get from one section of the airport, to another. Rolling Luggage. Able bodied persons using the Trolleys that are usually reserved for elderly and disabled travelers. It's like we give up our gift of movement just because we get lazy.
So, in a few easy steps, lets experiment with movement and stress reduction.
1. Even from right where you are sitting, reading this, there's something you can do. Lace your fingers in front of you, turn your hands palms away, and stretch your arms high above your head. Feel free to stretch your clasped hands to the right and the left, to maximize the stretch to your sides. This gets the blood flowing and a good stretch from your fingers to the base of your torso. (Stretch until you're content, but don't hurt yourself.)
2. Breathe. Any time stress, anger, overwhelm or negativity are getting to you. Take a moment and take a breath. Inhale through your nose, filling your lungs all the way down & think about how it feels. Do you breathe that fully normally? Or do you only fill a third of your lungs. (Many people breathe this way.) Exhale through your mouth, slowly, feeling your belly contract, then your diaphragm, expelling the air from your lungs. Repeat. Ten times, if you're able.
3. Pray / Meditate. People who do this simple thing are healthier and alleviate stress better than those that don't.
4. Get up & Move. If you can: dance. (If you want to: learn.) If you can: walk. If you can: sway. Yoga. Pilates. Aerobics. A stroll through your neighborhood. Do any of the above for three songs on your MP3 player. More, if you like.
5. Laugh. This one step will lower your stress and lengthen your life.
Where you may see this article online:
http://megmeyer-okso.blogspot.com/
http://www.megmeyer.com or http://www.megmeyer.com-a.googlepages.com/
Permissions: Copyright 2007 Meg Meyer for OK, So. Parties interested in this as content for their own website, newsletter or for educational purposes may ask permission from contentrights@megmeyer.com. Readers may share this with friends, in a non-commercial manner, so long as copyright, authorship and website information stays in tact and the article isn't changed in any way. As a courtesy, I ask to be informed of where and when this, or any of my articles, documents, creative or informational intellectual property is used in a commercial or non-commercial manner.
"Toddling"
Ok, So.
If you went through last month's article and followed the several simple steps; you saw how just a bit of the effort, that you put into your escapism/procrastination, when applied to your real life, can make a big, rippling, difference.
In this month's article we're going to take a few easy steps to get yourself moving and reduce the effects of stress, a bit.
In "Over The Hedge" the animals lament that "humans are gradually losing their ability to walk."
I thought of this, this past weekend as I traveled, by plane. People using "moving walkways" to get from one section of the airport, to another. Rolling Luggage. Able bodied persons using the Trolleys that are usually reserved for elderly and disabled travelers. It's like we give up our gift of movement just because we get lazy.
So, in a few easy steps, lets experiment with movement and stress reduction.
1. Even from right where you are sitting, reading this, there's something you can do. Lace your fingers in front of you, turn your hands palms away, and stretch your arms high above your head. Feel free to stretch your clasped hands to the right and the left, to maximize the stretch to your sides. This gets the blood flowing and a good stretch from your fingers to the base of your torso. (Stretch until you're content, but don't hurt yourself.)
2. Breathe. Any time stress, anger, overwhelm or negativity are getting to you. Take a moment and take a breath. Inhale through your nose, filling your lungs all the way down & think about how it feels. Do you breathe that fully normally? Or do you only fill a third of your lungs. (Many people breathe this way.) Exhale through your mouth, slowly, feeling your belly contract, then your diaphragm, expelling the air from your lungs. Repeat. Ten times, if you're able.
3. Pray / Meditate. People who do this simple thing are healthier and alleviate stress better than those that don't.
4. Get up & Move. If you can: dance. (If you want to: learn.) If you can: walk. If you can: sway. Yoga. Pilates. Aerobics. A stroll through your neighborhood. Do any of the above for three songs on your MP3 player. More, if you like.
5. Laugh. This one step will lower your stress and lengthen your life.
Where you may see this article online:
http://megmeyer-okso.blogspot.com/
http://www.megmeyer.com or http://www.megmeyer.com-a.googlepages.com/
Permissions: Copyright 2007 Meg Meyer for OK, So. Parties interested in this as content for their own website, newsletter or for educational purposes may ask permission from contentrights@megmeyer.com. Readers may share this with friends, in a non-commercial manner, so long as copyright, authorship and website information stays in tact and the article isn't changed in any way. As a courtesy, I ask to be informed of where and when this, or any of my articles, documents, creative or informational intellectual property is used in a commercial or non-commercial manner.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
1.1. First Steps
Ok, So. By Meg Meyer. V 1.1.
You spend more time and effort on the lives of your role playing characters or other escapism of choice, than you do on improving your real life. I'm SURE it makes sense to you and feels more immediately gratifying than taking a bite out of your own reality, which often tastes rather bitter.
But what if... what if you spent a fraction of that time on your life? We'll start with just an hour. You can devote an hour to improving your own real situation, right? NOT that hard.
In this hour, you'll focus on you, your life, your surroundings, your situation. Be honest, brutally honest about where you are. Imagine how you'd like it to be. (OK, I know some of you would prefer that your real life had faeries and dragons and the like, but I'm sure we can start with a job that doesn't suck, a girlfriend that likes your action figure collection, and maybe a plan to move out on your own.)
Do just this much, not more. Don't overwhelm yourself so you go back into your imaginary world, leaving your life to rot.
Answer these questions:
1. Look around you. What is your current environment like? Is it cluttered? Is it smelly? Does it inspire you?
2. What could be done to make it better?
3. What's a quick thing you can do right now that will make tomorrow easier? Setting out tomorrow's clothes? Making a lunch? Self-maintenance?
Take Action:
4. Do one thing that will make your environment better. It could be as simple as recycling empty soda cans & throwing out the trash that you've "been meaning to get to."
5. Do the quick thing you mentioned in question three above.
There. In under an hour you've taken little steps to improve your situation in real life. Feel free to do this again tomorrow, but for now... reward yourself (once you've completed your action steps.)
Where you may see this article online: http://megmeyer-okso.blogspot.com/
http://www.megmeyer.com or http://www.megmeyer.com-a.googlepages.com/
Permissions: Copyright 2007 Meg Meyer for OK, So. Parties interested in this as content for their own website, newsletter or for educational purposes may ask permission from contentrights@megmeyer.com. Readers may share this with friends, in a non-commercial manner, so long as copyright, authorship and website information stays in tact and the article isn't changed in any way. As a courtesy, I ask to be informed of where and when this, or any of my articles, documents, creative or informational intellectual property is used in a commercial or non-commercial manner.
You spend more time and effort on the lives of your role playing characters or other escapism of choice, than you do on improving your real life. I'm SURE it makes sense to you and feels more immediately gratifying than taking a bite out of your own reality, which often tastes rather bitter.
But what if... what if you spent a fraction of that time on your life? We'll start with just an hour. You can devote an hour to improving your own real situation, right? NOT that hard.
In this hour, you'll focus on you, your life, your surroundings, your situation. Be honest, brutally honest about where you are. Imagine how you'd like it to be. (OK, I know some of you would prefer that your real life had faeries and dragons and the like, but I'm sure we can start with a job that doesn't suck, a girlfriend that likes your action figure collection, and maybe a plan to move out on your own.)
Do just this much, not more. Don't overwhelm yourself so you go back into your imaginary world, leaving your life to rot.
Answer these questions:
1. Look around you. What is your current environment like? Is it cluttered? Is it smelly? Does it inspire you?
2. What could be done to make it better?
3. What's a quick thing you can do right now that will make tomorrow easier? Setting out tomorrow's clothes? Making a lunch? Self-maintenance?
Take Action:
4. Do one thing that will make your environment better. It could be as simple as recycling empty soda cans & throwing out the trash that you've "been meaning to get to."
5. Do the quick thing you mentioned in question three above.
There. In under an hour you've taken little steps to improve your situation in real life. Feel free to do this again tomorrow, but for now... reward yourself (once you've completed your action steps.)
Where you may see this article online: http://megmeyer-okso.blogspot.com/
http://www.megmeyer.com or http://www.megmeyer.com-a.googlepages.com/
Permissions: Copyright 2007 Meg Meyer for OK, So. Parties interested in this as content for their own website, newsletter or for educational purposes may ask permission from contentrights@megmeyer.com. Readers may share this with friends, in a non-commercial manner, so long as copyright, authorship and website information stays in tact and the article isn't changed in any way. As a courtesy, I ask to be informed of where and when this, or any of my articles, documents, creative or informational intellectual property is used in a commercial or non-commercial manner.
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