Recap
Serene September – The art of emotional control.
It’s amazing what happens when you submit yourself to doing something. Now, I’m not the best person when it comes to setting personal goals and attaining them (case in point, 100 days till summer, weight loss, etc…) but let me tell you, when there are mental notes I make, I keep to it! I’ve learnt this year not to pressure myself. I find I make better progress when I let myself naturally accept these changes.
September was all about emotional control. Staying Cool, Keeping Calm & Collecting myself. This past month, things that would’ve have naturally sent me off the edge, stressing me out, my hair falling out and what not, just simply didn’t matter that much! The key was – I didn’t let them. Once I felt my panic kicking in, the stress boiling in the pit of tummy, I said to myself…(loudly for the matter) “Jeti, collect yourself!” I took deep breaths and did exactly just that.
Frenzy is a terrible state of mind. You make grave mistakes and you just mess up everything. I took this mindset into my personal, business and general life.
- Contract fell through? Oh no problem, work towards the next. You win some, you loose some right?
- Person acting shady? Well, I can’t afford to let that affect me, let’s keep THEIR issues with them. In this regard, sharing is NOT caring. #keepitmoving.
- Broke that diet plan again? Well, tomorrow is a new day. Try again!
I can’t wait to keep exercising my emotional control guys, I mean, my skin is looking brighter smoother already lol. #StressFree
#NewNewOctober
One thing I’ve come to terms with is my unwavering love for STARTING over. Wait, let me rephrase that… my excitement (don’t always love it lol) for starting over. New months, new years, birthdays, new days, new chapters; they all get me giddy. So, this new month is no different. I am happy to close chapters from September and I am very ready for the opportunities and surprises of October. What’s different this time is going to be my extra effort to remain positive. REGARDLESS of what happens. This is an extension of my emotional exercise. I’m looking to replace weak and uncertain words with positive affirmative words. Words that force me to look at the situation differently. I’m going to have to hear more “I wills, That’s OK’s, No Problem’s” in my responses.
The bottom line here is, you tend to have a more positive attitude towards life when you are calm and level headed.
One tends to generally see the silver lining in situations, the intricacies of beauty in those horrid imperfect times. And those times will come.
So , people remember to stay positive this month. Include words of affirmation in your vocabulary and let’s see if we totally don’t come back as better humans waltzing and smiling into November!
Till next month!
PS: #100HappyDays is still on and going, missed a couple here and there but I’ve bounce backed. #ConstantPursuit
Oh and HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO NIGERIA! Wishing the country a better improved NEW year…. #NewNew