Mysticism, magic, and manisfestation oh my

Have you noticed that lately those magical attract money or the transfrom your life with thought programs have been a hit on the market. Like honestly how many meditation programs are out there nowadays. Sure even though I believe in hypnotism (since there is scientific research behind it) a part of me always screams out yeah right when It comes to things like that. I remember seeing a brain entrainment program that was suppose to make you get some godlike consciousness.

I honestly do not know what to think about these mystic spiritual stuff because there is so much of them sold so there must be a big demand for them. Like I wish I had some way of knowing if people buy them because these programs auctually enrich their lives or if people buy them because they want a miracle pill. I am sure there are hundreds of thousands of people out there who wish their troubles away without taking action (we all know atleast one) that would get super excited if they saw a cd that promises wealth just buy listening to it.

there is one thing that really gets to me. Since there is really no way to prove whether these mystical new age stuff is real or not our opinions on it really depends on if were close minded or not. Since I don't really have any experience with these things if i were to just call it nonsense then I would be making an opinion not a statement of fact. In the world of personal growth you just simply won't get very far if you try or look at everything in one way. Heck even the most successful personal development blogger steve pavlina who is a huge believer of discipline and hard work claims that the universe can help you manifest your intentions.

I am not going to be close minded about these new age programs even if they sound like a fairy tale. The only way to really know for sure is through testing. I will be doing some personal experiments on these new age stuff eventually since they are not on my list of imporant things at the moment. I will most likely be focussing on the law of attraction (for some reason I feel silly even typing that, google it to find out why.)since it has such a huge backing. I am also doing this to break my habit of being close minded. I know that if that habit isn't worked on as soon as possible it will get in the way of a lot of growth oppurtunites. Well thats it for today.
Cheers

My new habit experiment.

I think I found out that you don't have to do something consecutively for 30-66 days in order for it to be a habit. My theory is that if you intend to do something and take action enough times for a long enough period of time (roughly 90 days) it will become a habit. I just picked 90 because it is workable number and that its long enough just in case 66 days wasn't enough.

The reason I decided to do this experiment was because I use to work out only twice a week but for some reason it became a habit to me. Therefore I think it isn't necesarry to do something consecutively. Keep in mind I am not doing this experiment just to prove you can slack off and not do something everyday. It is preferable that you did take action of the day. What I want to get rid of is the problem of people beating themselves up for missing a day and give up all together since they believe they have to start their trial over from day one.

Here is what I am going to do.

First I will pick three habits that I want to install-Do 20 minute of interval training using a jump rope, Drink at least four cups of green tea a day,and keep track of how many calories I eat in a day.

Second, I will break each habit down to chunks small enough Where I won't feel resistance.

Interval training-Just do one interval of rope skipping

Green tea- Drink at least one cup a day

calorie tracking- Count the calories of at least one of my meals that day.

Lastly, I will simple write down which day I am on and whether or not I managed to do the task that day. If I am right then I will be able to to make the three listed into habits even if there are days here and there where I failed to do the task. I really hope it works because if it does I know I will definantly won't feel anxiety from the thought of missing a day of not doing the actions.

Cheers.

Why we never really forget to take action.

This happens to a lot of people who wants to do make positive changes in their lives. Where we set a goal to do something everyday like drinking more water but by the end of the day we realize we forgot to even take a sip. However the thing I discovered was that we never auctually forgot about the goal we just simply forgot to do it LATER. Ever since I took personal development serious and realized that through out the day I actually remembered countless times about my goals but I tell myself that I do it later. I find it absoulutely facinating that my brain literally reminds me all day to take action. This might sound obvious but the perfect time to do anything is right then and there when you remember that you were suppose to do something. However sometimes we are not in the position to do anything like exercise ,drink water , or make a phone call so either write it down. In fact you might not even need to because when you made that promise to yourself and said you would do it later your brain will hold you accountable for that promise and will ask you for the rest of the day "are you ready now?" Usually we reply again with "later" but there is just so many hours in a day so if you keep postponing it then later doesn't happen.

There is a simple way to combat this problem of negotiating with yourself. When you find yourself in the position where you remember that you need to do something and you just don't feel like doing it at the moment just ask yourself one of these two questions. How badly do you want to achieve the goal that the action leads up to. If you don't really want to achieve the goal in the first place then there is no point in even taking action. The other question is what is one small thing that I can do that will get me started without feeling uncomfortable. Sometime its the idea of starting that prevents us from taking action but we may find that once we have started everything else just flows.