50 things you can control right now

chiquimonkey

http://tinybuddha.com/blog/50-things-yo ... right-now/

Stumbled across this link, interesting stuff. It's like one knows all this but to see a list compiled, pretty nice

Back_Pedal

That's a good list. I'll have to try some of those when I'm in a bad mood.

Drowned Out

You always find the coolest stuff chiqui
(I saved that cookie monster gif you posted, and look at it all the time for a smile, btw.)

This too should be saved, printed, and tacked to the wall at work and home...with a few highlighted

This made me snicker:
46. Whether you smell good or bad (unless you have some strange resistance to soap and deodorant).

Spend the whole article bein sensitive, thoughtful, and empowering....then drop a bomb on people with gland issues or whatever...
somewhere, some dude with chronic BO is reading that, thinkin"fuuuuuck...49 things I control :("

mickeyrat

this one jumped out at me. for obvious reasons.

44. Whether you smoke or drink (unless you’re an alcoholic, in which case I am not qualified to offer you advice.)

unlost dogs

50. How much rest you get at night.


This one is so simple, and so true. I love this list. Thanks Chiqui!

And taking #50 to heart, I am off to bed.

Sleep well, all!
:wave:

chiquimonkey

Drowned Out wrote:

You always find the coolest stuff chiqui
(I saved that cookie monster gif you posted, and look at it all the time for a smile, btw.)

hehe look at my avatar --->

and yeah, poor BO people

Glad you guys like it, I came across it in a bizarre way. On David Blaine's Twitter page....who knew? lol I've been in a low mood lately so I needed reminders for a lot of those things on the list, definitely printing it out

Lauri

I would actually argue that a lot of those things you can't control. Like how much exercise you get for example. If I had it my way, I'd get two hours tomorrow, but I might not be able to get any at all because I can't sleep and thus won't be able to get up early enough to allow me to do that AND get in 12 hours of work. And hello, the last one "how much rest you get at night." I'd love to be able to control that. I'd love to be asleep right now. There were some other things on there too that if you could really control, you'd have things pretty good, but you really can't. Today I couldn't even control what kind of food I ate because every monday we have to have a lunch meeting and not only is lunch part of our salary, there's no time to get any other food. I had to pick the chicken and broccoli out of a chicken, broccoli, and ziti dish and was starving for the rest of the day. That's not how I would have eaten if I were in control.

Dissidentman

46. Whether you smell good or bad



Come closer and have a sniff. Well?

chiquimonkey

Dissidentman wrote:

46. Whether you smell good or bad



Come closer and have a sniff. Well?

If I could smell you from here, then I dunno man

Jason P

Lauri wrote:

I would actually argue that a lot of those things you can't control. Like how much exercise you get for example. If I had it my way, I'd get two hours tomorrow, but I might not be able to get any at all because I can't sleep and thus won't be able to get up early enough to allow me to do that AND get in 12 hours of work. And hello, the last one "how much rest you get at night." I'd love to be able to control that. I'd love to be asleep right now. There were some other things on there too that if you could really control, you'd have things pretty good, but you really can't. Today I couldn't even control what kind of food I ate because every monday we have to have a lunch meeting and not only is lunch part of our salary, there's no time to get any other food. I had to pick the chicken and broccoli out of a chicken, broccoli, and ziti dish and was starving for the rest of the day. That's not how I would have eaten if I were in control.

9. How you interpret situations.

Lizard

Drowned Out wrote:

This made me snicker:
46. Whether you smell good or bad (unless you have some strange resistance to soap and deodorant).

Spend the whole article bein sensitive, thoughtful, and empowering....then drop a bomb on people with gland issues or whatever...
somewhere, some dude with chronic BO is reading that, thinkin"fuuuuuck...49 things I control :("

thought the same thing!!!!!!!

Drowned Out

chiquimonkey wrote:

Drowned Out wrote:

You always find the coolest stuff chiqui
(I saved that cookie monster gif you posted, and look at it all the time for a smile, btw.)

hehe look at my avatar --->

If that is not the look of pure joy, I don't know what is

chiquimonkey

Drowned Out wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

Drowned Out wrote:

You always find the coolest stuff chiqui
(I saved that cookie monster gif you posted, and look at it all the time for a smile, btw.)

hehe look at my avatar --->

If that is not the look of pure joy, I don't know what is

haha definitely! I will grab joy whereever I can freaking find it nowadays

Heineken Helen

Lauri wrote:

I would actually argue that a lot of those things you can't control. Like how much exercise you get for example. If I had it my way, I'd get two hours tomorrow, but I might not be able to get any at all because I can't sleep and thus won't be able to get up early enough to allow me to do that AND get in 12 hours of work. And hello, the last one "how much rest you get at night." I'd love to be able to control that. I'd love to be asleep right now. There were some other things on there too that if you could really control, you'd have things pretty good, but you really can't. Today I couldn't even control what kind of food I ate because every monday we have to have a lunch meeting and not only is lunch part of our salary, there's no time to get any other food. I had to pick the chicken and broccoli out of a chicken, broccoli, and ziti dish and was starving for the rest of the day. That's not how I would have eaten if I were in control.

Buy lunch on the way to work in the morning... like I do :? It's pretty simple really and I can have COMPLETE control over what I eat. Failing that... it's one day a week :roll:

You could control all of the above by quitting your job. Practical? Maybe not... but you COULD do it

Heineken Helen

I love no. 1 I certainly don't smile enough... I've got a pretty miserable face in fact... even when I'm really happy

chiquimonkey

Heineken Helen wrote:

I love no. 1 I certainly don't smile enough... I've got a pretty miserable face in fact... even when I'm really happy

You don't look miserable in your avatar, that's a great smile! Smiling more does make a difference I find though, I try to be conscious of it.

Heineken Helen

chiquimonkey wrote:

Heineken Helen wrote:

I love no. 1 I certainly don't smile enough... I've got a pretty miserable face in fact... even when I'm really happy

You don't look miserable in your avatar, that's a great smile! Smiling more does make a difference I find though, I try to be conscious of it.

Thank you I'm starting to be more conscious of it now thanks to your list.

Drowned Out

Heineken Helen wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

I love no. 1 I certainly don't smile enough... I've got a pretty miserable face in fact... even when I'm really happy

You don't look miserable in your avatar, that's a great smile! Smiling more does make a difference I find though, I try to be conscious of it.

Smiling can also infuriate your foe. It works well. I once got my ass kicked for it.
Smiling at a juice pig who wanted my gf, was drunk and trying to instigate something all night. I kept smiling and ignoring him. He eventually came over to 'wipe it off' my face....
I was still smiling at him when he was pulled off of me I thought he was going to lose his mind when I started winking and blowing kisses. It was awesome.

chiquimonkey

Drowned Out wrote:

Heineken Helen wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

I love no. 1 I certainly don't smile enough... I've got a pretty miserable face in fact... even when I'm really happy

You don't look miserable in your avatar, that's a great smile! Smiling more does make a difference I find though, I try to be conscious of it.

Smiling can also infuriate your foe. It works well. I once got my ass kicked for it.
Smiling at a juice pig who wanted my gf, was drunk and trying to instigate something all night. I kept smiling and ignoring him. He eventually came over to 'wipe it off' my face....
I was still smiling at him when he was pulled off of me I thought he was going to lose his mind when I started winking and blowing kisses. It was awesome.

That is fantastic

BTW juice pig? Is that someone on steroids? Never heard that expression before, maybe it's a Canadian thing

But yeah the best way to drive an asshole crazy is to be nice, just like staying calm when someone is going apeshit....makes 'em go mental. Good stuff lol

Drowned Out

chiquimonkey wrote:

That is fantastic

BTW juice pig? Is that someone on steroids? Never heard that expression before, maybe it's a Canadian thing

But yeah the best way to drive an asshole crazy is to be nice, just like staying calm when someone is going apeshit....makes 'em go mental. Good stuff lol

Yup, juice pig = steroid user.
Ya, I don't flip the bird in road rage incidents, I always blow kisses, it's MUCH more effective
(have we found something else we control?)

norm

Drowned Out wrote:

Heineken Helen wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

I love no. 1 I certainly don't smile enough... I've got a pretty miserable face in fact... even when I'm really happy

You don't look miserable in your avatar, that's a great smile! Smiling more does make a difference I find though, I try to be conscious of it.

Smiling can also infuriate your foe. It works well. I once got my ass kicked for it.
Smiling at a juice pig who wanted my gf, was drunk and trying to instigate something all night. I kept smiling and ignoring him. He eventually came over to 'wipe it off' my face....
I was still smiling at him when he was pulled off of me I thought he was going to lose his mind when I started winking and blowing kisses. It was awesome.

:thumbup:

always works...most of the time, jackholes like this want you to get angry...when you don't, it enrages them more

chiquimonkey

Drowned Out wrote:

Yup, juice pig = steroid user.
Ya, I don't flip the bird in road rage incidents, I always blow kisses, it's MUCH more effective
(have we found something else we control?)

I'm so doing that from now on!

chiquimonkey

Came across this article, same sort of concept in terms of adjusting one's thinking

http://shine.yahoo.com/event/lifeslittl ... y-2389062/