Daily Dose of Mindfulness
By Prax Yap
Daily Dose of MindfulnessSep 19, 2018
48: Life's Gamble
🎰 Masama magsugal. Yan ang sabi ng matatanda. But is it? Lahat ba ng klase ng sugal ay masama?
🎲 If we take a look at our lives, we make a lot of gambles. Which school do we go to? What course do we take? Which career do we pursue? What business idea will we work hard on? Which investment is worth our money?
🎙 Join us as we discuss why ‘gambling’ is necessary to move forward with our lives and how we can mitigate the risks we take.
Today’s episode is an episode taken from the GOOD MORNINGS WITH NICOLE AND PRAX where my husband, Nicole, and I dig deep on life experiences to uncover the nuggets of truth in them, and how we can apply these to living a more mindful life.
If you enjoy this episode, join us every mornings!
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Tools to Cultivate Mindfulness (Last Episode)
Thank you so much dear listeners and friends, for joining me in the last 46 episodes. I hope you enjoy this last one. :)
Why You Should Travel More
For travel lovers like me, I talk about what I like about ‘traveling’ per se and ponder on how we can travel more in our lives.
Will You Go Small or Go Big?
What Will You Do If Today Were Your Last Day?
Create Your Motivation
The Only Person You Need to Start
Today’s episode, I share with you THE ONLY PERSON YOU NEED TO START start putting in your 100% percent.
How to Move On
In today’s episode, we talk about how to handle the many changes in our lives.
Challenge Your Assumptions
Lesson from a 48-Hr Fasting
When Will Life Get Easier?
If You Can't Afford to Loose It, You Can't Afford to Have It
You Have the Answer
Let Go
In today’s episode, we discuss how to cope with this never-ending change through letting go.
What Cage Are You In?
Slow Down and Rest
When we find ourselves on the verge of doing nothing as if it meant dying, we go in a state of worrying- worried about getting bored or feeling guilty for not doing anything. So, we fill in our time with whatever activity we can think of.
In today’s episode, we talk about what it means to SLOW DOWN AND REST.
Take It One Day at a Time
It will happen someday. Probably when I retire or maybe when I have enough money. We convince ourselves that it will happen even if we are not doing anything to get closer to it.
Dreams do not happen in a flick of a wand. Dreams come true by deliberately working towards them.
In today’s episode, we talk about how we can make our dreams happen by taking it ONE DAY AT A TIME.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves Shape Our Lives
In today’s episode, we talk about how The Stories We Tell Ourselves Shape Our Lives.
Do the Opposite
What It Means to Be Rich
The Nudge You Need to Transform Your Life
And there are also times when all we need is a nudge to take the other way. Opportunities that may seem irrelevant, weird or scary might be the nudges we need to evolve.
And this is what we’ll talk about in today’s episode, we talk about THE NUDGE YOU NEED TO TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE.
Be Your #1 Fan
In today’s episode, I urge you to BE YOUR #1 FAN.
25 Appreciate What You Have
Why Not?
I understood where he was coming from. To leave a good job and relocate to a foreign place where I don’t know anyone and with no means to earn money isn’t normal at all. And things that are out of norm are difficult, if not impossible, to embrace.
This is what we’ll talk about in today’s episode. How unfamiliar ideas seem weird, strange or impossible until they become familiar and possible.
What Value Can You Give?
Our lives are very much different even from the closest people in our lives - our parents, sisters, and spouse. Each of our lives is unique. Your life and my life are composed of moments, experiences and stories that nobody else owns but, you and I.
By acknowledging our unique journey, we start to see the progress that we’ve made- the vast skills we’ve learned, the knowledge we’ve accumulated, and moments we’ve experienced. We only realize this by appreciating ourselves - our lives. And this is the VALUE WE CAN GIVE TO OTHERS.
Overtime Success
Spoiled by the instant results, we feel entitled to get anything we want easily and quickly - even success. We become delusional believing we deserve instant [overnight] success. We omit the behind-the-scenes leading to success- hard work, deliberate practice and the journey.
In today’s episode, we debunk the idea of overnight success and replace it with the reality of OVERTIME SUCCESS. Because success does not happen overnight. It happens over time.
Take Your Breaks
I am sure that you got mad or at least got disappointed on yourself. And before you continue beating yourself up, I offer you another way of looking at it.
We are not a failure just because we lapsed on our endeavor. We can look at this as the necessary break we need. Kids in school have morning, noon and afternoon breaks. Basketball players take breaks after each season. Even nature does it too. Summer, winter, autumn, and fall take turns throughout the year.
Taking breaks is essential for us to recover and revisit the reason we’re doing what we do in the first place.
In today’s episode, we’ll talk about this - WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE YOUR BREAKS.
The Secret to Life Long Memories
Taking breaks on our routine forces us to break the pattern. Doing unfamiliar activities will give us new experiences that would stand out and create memories.
In today’s episode, we talk about THE SECRET TO CREATING LIFE LONG MEMORIES.
Build a Bridge
You're Better Off Doing Something Else
It makes me wonder, do they really want to spend time with the people they are with or are they just compelled to 'be with each other'?
In today’s episode, we talk about why YOU’RE BETTER OFF DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
The Best Thing To Do Is Nothing
Everything went as planned. We attended yoga classes, ate lots of seafood, snorkeled the Japanese ship wreck and read our books. It was a fun and relaxing vacation until our third day when I closed my motorbike compartment.
CLICK! The compartment lock closed. My feet got cold. My heartbeat went fast. Thoughts swarmed my mind.
That CLICK changed the rest of my day. Instead of lounging by the beach, getting sun-kissed skin and swimming, I spent the next hours busy worrying.
In today’s episode, we talk about why often times THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOTHING.
Babies Don't Learn To Walk On Their Third Attempt
When I want to learn a new skill, I want to learn it fast. And I want to learn it NOW. In learning any skill, we’d first experience beginner’s luck. And then, we find ourselves stumbling down on the next try and then next, and the next. Until on the 3rd attempt, we feel like giving up.
BUT, don’t. Don't give up on yourself when you fail, stumble and fall. Just like babies attempting to learn to walk, we are babies learning a new skill. Cheer, encourage and be patient because BABIES DON’T LEARN TO WALK ON THEIR THIRD ATTEMPT.
Choose the Path of Discomfort
Choosing the path of discomfort isn't easy. But come to think of it. Succumbing to an 'okay' life for years is equally, if not more difficult.
In today’s episode, we talk about why we should CHOOSE THE PATH OF DISCOMFORT.
The Conversations We Should Have
These questions are good conversation starters. They allow us to loosen up and catch up on life. But if we really want to know the person- connect, empathize and give value, we have to go beyond these questions And start changing the conversation.
In today’s episode, we talk about THE CONVERSATIONS WE SHOULD HAVE.
What For?
We apply hacks to make things more efficient - running instead of walking, devouring breakfast instead of enjoying the taste of a home-cooked meal, or speed reading instead of leisure reading. We save a few minutes doing this.
We fill-up our schedule to the very last minute. We stick to the schedule on the dot, often aiming to finish earlier. We push ourselves to go fast to save a few minutes. WHAT FOR?
In today’s episode, we ask the question- Why are we in a constant state of rush? WHAT FOR?
What Retirement Taught Me: Live Your Dreams Now
According to the dictionary, to retire means to leave one's job and cease to work.
Once eligible, a retiree gets a fat paycheck that's supposed to allow him to live for the rest of his life without working for money. Weekdays are replaced with unlimited weekends. Eighty-hour work weeks are replaced with days spent doing the things they once dreamt of.
In other words, to retire means to live a life doing the things a person loves to do. With this definition, I am officially retired since I left my job a year ago.
At age 28, living the life I dreamt of when I retire by 60, taught me an important lesson: LIVE YOUR DREAM NOW. This is what we are going to talk about today.
The Labels we Call Ourselves Make or Break Us
Conscious or not, we often put a label on ourselves. I have two left feet therefor; I cannot dance. I am tone-deaf therefor, I cannot sing. I draw like a kid therefor; I am not artistic. For me, I was terrible in English, Arts, Music, and Dance therefor; I am not Creative.
When we tell ourselves this label over and over, it will make us believe it. It becomes our identity and shapes our reality. It will determine the opportunities we grab, the risks we take and the new things we give a try.
It's Up To You
In today’s episode, we talk about the power we have over our lives. IT’S UP TO YOU.
Own It
In today’s episode, we talk about how to take control of our time by being accountable. OWN IT.
How Can I Afford This?
Normally, I’d breakdown where $55 goes and think of ideas to cut it down. But this morning wasn’t one of my typical days. Instead I asked, “How can I afford this?”
In today’s episode, we examine our attitude towards wealth and the possibilities that come when we start questioning it.
Now is the Right Time to Start Again
It is tempting to give-up whenever this happens. But you see, failures are part of life. They are there to stay. What do we do? Do we give up and let life push us around or do we rise up and start again?
In today’s episode, we talk about THE RIGHT TIME TO START AGAIN.
Never Too Late
In today’s episode, we talk about the concept: IT’S NEVER TOO LATE.