One Last Video Daily Sprout...

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Hi, everyone. Just another daily sprout number five or one just a quick one. That's not in the format of the usual daily sprouts, just to say, thank you. Thank you for those of you who stuck with me from the beginning. Uh, and those of you who have joined us on the way through this journey, then thank you very much. It's been a big effort, but something I've enjoyed doing and something I've got a lot of satisfaction out of doing. I hope that it's been really useful and valuable for yourself. Um, what I want to just kind of remind you is that, um, despite the fact that daily spot isn't going on, you can always find the other videos, the previous videos, the, we give radish videos and all the other resources at my website, stress guru.com. You'll find all the links in the email that will come with this.

Um, but I also wanted to just touch on what now, uh, what now for you, because I know from speaking to one or two of you, some of you might be relieved at the finish because it's been a lever of kind of, but I don't want to have you found it really kind of part of your daily routine and part of that modern routine in particular, and it's a case of, well, what can you do now to maintain that kind of focus on your wellbeing and you, um, when pops that trigger yeah. Of the receive in the email or watching the video isn't there. And I suppose it's kind of over to you, but also what, what I want to kind of say is, um, it is about recognising that there is a value in having some small, but significant little activities and routines, first thing on a morning, um, that can help sort of gear you up for the day ahead.

So if it's not the daily sprout, if you don't go back to number one or, or whatever, um, it might be some other kind of habit. And one of the things that I found particularly useful, or a couple of things that are fun, particular useful for me is I've tried to develop my own morning habits. I'm not a morning person, so it's been a bit of struggle, but couple of the things have been to, um, to spend a little bit longer in the shower, um, and just, just sit and be stand and be mindful in the shower. And just appreciate that for a few moments to kind of get my head right with some self talk. So it was a daily sprout might be some time talk to you that it's maybe about now replacing that with some self-talk, that's positive, that's encouraging, that's, that's reminding you that you matter because ultimately it's not what I said to you or what somebody else says to you that really matters.

Yes. That can undermine you or encourage and motivate you, but all of these, what you see and to yourself. And if you can just get that few minutes on a morning where you do it in the shower, you sit down and you're journaling for five minutes, having a few minutes on your own quietly, somewhere, whether it's sitting on the loo or it's in the living room before everybody else gets off, or when everybody else has gone out or some little space, that space can be incredibly valuable to helping you tune up and set your mind for the day and remind yourself that you're often your own worst critic, but you can be your best cheerleader and you can do more than you think you can do. You are worth more. And ultimately you do matter. So that's kind of my parting thoughts for the daily sprout.

The other thing, just a quick phrase that was occurring to me as I was looking at all the last few videos that there's a phrase that sort of crops up from time to time in my own head and also in conversations and in workshops and it's well, that's all right, but that's easier said than done, isn't it? And I've been thinking about that phrase easier said than done. And it's an interesting phrase because do you use that? Do you catch yourself using that phrase? If you do, what are you actually saying to yourself when you say that? Because let's be right. Of course it's easier said than done. Of course it is. It's, it's blatantly obvious that doing something as far harder, far more challenging than just seeing it. So given that it's so obvious, why do we actually say that phrase? And that led me to think, well, actually, do we see that phrase as a way of just brushing off, um, brushing off the action or the thought or the suggestion and, and core in accorded, we're saying it's impossible.

I can't do it. So if you catch yourself using a phrase like bat or phrase a similar, just ask yourself, what, what are you really telling yourself? Are you telling yourself I can't, because if you are then perhaps you're lying to yourself and you perhaps you're tricking yourself. And that's what a lot of the daily sprouts in the past have been about is trying to kind of encourage you to challenge those little thoughts, those little phrases that we use, the language we're using our head and challenge ourselves to think a little bit harder and to, and to confront those things because you can, yes, it's easier said than done, but that doesn't mean impossible. It is hard work, but that doesn't make it worthwhile, um, that doesn't make it not worthwhile. Sorry. And it is recognising when we're using that kind of language to undermine ourselves.

So just for your part and thoughts for me, I know it's a bit of a longer one for the dentist, but just want to say thank you for those of you who stuck with it all the very best drop me a line at David stress, guru.com. If you have any comments or thoughts or ideas or suggestions, um, you will always have those available the videos to go back to, but I'm not going to rerun them or do do anything around. There was any more. I think there's a time when it, and it has its time and I'm moving on to the project. So good luck with everything and all the best and take care.

Dave

Dave Algeo, Restless Mid-Lifer
'It is never too late to get life back on your terms and have even bigger adventures!'
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