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Seth Godin distilled it down so eloquently by saying, “If you want to be a poet, then write poetry.” Sounds simple, right?

He went on to say how we begin to attach conditions to our intentions such as, “I want to write poetry and be published.” We make it more and more difficult to follow through (now I’m paraphrasing).

Makes sense, though. Because what I hear is this: Do something for the joy of doing it. No more. No less.

That’s not a bad reason at all. In fact, it may be a whole lot easier to show up if that’s our motivation.

Rule # 6: Don’t take yourself so &@%damn seriously.

Rules #1-5: SEE RULE #6

There’s always time for you no matter what’s going on in your day. Until we can put ourselves first, we’ll squander our time and efforts as they dissipate into the ether.

Our health – both physically and mentally – should always come first before scheduling other tasks.

It doesn’t take much: a ten-minute meditation here, a twelve minute walk around the block to get some fresh air there or a quick twenty minute workout at lunchtime.

Time spent on ourselves never goes to waste. The dividend’s will pay in tenfold.

You’re the most important person in your life. Take care of her/him.

When we’re indecisive about which direction to go; make a decision and dive in!

If we’re afraid the water is too cold; Dive in! (just make sure it’s deep enough)

When we don’t know where to start; Dive in!

If there’s a whisper in your head that says you can do it, but you’re paralyzed with fear; Dive in!

There’s nothing we can learn, let alone master, by standing on the sidelines. Eventually, we have to just . . . Dive in!

We like to compartmentalize pretty much everything in our lives. Is it good or is it bad?

And although life is never as simple as black or white, we feel like we have more control of our world when we view it as such.

That person is bad. Oh, that lady is sweet. She’s so good.

But, even if we take that stance, we can be bamboozled as well. Why? Because as we all know, things aren’t always as they appear. That missed job opportunity that you thought you missed may have saved you from an overbearing and belittling boss in a toxic work environment. But, you looked at it as if you blew a great opportunity. It depends on the perspective we take.

That project that took you three times as long to complete that ruined your entire week provided you a six month learning curve. Did we think about that?

Let’s not jump to conclusions so quickly when judging moments in our day. Instead, maybe we can appreciate the process of experiencing the moment in front of us.

If we’re able to string enough of those together, we may have learned a few things in the process.

Right, smarty pants?