Passion of the Catalyst

twelve simple little things to remember daily, stay focused and win big !

Eliminate the Distractions in your daily life and win BIG!!!

Grounding exercises are a simple and soothing approach that help you keep your mind and body connected in times of stress or anxiety. When overwhelmed, it can be easy for you to feel

Bring up today’s newspaper on the web, notice the date. Read something fun!

Breathe slowly and steadily from your core. Imagine letting fear and worry go, evaporating along with each breath.

Trace your hands against the physical outline of your body. Experience your own presence in the world.

Call a friend and have a chat.

If you are feeling ‘stuck’, change how you’re positioned. Wiggle your fingers, tap your feet. Pay attention to the movement: You are in control of what your body is doing, right here and now.

Eat or drink something. Is it hot, or cold? Sweet, or sour?

Meditate, if that’s OK for you. Otherwise use distractions like television or music to help settle down.

Use your voice. Say your name or pick up a book and read the first paragraph you find out loud.

Look at yourself in the mirror. Smile, even if that’s the last thing you feel like! How does that feel? What can you see? (If negative thoughts come to mind, write them down to look at later but let them go for now. You’re anxious enough as it is.)

Write out what’s going on. Keep writing until you start to notice it makes a difference, lets some of the things you’re anxious about out.

Take a shower/bath. Notice the sensations of the water.

Write somebody you care about an email.

Imagine yourself in a familiar, comfortable place. Feel the safety. Know it.

Take a look outside. Count the number of trees and street signs.

Exercise. Jump up and down on the spot. Try some gentle yoga, or ride a bike.

Hold onto something comforting. Maybe a blanket or an old stuffed toy.

Laugh. Even if that’s hard. Just the act of laughing about something, anything can break that spinning out of control feeling.

When you’re not too stressed, make a list of the things that provoke your anxiety. Take it to your therapist and ask them to help you find ways to desensitize you to some of those things. Then those triggers won’t be quite so powerful, and your anxiety coping skills will work better.

If you get PTSD flashbacks, when you’re feeling OK, make a list of the furniture in your home and what room it’s in. Give the list to a friend you can call to help you focus on what’s now and safe.

List 5 really positive things in your life. Put the list where you’ll see it and remember that there’s more to the world than just panic and fear.

Think about the last week. Was there a day you didn’t have so much anxiety? Remember how it felt to be less anxious than you are right now. What was different? What can change?

The facts about sleep 1. 12% of people dream entirely in black and white 2. Two thirds of a cat’s life is spent asleep 3. A giraffe only needs 1.9 hours of sleep a day, whereas a brown bat needs 19.9 hours a day 4. Humans spend 1/3 of their life sleeping 5. The record for the longest period without sleep is 11 days

Man is the only mammal that willingly delays sleep.

The higher the altitude, the greater the sleep disruption. Generally, sleep disturbance becomes greater at altitudes of 13,200 feet or more. The disturbance is thought to be caused by diminished oxygen levels and accompanying changes in respiration. Most people adjust to new altitudes in approximately two to three weeks.

In general, exercising regularly makes it easier to fall asleep and contributes to sounder sleep. However, exercising sporadically or right before going to bed will make falling asleep more difficult.

Divorced, widowed and separated people report more insomnia.

Six in ten healthcare professionals do not feel that they have enough time to have a discussion with their patients about insomnia during regular office visits.

More than eight in ten survey respondents think that people often or sometimes misuse prescription sleep aids.

Caffeine has been called the most popular drug in the world. All over the world people consume caffeine on a daily basis in coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, some soft drinks, and some drugs.

In general, most healthy adults need seven to nine hours of sleep a night. However, some individuals are able to function without sleepiness or drowsiness after as little as six hours of sleep. Others can’t perform at their peak unless they’ve slept ten hours.

We naturally feel tired at two different times of the day: about 2:00 AM and 2:00 PM. It is this natural dip in alertness that is primarily responsible for the post-lunch dip.

Sleep is just as important as diet and exercise.

Don’t copy other people , be yourself !

DDont waste time , fight

Don’t give up on the dream, the creator has created you with a unique plan and desire. The world needs you . You need you to be the best you possible. Don’t stop fighting , you’ve came to far.

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart,” the visionary Steve Jobs once said.

86,400. That is how many seconds we have in a single day. Seconds. Days are for dreamers, hours for dry cleaners, minutes for telemarketers but seconds … seconds are for those who pursue life so passionately, that every moment counts.

Let’s say you get a full eight hours of sleep a night; that’s 28,800 less seconds to complete your daily goals.

Hopefully you’re commute to work isn’t more than the average 30 minutes; that’s another 3,600 seconds off the clock for a two-way, daily commute.

You eat well and set aside 30 minutes three times a day to refuel yourself; subtract another 5,400 seconds from the total 86,400.

Hopefully you work at a fulfilling career that values your contributions and ultimately helps to make you happy. Conservatively, you likely work a minimum of eight hours a day (I know, wishful thinking for a lot of us!); there’s another 28,800 seconds that you’ve committed to before you even opened your eyes.

That’s 66,600 seconds. 66,600 seconds just doing what we are all supposed to do at the minimum!

Don’t be afraid to tell your story , you could be holding the key that unlocks the future for someone else. The struggle, the pain and tears that have accompanied you along the way are the things that some need to see to know that they can do it and that they aren’t alone in their journey.

Because telling your story—while being witnessed with loving attention by others who care—may be the most powerful medicine on earth. Each us is a constantly unfolding narrative, a hero in a novel no one else can write. And yet so many of us leave our stories untold, our songs unsung—and when this happens, we wind up feeling lonely, listless, out of touch with our life’s purpose, plagued with a chronic sense that something is out of alignment. We may even wind up feeling unworthy, unloved, or sick.

Every time you tell your story and someone else who cares bears witness to it, you turn off the body’s stress responses, flipping off toxic stress hormones like cortisol and epinephrine and flipping on relaxation responses that release healing hormones like oxytocin, dopamine, nitric oxide, and endorphins. Not only does this turn on the body’s innate self-repair mechanisms and function as preventative medicine—or treatment if you’re sick. It also relaxes your nervous system and helps heal your mind of depression, anxiety, fear, anger, and feelings of disconnection.

Say Yes More

Let go of the Past

Be Weirder

Love Yourself First

ASK WHY , HOW

Postpone less ,eliminate Procrastination

Speak Only Truth

Enjoy the Now

Go your Own way