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If it doesn't feel like beauty, look like beauty, taste like beauty or sound like beauty then I'm not interested. It must also be true too. As I strive to align with true beauty I find that everything else falls into place.

Image: Mountain Views on Moli‘i Pond at Kualoa Ranch - Oahu, HI

Once you've become aware of something challenging in your life, don't stop there. Ask yourself, "Now what?" Wait until you get an answer and do that thing. Don't worry about the next thing, just do one thing at a time and let the next thing present itself to you when it's ready.

Image: Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage Path Marker - Ponferrada, Spain

We don't do anything we don't want to do. While you're in the midst of a compulsive behavior ask yourself these questions, in this order, "What am I getting out of this? What did I need that this is giving me? Why did I need that? Are there other ways I can fulfill this need? What do I REALLY need?"

Image: Moon Shadow from the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 - Jackson, WY

When I quit consuming caffeinated drinks, I took my energy back. When I sipped my last alcoholic beverage, I took my body back. I've recently let go of refined sugar. My hope with this lifestyle change is to take my brain back. 

Image: Chair Lift at Snow King Mountain Resort - Jackson, WY

When everything seems to be changing around you, remember that just because everything's changing doesn't mean everything 

in your life is different. 

Image: Venice Beach Surfer - Venice, CA

Those days when you wake up and are so overwhelmed by everything you need to do can be handled with pen and paper. Sit down and write out a schedule on the left side of a piece of paper (hour by hour). On the right side of the paper, write out every single thing you need/want to do. One by one, plug your to-dos into the schedule on the left side of the page and cross off the task on the right side of the page. Now everything has its place and time. And don't forget to schedule yourself some downtime and fun too. 

Image: Seven Magic Mountains Art Installation by Ugo Rondinone - Las Vegas, NV