5 Minutes To Change Your Life

 

 

I got this Super Tip from the late Dr Wayne Dyer several years ago and have used it ever since.

If you were to choose a five minute segment out of your day, which would you consider to be the most important and potentially life changing?

Would it be that extra five minutes in the morning when you wake up, when you hit that snooze button, giving you those extra minutes to put yourself in the right mood for the day? That would get your day off to a good start but wouldn’t necessarily change your life.

What about that five minutes before you actually start work, those precious few moments where you have another quick coffee and relax a little, getting yourself into the right Mind-set to start your working day? That would keep you in the right frame of mind to do your job efficiently, well at least until the negativity kicks in – normally by mid-morning at the latest!

OK, so how those lovely five minutes when you finally get home from work and you can sit down and unwind with a glass of wine or an ice cold beer? Feels great, doesn’t it? However five minutes is probably all you will get before your phone rings and it’s your boss wanting you back in to sort some issue or other or a client calls to reschedule an important appointment or maybe it’s the babysitter calling to say they can’t come round because the birthday party they thought was next week is actually this week and tonight. And so it goes on.

When you think about it, choosing that important five minute segment can be extremely difficult. You find it hard enough choosing five minutes to get some peace and quiet never mind to decide which is most important.

Yet every single one of us do indeed have a precious five minutes which we use every day. Five minutes which we tend to use incorrectly, in a way which is detrimental to our lives and not at all uplifting. These five minutes are probably the most important in our lives because they set the tone for what comes next.

So when are these life changing five minutes? I’ll give you a clue. Have a look at these scenarios.

Scenario 1

You go to bed at your usual time and you get off to sleep pretty quickly and you sleep for your usual six, eight or however long hours and you wake up – cranky. You just don’t feel right, you feel aggressive, you get out of the wrong side of the bed, as the saying goes, nothing is going right and you end up late for work because you were caught in an unexpected traffic jam and you day goes from bad to worse. All that despite having a good night’s sleep and maybe a happy dream or two.

Scenario 2

You go to bed at your usual time and you get off to sleep pretty quickly and you sleep for your usual six, eight or however long hours and you wake up – feeling great! You jump out of bed ready to meet the day with a spring in your step. You feel happiness well up inside as you sing in the shower. You get to work early because you left home a few minutes earlier and avoided the traffic jams and your boss praises you for your attitude and you get loads done throughout the day.

Two scenarios which start the same but with opposing endings. Why is that? What reason could there be for such a difference in results?

Well let’s wind the clock back those six or eight hours to a point just before you go to sleep. For you see, the most important five minutes of your day are the five minutes before you go to sleep. Why? What’s so important about those few minutes?

What do we normally do before we drift off to sleep? What do we think about just before drifting away into Slumberland? One of two things normally: We either think of what we have to do the next day or we review what we have done today. Am I right?

Now, the thing is, what do we focus on when we’re reviewing the day’s activities or those to come? I’ll guarantee it will be all the negative stuff that’s happened or you think will happen – actually we tend to mix both together into one Neggy Nightcap!

To claim Scenario 2, why not Review the Day and instead of focusing on the He said-She said-and I'm going to do this, that, the other, focus on all the great and wonderful things that happened throughout the day. Don't have any in particular? Then make some up! Just don't focus on the Neggy Crap otherwise it's Scenario 1. Got it? 😉

Getting Personal - Something You Don't Know About Me

I used to be a bit of a worrier, mainly about being liked and respected by others. When I think back on it now I can see I had some confidence and self-esteem issues however, back then, I blamed it on my circumstances. #VictimStory

For example, from my late teens onwards, I worried about how people would view me because of my lack of academic qualifications. Most of friends were from good homes and had been to good schools, were at University or in good jobs and I was a council estate boy, which led to an inferiority complex which lasted for decades.

Despite being immersed in Personal Development in all it’s shapes and forms, I was unable to shake that feeling of inferiority off and it prevented me from applying for certain jobs or taking certain courses of action which would have improved my life, especially financially, in many ways. I held back because I thought I wasn’t qualified enough, even though I knew I was up to the task or had more than enough experience to lead a project and so on.

I was in my 40’s before I really started to work on my issue and that’s when I came to the realization that I didn’t need qualifications to be the person I wanted to be or to do the work I wanted to do. I was inspired by people such as Les Brown and Randy Gage who came from nothing, had little formal schooling and yet had ‘made it’ to become highly successful and sought-after people.

These days I no longer worry as much. I still have concerns, however, I know they are of no consequence to me unless I can actually do something about them. What’s the point of me losing sleep over what some politician did or didn’t do, or how another country is treating its citizens, or if a piece of space rock may or may not enter the Earth’s atmosphere?

That doesn’t mean I don’t have opinions, because I do, and I’ll voice them too if I feel the need, but if there’s something that’s beyond my control, I know that me having numerous sleepless nights isn’t going to make one iota of a difference to it.

This also means I can watch the News without reacting, without getting all het up over some political tweet or diplomatic gaff and the likes. My worrying or reaction won’t change what’s already happened, therefore there’s no point in letting all that stuff get to me. If I don’t like what I’m watching on TV I use my remote to either put the sound on mute or change channel. Simple.

And what about my inferiority complex? Gone. I allow myself to Be Me and I find that comes across better than trying to be something I’m not.

Being #authentic, #genuine, more open, has brought more opportunities into my life than being the Actor I used to be. Yes, I still have my issues, but now I know how to handle them in a more positive way. I still want to be liked and respected, who doesn’t? Now, however, I’m no longer worried about it. Whether anyone likes me or not is their choice, and I accept and respect that.

Law of Attraction is Adversely Affecting my Diabetes!

Yes, I am certain the Law of Attraction is most definitely affecting my Diabetes in an adverse way – and I’m so happy about that! 

Have I gone crazy? Lost the plot? No, not in a million years! By adversely affecting my Diabetes I mean it is helping to reduce the effects and I believe by doing so, the Law of Attraction is helping me get my life back. Let me explain.

In 2001 I was diagnosed as a Type 1 Diabetic. Since then I’m having to inject myself with two types of insulin; one longer lasting which works in the background and lasts 24 hours and a faster acting insulin for mealtimes and when I go out socialising. Now I lead a pretty normal life as it is, I basically eat and drink whatever I want however in moderate amounts. OK, I do overdo it once in a while, but that’s being human.

Up until May 2007 I lived and worked in Germany, which is where I was diagnosed and started my treatment. The only adverse effect was my nervous system which had to be basically rebuilt and that took a very painful year to complete. However, there was no weight gain, little numbness, no eyesight issues and the like.

By the end of 2007, after being in the UK for 7 months, I had - in my mind - ballooned from a slim 67 kg up to 85 kg – with the belly to match! Beer and crisps did a lot of the damage, but also general food items like bread and processed meats which contain a lot of sugars and starch. After a rejig of my diet I managed to get that down to a manageable 73 kg – still too much.

My eyesight also started to deteriorate, and I’ve had to have several laser surgeries to dry up leakages on my retina and also steroid injections in my right eye to help prevent a fluid leakage close to my pupil. My vision in that eye is distorted as a result, everything is kind of warped a bit.

Numbness in my feet and legs, more especially my left leg, has increased and I also had to increase the dosage of both my longer lasting and fast-acting insulin and start taking medication to help with cholesterol. Would this have happened if I’d stayed in Germany? Perhaps, perhaps not, however I do believe it wouldn’t have happened as quickly. We really need to take a serious look at the ingredients we use in our food in UK as well as what we eat too much of. Moderation is key – that choice is, of course, ours to make.

So, what’s changed so much that I’ve felt compelled to write this post? Weight down, eyesight improved, less insulin intake and more feeling in my legs and feet – all since the start of this year, 1 Jan, when I started learning and implementing the Law of Attraction strategies as taught by Michael Losier.

My weight has dropped from 80.4 kg to, at the time of writing, 77.5 kg – with only walking as my exercise of choice. I’m not a big gym or swimming fan, running causes knee issues so walking briskly most days for 30 – 40 minutes does it for me.

Just about a year ago I got new specs as it seemed my eyesight was getting poorer, I have now – since last week – gone back to my old pair which I first got in 2011! A significant improvement.

My insulin intake has decreased dramatically. At the start of the year I was injecting 70 units of the longer lasting insulin per day – currently that is down to 36 units with a possible further downward adjustment to come. My fast-acting insulin I’ve reduced from around 24 units per day (spread across mealtimes etc) to an average of 16 units - my diet hasn't changed.

The numbness in my left leg has decreased slightly, certainly detecting more feeling in my toes especially. My right leg has always been pretty much ok.

Is this really all down to Law of Attraction? Obviously, I’m unable to say that categorically, I haven’t taken part in any clinical trials or the like, however my Diabetes Consultant and Nurse have noticed positive changes in my blood sugar readings and eyesight, so it has been recorded. It is my firm belief that Law of Attraction has played a major part in this, along with other tools I’ve implemented such as meditation and visualisation, all of which are connected to LOA.

 Law of Attraction works, simple as. Tens of thousands around the world are testifying to that. What I’ve been learning about self-healing using LOA and other techniques is mind blowing, far out in some cases, but they work, and scientists are starting to realise that. Just a matter of time before what I’ve related anecdotally here will be stated as fact in some medical journal - it already is in Peer Reviewed papers, studies not published in mainstream journals but accepted amongst the scientific community.

So, now you know why I’m so happy that Law of Attraction is having such an adverse effect on my Diabetes and long may it continue!