Did you know that most people underestimate the amount of leisure time they have?
And what is worse, the same study shows that 40% of leisure time gets lost by watching TV!
We have some suggestions for you:

(1) Grow yourself a leisure tree:
people seem to forget what they want to do. Take a piece of paper and cluster your ideas for leisure activities on it so you'll remember. You might want to group them as follows: (a) activities that turned me on in the past, (b) activities that turn me on today, (c) new activities I have thought of doing and (d) activities that will get me physically fit. You should get at least 50 idea's on your page. Success!

(2) Move to "active TV watching"
Find yourself new ways of spending hours in front of your TV so that you make better use of your leisure time.
(one solution: make sure your TV isn't plugged in, while you pursue more rewarding activities in front of it!)

 

Several books discussing negotiation skills all point in the same direction:
it's empathy that is making the difference!

• Now what is empathy? Let's start by saying what it is NOT.

• It is not trying to match the other person during communication and/or giving the impression that you agree with him

• It is not trying to use your own thinking process: "what would I do if I were ...

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Self acceptance is being loving and happy with who you are NOW. Some call it self-esteem, others self-love, but whatever you call it, you'll know when your accepting yourself cause it feels great. Its an agreement with yourself to appreciate, validate, accept and support who you are at this very moment, even those parts you’d like to eventually change. This is important...even those parts you'd eventually like to change. Yes, you can accept (be okay with) those parts of yourself you want to change some day.

The Motivation Behind Your Lack of Acceptance

If acceptance feels so good and is so good for us, then why don’t we accept ourselves? The answer is motivation. We use our lack of acceptance (punishment - cause it feels bad) as motivation to get us to do, not do, be, and not be what we think we should. Many people believe that if they accepted themselves as they are, they wouldn’t change or that they wouldn’t work on becoming more of who they want to be. ....

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Defence mechanisms are a set of unconscious way to protect one's personality from unpleasant thoughts and realities which may otherwise cause anxiety. The notion of defence mechanism is an integral part of the psychoanalytic theory. Although often described as detrimental and negative ways that an individual deals with overwhelming stressors; these mechanisms can also be applied positively when dealing with conflicts. Used sparingly, they help people face difficult life situations. However, a defence mechanism can also lead to a neurosis if it causes a person to adopt ineffectual or inappropriate coping strategies.

Examples of defense mechanisms include: the examples given here are generally negative applications of the mechanism; although, these mechanism can often be used in healthy fashion to deal with stressors ...


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