Comments on: 12 Simple Steps to Clear Your Mind and Get Inspired http://balanceinme.com/most-popular/12-ways-to-clear-your-mind-and-get-inspired/ Simple balance for busy people Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:05:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 10 Strategies for Killing Negative Thoughts « Sky Writer http://balanceinme.com/most-popular/12-ways-to-clear-your-mind-and-get-inspired/comment-page-1/#comment-1357 10 Strategies for Killing Negative Thoughts « Sky Writer Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:46:55 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=516#comment-1357 [...] or any other creative person then being engrossed in work is a problem (negative thoughts kill inspiration). However, I find it helpful to do some routine projects that do not require creativity. In the [...] [...] or any other creative person then being engrossed in work is a problem (negative thoughts kill inspiration). However, I find it helpful to do some routine projects that do not require creativity. In the [...]

]]> By: azmil syahmi http://balanceinme.com/most-popular/12-ways-to-clear-your-mind-and-get-inspired/comment-page-1/#comment-409 azmil syahmi Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:23:20 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=516#comment-409 Exercising works well especially after a long day in front of the computer. Try listening to uplifting audio tapes like the one I have "The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama". You can even listen to it while you work out. Exercising works well especially after a long day in front of the computer. Try listening to uplifting audio tapes like the one I have “The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama”. You can even listen to it while you work out.

]]> By: Anastasiya http://balanceinme.com/most-popular/12-ways-to-clear-your-mind-and-get-inspired/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Anastasiya Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:00:46 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=516#comment-389 @Jeffrey I hope you will enjoy your evening without media interruptions. I think it's totally amazing to spend an old-fashioned evening without cell-phones, internet, TV etc. Sometimes I forget how much I can enjoy quietness and silence and how inspiring it can be. It's probably something I must practice more often myself. @Jeffrey I hope you will enjoy your evening without media interruptions. I think it’s totally amazing to spend an old-fashioned evening without cell-phones, internet, TV etc. Sometimes I forget how much I can enjoy quietness and silence and how inspiring it can be. It’s probably something I must practice more often myself.

]]> By: Jeffrey Tang http://balanceinme.com/most-popular/12-ways-to-clear-your-mind-and-get-inspired/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Jeffrey Tang Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:23:17 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=516#comment-388 Tip #12 sounds delicious - and I'm not even a coffee drinker! I like the idea of media detox ... and I could definitely use some myself. I work at a tech company, so I spend all day around computers. I've gotten into the habit of taking short, regular breaks outside during the work day, away from all the electronics. It works wonders. I'm going to take your advice try going a whole night without media interruptions ... wish me luck! Tip #12 sounds delicious – and I’m not even a coffee drinker!

I like the idea of media detox … and I could definitely use some myself. I work at a tech company, so I spend all day around computers. I’ve gotten into the habit of taking short, regular breaks outside during the work day, away from all the electronics. It works wonders.

I’m going to take your advice try going a whole night without media interruptions … wish me luck!

]]> By: Anastasiya http://balanceinme.com/most-popular/12-ways-to-clear-your-mind-and-get-inspired/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Anastasiya Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:04:11 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=516#comment-382 @Kye I'll definitely try your advice. It sounds like a fun way to clear your mind. Another thing that works great for me is creating stories for my girls. Sometimes we will be walking in the park or just playing in their room and I'll start telling them a story. They like listening to these stories (I am not sure how much they understand at this point though :-)) and it always calms them down. Reading books is usually less effective for them. I get a spark of creativity and inspiration in those moments. I guess it helps me to look at our world from a completely different perspective - through the eyes of a child. And nothing can reflect our adult world better than a spectrum of child's innocence and imagination. @Kye
I’ll definitely try your advice. It sounds like a fun way to clear your mind.
Another thing that works great for me is creating stories for my girls. Sometimes we will be walking in the park or just playing in their room and I’ll start telling them a story. They like listening to these stories (I am not sure how much they understand at this point though :-) ) and it always calms them down. Reading books is usually less effective for them. I get a spark of creativity and inspiration in those moments. I guess it helps me to look at our world from a completely different perspective – through the eyes of a child. And nothing can reflect our adult world better than a spectrum of child’s innocence and imagination.

]]> By: Kye http://balanceinme.com/most-popular/12-ways-to-clear-your-mind-and-get-inspired/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Kye Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:55:30 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=516#comment-376 Reading this takes me back a couple of decades to when my own sons were tiny. I vividly remember how hard it was to find even five minutes for thinking my own thoughts. In desperation I finally found room to think in, in the oddest place: between the words of stories I had read to them hundreds of times. It's not that I wasn't paying attention to them. Actually what I did was to get so deep into the words that time slowed down. And then, there was my space! Try it! It's amazing... Thanks for reminding me of that--it's a special memory. Reading this takes me back a couple of decades to when my own sons were tiny. I vividly remember how hard it was to find even five minutes for thinking my own thoughts. In desperation I finally found room to think in, in the oddest place: between the words of stories I had read to them hundreds of times.

It’s not that I wasn’t paying attention to them. Actually what I did was to get so deep into the words that time slowed down. And then, there was my space!

Try it! It’s amazing…

Thanks for reminding me of that–it’s a special memory.

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