Locked up and yet breaking open !!
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“Adventure-seasoned and storm-buffeted, I shun all signs of anchorage, because The zest of life exceeds the bound of laws”
- Jamaican-American writer and poet, Claude McKay.
As we are well into the second year of COVID restrictions, most of us are nosediving into nothingness some more. Part, because we are not completely ridden of the virus fear, and part, we seem to be unable to shake off the staticness of the year gone by.
I have put together some content using the acronym ‘ lockdown’ in the hope of becoming mindful to the exact opposite of that word , which would be ‘ Open up ‘.
A Learning from’ LOCKDOWN ‘ literally
L – Look beyond your nose ,
- Are there people worse placed than you in life
- Are you only about your troubles
- Are you hardwired for frustration
- Can you lift your heels and say ‘I will have a bright future’ ( no matter your age)
O – Open your hearts to others
- Show unconditional compassion to random people
- Step into someone else’s shoes every once a while
- Listen to others without interrupting their thoughts
- Be keen to pick on non- verbal cues of others
C – Create something, anything
- A financial goal , maybe
- A poem devoted to friendship
- A meal that appeals
- A new sleep regime that benefits
K – knock off all stressors
- Disengage from conversations that put you in doubt of your self-worth
- Do not take the onus of pleasing everyone around
- Allocate work when you feel overwhelmed with tasks at hand
- Do not overspend time on one thing, schedule and fix time limits
D – Dogged approach always works
- Will help see you through your short and long term goals
- Keeps you focused and on track
- You will make tangible progress
- Builds on your positive emotions
O – Optimal is achievable
- Stopping short of it is wasted effort
- Gives visible outcomes
- Uncompromising attitude is contagious
- Should be adopted for our nutrition, exercise, work output and income generation
W – Wealth creation is a skill
- Money making is not an evil thing
- Learn the ropes of passive income
- Use side hustles to accelerate cash flow
- Financial literacy is the buzzword
N – Necessity is the mother of invention
- Realignment in the face of little choice
- Novel pursuits keep us motivated
- Helping ourselves is in the greater good of mankind
- We are human, our basic needs will be our driving factors , accept this without guilt.
I need to rely on Claude McKay one more time to reinforce my message in this write up.
“ I have forgotten much, but still remember The poinsiana’s red, blood-red in warm December”.
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