and my ramblings…  I’m one of those self improvement types and receive regular motivational emails at work.  I can’t help myself!  I wanted to share today’s quote that came in, which ironically relates to my issue of Diet Anger:

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.  - - Buddha

So simple, so true, and a lesson I learned the hard way this time around.  Over the last week I have felt out of control, helpless, and frustrated.

I am in a better place now but I still have moments where I feel like I am slipping.  This morning was one of those where I literally jumped straight back into frustration from the minute I woke up and the day has naturally followed suit.  Go figure!  Expect a bad day and what manifests is yet another rough day. 

I think this next week I’ll shoot for a good week and see what happens! 

I am taking some time this weekend for me to work out some of my kinks.  I think I deserve this time to hash it out with myself and make improvements.  I am unhappy where I’m at with things on many levels - why settle and stay here?  I look forward to a weekend of self discovery, workouts (which is where I do my best thinking), and sleep.

 Speaking of sleep… I don’t know where I heard this so I can’t give credit where credit is due but I recently read an article about our brains and sleep.  The author recommended writing out 3 questions or problems right before turning out the light for sleep.  Our brains naturally process the questions/problems and provide solutions during REM.  How cool is that?! 

On some basic level I understood this.   I think we’ve all solved some thing over a night’s sleep before but to actually put it into practice it is another thing.  I bought a problem/sleep journal for myself.  Tonight I look forward to REM and all the wonderful solutions that it can provide!

Wishing you all great sleep and many solutions over the weekend!
Bret