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> Get Articles > Time Management > Take A Break: Creating Mini Vacations Right Where You Are Take A Break: Creating Mini Vacations Right Where You Are Download as PDFLee Wise Leevital-sea-nutrients.com "Good Health Makes Good Sense" http://www.vital-sea-nutrients.com TAKE A BREAK! Creating Mini Vacations Right Where You Are © Lee Wise 2003 All rights reserved THINK ABOUT RELAXING... That's right: relaxing. You'd like to, wouldn't you? I can almost hear you though: "You gotta be kiddin'! Vacation? Good night, I can hardly find time drink my vitamin C filled orange juice in the morning let alone think about a vacation. Get real!" I identify. So why not think about a "minute" vacation? Really. Sixty seconds of pure, "just your own" relaxation. Let that sink in: sixty seconds of pure, "just your own" relaxation. HERE'S HOW... To do it you gotta think about a time you just loved. Let's say a time at the beach for example. In reflecting about your time at the beach, you might find yourself going over thoughts like these: "It was great. I'd get up in the morning, go down to the beach and just 'be there.' Sometimes I'd pray. Sometimes I would walk down to the pier. And sometimes I would just sit and listen to the waves. It was great. I remember walking out on the beach and sighing. Yep, you got it -- sighing. It was a nice, *total relaxing sigh.* When I think of a great time at the beach -- that's what I think about!" And you are right: that is what I think about -- my time at the beach a few years ago ;-) Something similar: that's what you need to think about if you are going to take your own one-minute vacation. Whatever it is... You think about it. You feel it. You sense it. And here's the key: until you have some sense of an emotional "release." The moment you know you have returned *inside* to your special place of enjoyment. Like my own deep, relaxing sigh on the beach. When you do that, you've taken a minute vacation. Your own sixty seconds of pure, "just your own" relaxation. THE PRINCIPLES ARE EASY Here are a few short "principles" to put into practice as you develop the art of taking "minute vacations." (A side note: yes, they could be two or three minute vacations. The idea is short and "attainable" times.) Principle number one... Stop! You got it: stop. You just simply stop. Shut down. Capooie. Did I get the point across? LOL You gotta stop! Principle number two... Inside you think: "No responsibilities." Absolutely none. Zero. And you may find you have to... GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION In this process I have found it helpful to give myself permission to have a break. That is, as thoughts start to come and destroy your mental walk on the beach, you can affirm something like: "Not here! Not now! These moments are mine!" And you go ahead and take your one, two or three minute vacation. YES, IT DOES WORK! I had a student stop by my office about a week or so ago and say to me: "I'm still taking those minute vacations! Thanks for the idea." I have taken many, many minute vacations. I enjoy them. In short: it works. Yours for a day filled with beautiful moments in time, Lee P.S. Have you thought about "where" you will take your mini vacation yet? Go ahead. At least get a few ideas. A minute or two. Everyone has a minute or two :) ------------------------------- Lee is a seminary administrator, has a part-time business at home, and writes two motivational ezines: "A Beautiful Moment In Time" and "Hope For Daily Living." Permission is given to distribute article. This paragraph must be included. Email: Leevital-sea-nutrients.net Link: http://www.vital-sea-nutrients.net How useful did you find this article? This article can be downloaded freely from http://www.get-articles.com and used on your website or in your ezine so long as the author is credited and their resource box left intact. You should not change any links in the article, and where the article is used on a website it's links should be clickable. Please see our terms and conditions page for more information: http://www.get-articles.com/authors-publishers-terms.php |
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