Mindfulness Daily Check-in 6th February 2019
Hello everyone!
How are you all? I wanted to do a check-in on mindfulness questions to ask yourself (and share if you wish yay!). Asking yourself questions is a great way to uncover your true sense of self and purpose. Often we do not take the time to ask ourselves these as we are so busy focusing on other things so today I thought we could take this opportunity to discuss the following:
1. What has mindfulness changed within yourself?
2. Do you feel like you practise mindfulness enough? Or could you dedicate more time to this wonderful practise?
3. Are you living your life with purpose that is meaningful to you? If not, (be gentle on yourself! 
) what other ways could you find purpose and meaning in the things you do?
4. What goal would you like to achieve in the next 6 months? It can be simple like a book that you want to read :)
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1. What has mindfulness changed within yourself? When i remember to practice I'm more focused and calmer
2. Do you feel like you practise mindfulness enough? Or could you dedicate more time to this wonderful practise? I don't practice as much as I'd like, but i am working on how to incorporated more practice into my day.
3. Are you living your life with purpose that is meaningful to you? If not, (be gentle on yourself! ) what other ways could you find purpose and meaning in the things you do? Not always. One of my goals this year is to discover how I can live with purpose and meaning. I spend alot of my time people pleasing, and i need to learn how to me please.
4. What goal would you like to achieve in the next 6 months? It can be simple like a book that you want to read :) Establish a regular meditation practice and get back to doing yoga regularly.
@MissPen
Thank you for sharing. This is beautiful. Yoga is so healing. That is a common goal we have and I was just talking about this today that I needed to practise more yoga. :)
I think for me I need to work on being more gentle on myself. I am very hard I myself if I have a hard time completing a task fast enough & when I have to ask for help I am hard on myself about it. A step to work on for sure.
@LostSoul352018
This is a really great goal. How do you think you can find more ways to be gentler to you when you're working on a difficult task? What can you tell yourself? :)
@LisaDeRegtMBPsS What has mindfulness changed within yourself?
What I notice most is I fret less about what might happen and focus more on what is happening. It is calmer and more content.
@soulsings
Mindfulness sounds like it really has changed so much for you and you can see it with how much calmer you are.
@LisaDeRegtMBPsS I looked at a lot of philosophies and they all seem to leave out an important part: me! So this is not about ideas in the mind and believing things, this is about experiencing them. That has meant a lot to me. Thanks for posting this thread.
@LisaDeRegtMBPsS
Hi Lisa 
1. What has mindfulness changed within yourself? A lot Lisa, mostly the awareness that I can choose my thoughts - liberation and freedom
2. Do you feel like you practise mindfulness enough? Or could you dedicate more time to this wonderful practise? Sometimes I need to be more mindful but I am still practising. I always make sure I get at least 20 min. meditation per day, usually more.
3. Are you living your life with purpose that is meaningful to you? If not, (be gentle on yourself! ) what other ways could you find purpose and meaning in the things you do? Now I have purpose again, I had lost it for a while but found it back on this site. Not having purpose or meaning, not contributing to what is close to your heart is a meaningless life for me.
4. What goal would you like to achieve in the next 6 months? It can be simple like a book that you want to read :) More art
@amiablePeace77
How wonderful is this :) I love the positivity and growth you have found in mindfulness. Thank goodness we found it as it's life-changing!
@amiablePeace77
"awareness that I can choose my thoughts- liberation and freedom" ... That's a beautiful thought- it touches my heart and it's a great reminder. Thank you!
@OneTraveler
I am grateful that I could touch your heart, thanks for letting me know 
Being mindful has helped me get through some difficult days. I've been more aware of my feelings and how I am reacting to certain situations. I've also tried to be more mindful of my breathing and redirecting negative thoughts.
Being aware of my feelings has helped me to do a self-check. I ask myself to be clear about how I'm feeling and why I feel that way. I've been more willing to give myself the time and grace to work through my feelings (and self forgiveness and redirection for my imperfections) and when I'm upset or disappointed, it's been easier to move into problem solving mode. Most importantly for me, I'm waking up from a grumpy, self-pity spell and I'm looking for reasons to say thanks. Being conscious and self-aware has been key to helping me move forward everyday.
In the next 6 months, I am aiming to become involved in my community, more specifically, with an organization with which I share their vision and values. I feel most productive when I'm volunteering and it's time to get up and moving on something useful. I'm excited for what the future holds!
@OneTraveler
Redirecting negative thoughts is wonderful. So you ask for clarity and to truly see what those feelings are trying to tell you and then you go through a process of acceptance and forgiveness. What a wonderful thing to share with us today. Thank you!
Being mindful has helped me get through some difficult days. I've been more aware of my feelings and how I am reacting to certain situations. I've also tried to be more mindful of my breathing and redirecting negative thoughts.
It's been said that when you volunteer in the community that you find yourself and I truly believe this so I hope that you have this experience when you begin volunteering. What type of organisation will you get involved with OneTraveler?
@OneTraveler
I copied your post into my text box so I could see it when I replied and well clearly I forgot to delete that part and I cannot edit sadly!
@LisaDeRegtMBPsS
Lol, that's funny- I almost did the same thing the other day :)
@LisaDeRegtMBPsS
Thanks Lisa! I'm going to volunteer with my local Guardian Ad Litem program, assisting children in foster care. I used to volunteer with other organizations years ago, and it really was an amazing experience so I'm really excited to get back out there again and get involved with this program. Thank you for your encouragement!
@OneTraveler
That sounds like such rewarding work, you'll have to share with us how it is for you! :)