Personal Power Journal 1 - A Fresh Start

I made a good move today by jumping out of bed without hesitancy and going for a walk in the garden. It's the first walk I've taken ever since I came back from Germany.

Walking on the winding path, listening to Tony Robbins' Get the Edge tape, I was following his instructions doing the 3-step An Hour of Power practice.

- Moving and breathing
- Feeling grateful
- Saying incantations

An hour later, I was feeling much better and smiling from the bottom of my heart for the first time in the past four weeks.

When I came back to my room, I started Robbins' Personal Power II session and finished Day 1: The Key to Personal Growth. Four steps of magic success formula that Robbins prescribed:

- Know the outcome
- Take actions
- Know what's getting from the action taken
- Be flexible to change actions

Robbins' story of self-sabotaging his own success resonated with me in particular, in a sense to corroborate that such a behavior is widespread across nations and that I'm not alone in doing so.

Another great experience he shared was about how he grew through continuously keeping a journal to jot down what he learned everyday. Indeed, a diary is not just a witness of our growth, but also an antidote to frustrations and emotional breakdowns. No matter how physically close you stay with someone and how hard you try, there seems always an immeasurable and unsurpassable rampart blocking the free flow of communications and emotions among individuals. That's where a journal can fill in to soothe the hurt. While some people have the luck to get motivated by others' support and encouragement, I simply don't have it to get through my hard times. Therefore, monologue is especially important to me.

Assignment today is to decide two actions that I can take to immediately improve the quality of life.
- reply emails that I have been procrastinating doing so
- work out in the gym

It's a fresh start to walk out of depression and break through my self-defeating behaviors. I'm glad that I made it on the first day. I'm glad that I'm taking the effort to embark on the self-help process to motivate myself. For better or worse, it will be an unforgettable experience.