Elemental! Kenai, Alaska #Auroraborealis #northernlights

The 5-Minute Journal is simplicity itself and hits a lot of birds with one stone: 5 minutes in the morning of answering a few prompts, and then 5 minutes in the evening doing the same. Each prompt has three lines for three answers. To be answered in the morning: I am grateful for . . . 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ What would make today great? 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ Daily affirmations. I am . . . 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ To be filled in at night: 3 amazing things that happened today . . . 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ How could I have made today better? 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ It’s easy to obsess over pushing the ball forward as a type-A personality, which leads to being constantly future-focused. If anxiety is a focus on the future, practicing appreciation, even for 2 to 3 minutes, is counter-balancing medicine. The 5-Minute Journal forces me to think about what I have, as opposed to what I’m pursuing. When you answer “I am grateful for . . . ,” I recommend considering four different categories. Otherwise, you will go on autopilot and repeat the same items day after day (e.g., “my healthy family,” “my loving dog,” etc.). I certainly did this, and it defeats the purpose. What are you grateful for in the below four categories? I ask myself this every morning as I fill out the 5MJ, and I pick my favorite three for that day: An old relationship that really helped you, or that you valued highly. An opportunity you have today. Perhaps that’s just an opportunity to call one of your parents, or an opportunity to go to work. It doesn’t have to be something large. Something great that happened yesterday, whether you experienced or witnessed it. Something simple near you or within sight. The gratitude points shouldn’t all be “my career” and other abstract items. Temper those with something simple and concrete—a beautiful cloud outside the window, the coffee that you’re drinking, the pen that you’re using, or whatever it might be. I use Intelligent Change’s bound 5-Minute Journal and suggest it for convenience, but you can practice in your own notebook. It’s fun and good therapy to review your p.m. “amazing things” answers at least once a month.

I find this so insightful—how we approach something determines what we see, and our body and “nervous” system (🤔 why is it named this—maybe this word also needs a reset) needs “priming.” This is so simple!

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Stressed & seeking a simple reset, or an opportunity to deepen into peaceful presence? This 15 minute meditation with Zen Master Henry Shukman is excellent! I’m so happy to have discovered him his voice is spacious and inviting. 😌

4. Consider biphasic sleep If you wake up in the middle of the night, don't panic. Use this time for quiet reflection or creative work. It might be your body's natural rhythm expressing itself.

My friend who took care of Leroy managed to get a few essentials from our house for me. Look what was in the bag with my pajamas (I had none). A note I wrote myself in the depths of despair after Molly died. So random. Yet so perfectly timed and on point. I needed this reminder. Maybe you do too 🙏.

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⚓️Fair winds and following seas, Sir. We have the watch. 🇺🇸

Thank you for the outpouring of well-wishes. As of today, Getty staff, the art collections, and buildings remain safe from the Palisades Fire. The threat is still happening, and our hearts go out to everybody in Los Angeles affected by this awful tragedy.

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The U.S. Navy has ordered the deployment of 10 Helicopters equipped with Water Buckets from Naval Base San Diego, to assist with Firefighting Efforts in Los Angeles County; while Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) Units with the California and Nevada Air National Guards have been activated, and are expected to begin dropping Fire Retardant on both the Palisades and Eaton Fire.

#HurstFire Location: Yarnell Street and I-210 Fire is approximately 100 acres. Firefighters are focusing on structure protection and public safety. Evacuation Warning: I-5 and I-210 East More info at: inciweb.wildfire.gov/inciden… @LAFD @LACoFDPIO

PALISADES FIRE | 2921 acres 0% containment. Extreme fire behavior, short & long-range spotting, continues to challenge firefighting efforts for the Palisades Fire. Winds gusts up to 60 MPH are expected to continue through Thursday.

The LAFD is NOT requesting assistance from the public. The message was misconstrued. We are running a recall for our OWN LAFD members ONLY. Thank you.

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It’s an 8:45 … am … good morning along the Kenai River, Alaska 💙💚💜

I spy a nod to the Seawolves from @uaanchorage with @SeattleKraken!