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7 Survival Tips – How To Beat The Monday Morning Blues

“Tell me why I don’t like Mondays…”

We all know the feeling: after a great weekend, the alarm goes off and realisation dawns: it’s Monday morning. Again.

For many of us, it can trigger a sinking feeling of dread, as we take a deep breath and dive into another week.

It can go on for years, feeling stuck in a rut and unable to change anything.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Can You Help Me Give Up Coffee?

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Those who know me know all too well how much I adore coffee.

I have been known to make a 20 mile detour in the middle of a mountain-trekking holiday, to get to the nearest coffee shop for a fix…

And even though I love camping, I never go without the ability to make fresh coffee for breakfast – no matter how small the tent or how rural the campsite 😉

I’m also famous for my regular attempts to give up coffee. I tend to do pretty well for the first week or two – making it through the detox stage and beyond, but then willpower fails me and I’m back on 4 mugs a day of freshly ground coffee…

Aside: Want to know – How long does it take to break a habit?

Why would I give up something I love?

Because I’d like to kick the habit. I’d like to get back to enjoying a coffee every now and then, whenever I choose, rather than it being a permanent feature of my mornings.

Also I would drink more water, which would be good for me.

Plus caffeine is a drug and isn’t great for your system.

So there are lots of reasons to give up – at least for a while!

Anyway, I’ve decided to use the excuse of Lent as a reason to give up coffee for the next 6 weeks. And I’ll be keeping a mood diary, to test out the hypothesis that giving up coffee makes you happier – watch the blog for updates!

Why am I going to succeed this time, where previous attempts have exposed my shocking lack of willpower?

Because this time I’m giving myself the added incentive of raising money for my favourite charity, Action Against Hunger, and their End Child Hunger Campaign.

I know we’re in the middle of a credit crunch and times are tight… But how often do we spend money on a latte or cappuccino, with scarcely a thought?

Perhaps you might consider giving up your coffee today and making a donation to Action Against Hunger, instead?

Make a donation here

Either way, thank you for your support and watch this space for regular reports from coffee-free-Clare!

Wishing you smiles and sunshine,

Love,

Clare x

P.S. If you’d like to join in and give up coffee for a while – or even get sponsored for it – how about signing up in the Giving Up Coffee discussion on our Facebook fan page?

P.P.S. I’d love to hear your thoughts, tips and ideas via the comments box below!

Do You Know What You Want?

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I have a theory that one of the hardest parts of creating the life we dream of is figuring out what we really want.

There’s something that happens when we have complete clarity that gives us a sense of motivation and focus, meaning we can create a life that most would call “charmed”.

Yet years come and go and we often feel we’re making little progress towards our dreams.

The arrival of a New Year is a great time to focus our attention on what we really want and get clear about our priorities. Then all we need to do is sit back and believe.

It’s taken me years to figure that one out. I used to be the Queen of “doing”. If I wanted something, the first thing I would think about was the “how”. And if I couldn’t figure out the “how”, I would feel discouraged and would give it all up as a bad idea.

Nowadays, I realise that all that “mind work” of working out the “how” meant I was missing all the signs and opportunities along the way. They would have made things soooo much easier!

So here’s a rule of thumb that was on my Abraham-Hicks perpetual calendar this week:

Make a decision about what you want,

focus your attention there,

find out what it feels like to be there.

And then let go and wait for inspired action.

By far the most important part of this is deciding what you want.

So if you could wave a magic wand and have any life you wanted, what would you wish for?

My invitation to you this New Year is to:

Make a decision about what you really want and write it down
Imagine you’ve already got it / been there / done it and really feel the emotion of that
Spend a couple of minutes in that “place”
Repeat every morning before you get up
Turn your radar on every day for actions that will move you closer to your dream. Don’t force it, just let it happen.

Here’s wishing you the 2009 of your dreams!

Let me know how you get on via the comments box.

Thanks,
Clare x