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		<title>How Winnie The Pooh Changed My Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Brennan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been watching a lot of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh lately and there some pretty good &#8220;life lessons&#8221; within the story. You know, like when Piglet gives up his beloved family home to Owl because he doesn&#8217;t want to hurt Eeyore&#8217;s feelings. Or when Rabbit invites Pooh in for lunch, even though he knows Pooh will eat all his honey. And I realized that the more I watched Winnie the Pooh, the more I started to find people in my life who represented those characters. So, who was I? I found myself relating to a lot of them, but when it really came down to it, I couldn&#8217;t really pinpoint just one&#8230; and then it hit me&#8230;Am I Eeyore? Some people might think I&#8217;m crazy for thinking this, but maybe it was true? I started thinking back about some recent conversations I&#8217;d had with people and most of them were rants or complaints. O.M.G! Maybe I AM Eeoyre?!! I guess I did have a tendency to be a realist and being positive and upbeat wasn&#8217;t as much of a priority as it should have been. Or maybe I wasn&#8217;t considering that simply expressing my opinion could really impact someone&#8217;s day in a negative way. I&#8217;ve always been pretty shy, so I think part of a way to &#8220;break the ice&#8221; has always been for me to just rant, bitch, or say something sarcastic to get the conversation going (the awkward silence KILLS me!). Inside, I feel like I&#8217;m very thoughtful and kind, but was I doing a good job at reflecting this to others? It didn&#8217;t appear so&#8230; At that moment (a couple months ago), I made the decision to start being more positive! I vowed that I would no longer be the Eeyore character in life! It took me about a week or two to really &#8220;adjust&#8221; and I&#8217;d catch myself being negative often, but now, I&#8217;m in a much better &#8220;place&#8221; than I was before and I&#8217;m much happier!! Here&#8217;s what I did: I Stopped Being Sarcastic Being sarcastic is basically saying something rude or negative, but in a funny way. It&#8217;s almost never a positive. I Pause Before I Speak If it&#8217;s not positive, I don&#8217;t say it&#8230;&#8220;If you don&#8217;t have anything nice to say, don&#8217;t say anything at all&#8221;. I Remind Myself That Most of My Struggles Are Not-So-Bad Sometimes I used to feel like the world is crashing down on me, and then I&#8217;d realize that it was only something as small as my dog barking at the doorbell while my son was napping. When I started looking at life with a bigger lens, I stated to see that most things weren&#8217;t-so-bad at all. So now, I ask myself, &#8220;Is it going to be something I am still thinking about in a month, or even a year?&#8221; If the answer is no, it&#8217;s probably not that bad. I Find Ways to Recharge Myself I realized that many of the times I&#8217;d want to snap at someone or start an argument had nothing to do with the person on the other end of the conversation and EVERYTHING to do with me (it&#8217;s not you, it&#8217;s me&#8230;seriously!). I realized that I need to take time to de-stress and recharge in a way that works for me so I wasn&#8217;t always on edge! I Measure Life in Shorter Increments of Time I found that if I measured life in smaller intervals, it allowed me to recover and bounce back quicker and easier. I&#8217;d much rather say I had a bad morning, than an entire bad day&#8230;right? &#160; Honestly, once I started down the path of positivity, it has really been quite easy to make the change! Every now and then I catch myself, but it&#8217;s easy to find my way back on track. Everyone has to bitch and rant every once in a while, that&#8217;s part of &#8220;recharging&#8221;, but if you think it&#8217;s something you do on a regular basis&#8230;sit back and reevaluate? Ask yourself, &#8220;Am I Eeyore?&#8221;. If you are, it&#8217;s time for a change my friend, because I hate to say it&#8230;but Eeyore is an ass!]]></description>
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		<title>Hey, Quityerbitchin&#8217;!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brody]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to think of myself as a very positive person, however I have a very bad habit that I have recently discovered as pointed out by my wife.  Apparently, I have a regular tendency to convey my negative displeasure toward a situation, item or nature of the environment in the present.  Simply put: I bitch a lot. Since my wife so delicately pointed this out to me several months ago, I have been catching myself doing it more and more when previously I had no idea that I was doing it at all.  This exact negativity is one of the main reasons why I absolutely despise social media, especially Facebook.  I am often asked why I do not use Facebook more and why my profile is nothing more than a mere name and picture.  First off, as a teacher I am extremely paranoid about anything that is posted to the Internet that is directly or indirectly associated with me.  We&#8217;ve all heard the horror stories, intentional or unintentional.  Second, I cannot stand the amount of negativity that is expressed real-time across my Facebook feed.  There is plenty of negativity that we all have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.  I do not have any time for that.  Although I have recently started posting to Twitter again, this social media platform is in a very close second when it comes to the moans and groans of society.  I regularly post to Instagram because if you have noticed, the majority of the content posted is usually positive in nature.  Most users post content that makes them happy and I much prefer this to the alternative. Although I have been very outspoken about my stance on negative social media I have been quickly made aware that I am becoming the product of which that I actively crusade against.  I often let slip toxic quips like, &#8220;This house is a mess&#8221;, &#8220;Well I guess this is never going to get done (referring to chores) &#8220;, &#8220;We waste so much in this house&#8221;, &#8220;Why can&#8217;t we take care of things around here?&#8221; I have always been my biggest critic.  My wife knows this.  When I let these comments fly I do not intend for my words to be directed at her or our son.  I see it as more of an audio mental checklist that I say aloud to motivate myself to being better at taking care of the task at hand.  What I do not realize is that it is extremely offensive to my hard working wife who ends up taking the words to heart as if I consider her efforts a failure.  While it may be therapeutic and noteworthy to me, it is extremely upsetting to her. Lately, I have been making a conscious effort to infuse more positive speech into my daily vernacular in attempt to curb this bad habit.  It is extremely difficult to do when you are constantly inundated with the downfalls of society (this is why my brother refuses to watch or read the daily news), continuously scrutinized as an educator by parents and administrators and subject to the rants of lounge lizards that we all know live and breed around the work water cooler.   It&#8217;s also virtually impossible to do as a coach. Do yourself a favor and ask the question, &#8220;What do I do well?&#8221; or &#8220;What do WE do well?&#8221;  Move the question to the past tense at the end of each day to make it part of your daily routine.  If you can begin answering these questions you can make a giant step toward becoming more positive which will be much more conducive to you remaining positive in the future.  I have found more pluses and less negatives equals better results.]]></description>
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