A spiritual purpose statement answers the question: Why am I here? by Steve Pavlina, from stevepavlina.com A spiritual purpose statement for a relationship answers the question: Why are we in each other’s lives? Yesterday I felt inspired to create a spiritual purpose statement for my relationship with Rachelle. I figured it would be simplest if I took a first stab…
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Why and how to surround yourserlf with growth-oriented friends by Steve Pavlina, from stevepavlina.com A survey I did a while back revealed that about 40% of my readers have zero friends they’d consider growth-oriented, and another 20% only have one such friend. Many people who are attracted to my blog don’t have much social support for their personal growth pursuits.…
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How do you deal with irrational people in your life? Do they frustrate you? Do you feel a strong need to make such people see reason? Have you been successful with this approach? by Steve Pavlina, from stevepavlina.com Of course we all have some rational and irrational aspects, so labeling another person as all-around irrational may be a bit of…
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Why do people break up? by Steve Pavlina, from stevepavlina.com Compressing the List If we compress, simplify, and generalize the reported reasons for breaking up, we can work it down to a list like this: Lack of trust – dishonesty; suspicion; broken commitments; cheating Lack of growth – stagnation; too little growth or progression; outgrowing a partner Falling out of…
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The Law of Attraction can be very powerful. It’s more than wishing, intending, and visualizing though. by Steve Pavlina, from stevepavlina.comI know a lot of people who intend money to come to them. They keep intending for years, and they usually attract little or no money that way. They wonder when the money will show up. They hope it will…
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You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water, my friend. ― Bruce Lee by Steve Pavlina, from stevepavlina.com…
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Here’s a primer on how to adopt and enjoy a long-term vegan lifestyle, which I’ve been doing for 18+ years. I’ll include a little advice on transitioning, but since it’s so easy to find good info on that with a simple Google search, I’ll focus more deeply on the long-term aspects of being vegan as opposed to becoming vegan. by…
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As part of my website update project, I planned to spend a day or so cleaning up the first two years of my blog (2004 to 2006). I started blogging with WordPress version 1.x, and blogging was still a young medium in 2004, so I wasn’t sure where to go with it. by Steve Pavlina, from stevepavlina.com During those years…
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While doing my water fast this past week (today is day 8), I spent many hours rereading some of my old journal entries from the 1990s. I’ve been journaling for many years, but I rarely go back and review what I’ve written. For some reason I just had the intuitive feeling that I should do it this week. by Steve…
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Conscious lifestyle design sounds wonderful in principle. It involves creating a lifestyle that you love and a sustainable income source to fund it. But what many people don’t realize is just how many hidden traps there beneath the surface that can easily sabotage your transition. Let’s cover some of them. by Steve Pavlina, from stevepavlina.com Routine If you’re transitioning from…
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