Don't you agree?

Personal Goal Setting

Many people feel as if they're adrift in the world. They work hard, but they don't seem to get anywhere worthwhile.

A key reason that they feel this way is that they haven't spent enough time thinking about what they want from life, and haven't set themselves formal goals. After all, would you set out on a major journey with no real idea of your destination? Probably not!

Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality.

The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts. You'll also quickly spot the distractions that can, so easily, lead you astray.

Why Set Goals?

Top-level athletes, successful business-people and achievers in all fields all set goals. Setting goals gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation . It focuses your acquisition of knowledge, and helps you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your life.

By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals, and you'll see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind. You will also raise your self-confidence , as you recognize your own ability and competence in achieving the goals that you've set.

Starting to Set Personal Goals

You set your goals on a number of levels:

• First you create your "big picture" of what you want to do with your life (or over, say, the next 10 years), and identify the large-scale goals that you want to achieve.
• Then, you break these down into the smaller and smaller targets that you must hit to reach your lifetime goals.
• Finally, once you have your plan, you start working on it to achieve these goals.

This is why we start the process of setting goals by looking at your lifetime goals. Then, we work down to the things that you can do in, say, the next five years, then next year, next month, next week, and today, to start moving towards them.

Step 1: Setting Lifetime Goals

The first step in setting personal goals is to consider what you want to achieve in your lifetime (or at least, by a significant and distant age in the future). Setting lifetime goals gives you the overall perspective that shapes all other aspects of your decision making.

• Career – What level do you want to reach in your career, or what do you want to achieve?
• Financial – How much do you want to earn, by what stage? How is this related to your career goals?
• Education – Is there any knowledge you want to acquire in particular? What information and skills will you need to have in order to achieve other goals?
• Family – Do you want to be a parent? If so, how are you going to be a good parent? How do you want to be seen by a partner or by members of your extended family?
• Artistic – Do you want to achieve any artistic goals?
• Attitude – Is any part of your mindset holding you back? Is there any part of the way that you behave that upsets you? (If so, set a goal to improve your behavior or find a solution to the problem.)
• Physical – Are there any athletic goals that you want to achieve, or do you want good health deep into old age? What steps are you going to take to achieve this?
• Pleasure – How do you want to enjoy yourself? (You should ensure that some of your life is for you!)
• Public Service – Do you want to make the world a better place? If so, how?

Spend some time brainstorming  these things, and then select one or more goals in each category that best reflect what you want to do. Then consider trimming again so that you have a small number of really significant goals that you can focus on.

As you do this, make sure that the goals that you have set are ones that you genuinely want to achieve, not ones that your parents, family, or employers might want. (If you have a partner, you probably want to consider what he or she wants – however, make sure that you also remain true to yourself!) 


Step 2: Setting Smaller Goals

Once you have set your lifetime goals, set a five-year plan of smaller goals that you need to complete if you are to reach your lifetime plan.

Then create a one-year plan, six-month plan, and a one-month plan of progressively smaller goals that you should reach to achieve your lifetime goals. Each of these should be based on the previous plan.

Then create a daily To-Do List  of things that you should do today to work towards your lifetime goals.

At an early stage, your smaller goals might be to read books and gather information on the achievement of your higher level goals. This will help you to improve the quality and realism of your goal setting.

Finally review your plans, and make sure that they fit the way in which you want to live your life.

Staying on Course

Once you've decided on your first set of goals, keep the process going by reviewing and updating your To-Do List on a daily basis.

Periodically review the longer term plans, and modify them to reflect your changing priorities and experience. (A good way of doing this is to schedule regular, repeating reviews using a computer-based diary.)

SMART Goals

A useful way of making goals more powerful is to use the SMART  mnemonic. While there are plenty of variants (some of which we've included in parenthesis), SMART usually stands for:

• S – Specific (or Significant).
• M – Measurable (or Meaningful).
• A – Attainable (or Action-Oriented).
• R – Relevant (or Rewarding).
• T – Time-bound (or Trackable).

For example, instead of having "to sail around the world" as a goal, it's more powerful to use the SMART goal "To have completed my trip around the world by December 31, 2015." Obviously, this will only be attainable if a lot of preparation has been completed beforehand!

Further Tips for Setting Your Goals

The following broad guidelines will help you to set effective, achievable goals:

• State each goal as a positive statement – Express your goals positively – "Execute this technique well" is a much better goal than "Don't make this stupid mistake."
• Be precise: Set precise goals, putting in dates, times and amounts so that you can measure achievement. If you do this, you'll know exactly when you have achieved the goal, and can take complete satisfaction from having achieved it.
• Set priorities – When you have several goals, give each a priority. This helps you to avoid feeling overwhelmed by having too many goals, and helps to direct your attention to the most important ones.
• Write goals down – This crystallizes them and gives them more force.
• Keep operational goals small – Keep the low-level goals that you're working towards small and achievable. If a goal is too large, then it can seem that you are not making progress towards it. Keeping goals small and incremental gives more opportunities for reward.
• Set performance goals, not outcome goals – You should take care to set goals over which you have as much control as possible. It can be quite dispiriting to fail to achieve a personal goal for reasons beyond your control!
  In business, these reasons could be bad business environments or unexpected effects of government policy. In sport, they could include poor judging, bad weather, injury, or just plain bad luck.
  If you base your goals on personal performance, then you can keep control over the achievement of your goals, and draw satisfaction from them.
• Set realistic goals – It's important to set goals that you can achieve. All sorts of people (for example, employers, parents, media, or society) can set unrealistic goals for you. They will often do this in ignorance of your own desires and ambitions.
  It's also possible to set goals that are too difficult because you might not appreciate either the obstacles in the way, or understand quite how much skill you need to develop to achieve a particular level of performance.

Achieving Goals

When you've achieved a goal, take the time to enjoy the satisfaction of having done so. Absorb the implications of the goal achievement, and observe the progress that you've made towards other goals.

If the goal was a significant one, reward yourself appropriately. All of this helps you build the self-confidence you deserve.

With the experience of having achieved this goal, review the rest of your goal plans:

• If you achieved the goal too easily, make your next goal harder.
• If the goal took a dispiriting length of time to achieve, make the next goal a little easier.
• If you learned something that would lead you to change other goals, do so.
• If you noticed a deficit in your skills despite achieving the goal, decide whether to set goals to fix this.

Feed lessons you have learned back into the process of setting your next goals. Remember too that your goals will change as time goes on. Adjust them regularly to reflect growth in your knowledge and experience, and if goals do not hold any attraction any longer, consider letting them go.

Example Personal Goals

For her New Year's Resolution, Susan has decided to think about what she really wants to do with her life.

Her lifetime goals are as follows:

• Career – "To be managing editor of the magazine that I work for."
• Artistic – "To keep working on my illustration skills. Ultimately I want to have my own show in our downtown gallery."
• Physical – "To run a marathon."

Now that Susan has listed her lifetime goals, she then breaks down each one into smaller, more manageable goals.

Let's take a closer look at how she might break down her lifetime career goal – becoming managing editor of her magazine:

• Five-year goal: "Become deputy editor."
• One-year goal: "Volunteer for projects that the current Managing Editor is heading up."
• Six-month goal: "Go back to school and finish my journalism degree."
• One-month goal: "Talk to the current managing editor to determine what skills are needed to do the job."
• One-week goal: "Book the meeting with the Managing Editor."

As you can see from this example, breaking big goals down into smaller, more manageable goals makes it far easier to see how the goal will get accomplished.

Key Points

Goal setting is an important method of:

• Deciding what you want to achieve in your life.
• Separating what's important from what's irrelevant, or a distraction.
• Motivating yourself.
• Building your self-confidence, based on successful achievement of goals.

Set your lifetime goals first. Then, set a five-year plan of smaller goals that you need to complete if you are to reach your lifetime plan. Keep the process going by regularly reviewing and updating your goals. And remember to take time to enjoy the satisfaction of achieving your goals when you do so.

If you don't already set goals, do so, starting now. As you make this technique part of your life, you'll find your career accelerating, and you'll wonder how you did without it!

Entropy And The Law of Vibration During This Cosmic Cycle

One of the greatest weaknesses or blind spots in the human being is the refusal to be courageous and move from illusion to reality until enough way showers have done it first. This "pack" or tribal conditioning has been built into our very genes because in times gone by it was unsafe to be different. Indeed this rigidity, the fear of being different has caused most on this planet to accept the prevailing systems of lack and sameness and therefore to contribute to them by focusing their intent and energy in that direction.

This sameness and conformity has caused many to constantly be in a state of inertia, to reinforce their illusionary mind "stories" created for them by the mass conditioning programs. This inertia, this rigidity of beliefs, or closing down of the energetic system creates entropy. This entropy causes the premature wearing down of the physical body, refusing to allow renewing energies in from the universe by carefully policing and reinforcing outdated and rigid belief systems about how life really works. This refusal during this changing cosmic cycle has slowed the whole process of human ascension (evolution) on this planet. Fortunately and especially for those still focusing their energy on the old electromagnetic matrix and stuck in the old systems of "maya", the proverbial line in the sand has been drawn. In the coming physical events including the collapse of the Orion debt based slave money system many will realize that universal energies must be allowed to move through them unless they want to continue to inhabit the lower Orion/reptilian based network of separation, fear and competition. It's now time to choose the reality you want to focus on. It's now time to completely let go of those outdated beliefs about how life really works if you are to ascend to a higher understanding of self and the universe.

Entropy

According to the mind we cannot do anything about entropy. A simple definition of entropy could be:

"A measure of the disorder or unavailability of energy within a CLOSED system. More entropy means less energy available for doing work."

Human beings generally think they are closed systems. They generally want to stay separate. The more closed you are the more rigid are your beliefs. As human beings we generally do not accept ourselves which creates a kind of apathy or gloom. Entropy could be said is the opposite of love. We have shut down our system to source energies so much we feel alone and separated. Entropy is the black hole to creativity's white hole. However entropy is actually an extremely fertile state of awareness and providing we don't suppress this apathy or gloom but sit with it we can wait and it will automatically move to creativity. Unfortunately human beings try to avoid the feelings of apathy and gloom like the plague and constantly keep themselves in a false state of creativity and joy by distractions such as addictions or unresourceful behaviours. We then become the target for today's hyped up marketing nonsense promising fulfillment from something outside ourselves.

This is impossible because life cannot live without a certain amount of duality. Instead of waiting patiently in contemplative awareness we immediately either distract ourselves from the lower emotions or try to "fix" them which doesn't allow the cycle to finish. Since there is a physiological process taking place chemicals are released into the body. If this process doesn't complete then we risk hard wiring lower states such as depression into the body. Depression usually comes about because we resist certain shadow frequencies. Every time a person moves cleanly through the lower frequencies, not attaching to them but just watching them they illustrate the creation myth - "out of the darkness there was light". Suddenly we find ourselves moving from the lower frequencies and into joy and the creative need to express it. As you are able to go through this process repeatedly and cleanly without trying to avoid it, a sense of freshness and newness will enter your life and your vessel will become clearer for the creative process to take place as cellular frequency increases. The Law of Vibration begins to make itself tangible.

The Law of Vibration

Sometimes called the Law of Hierarchies, the Law of Vibration is in total contrast to our existing systems of hierarchy consisting of an out of balance yang energy and therefore based on fear. Contrary to popular belief the spiritual realm is built on hierarchy but that is where the similarity ends. The higher a human being or entity vibrates then the more awareness and therefore wisdom and unconditional love that being will demonstrate simply because they are aware of how life works. This automatically and naturally puts those souls or entities who are of a higher vibration "overseeing" souls or entities whose frequency doesn't quite allow them to see the bigger picture. These higher vibrating souls then become the way showers of "younger" or less experienced souls. Contrast this with the way our 3D world is set up at present with lower frequency souls (the power over brigade) at the top of the pyramid and older souls quietly embodying their divinity (higher energetic aspects) and therefore forcing the total collapse of existing slavery systems as group consciousness vibrates higher and higher.

Another obvious tell tale sign of the "older soul" in this changing cycle is the focus on knowing thyself and the journey within, the fusion of the physical body with his or her higher energy bodies. We are quite literally allowing higher aspects of ourselves (spiritual bodies) to integrate into the physical body whilst doing the work of purifying our lower bodies (the mental, emotional and physical bodies). This fusion en mass by older souls all over the planet in tandem with the planet doing the same thing and us now being inside the photon belt is having a profound effect on human consciousness. This is in spite of those "ruling" powers causing chaos and dysfunction and trying to lead humanity down the path of fear and terror. The new reality is about expanding our consciousness into the unseen, unheard and invisible realms so that we are not ruled by the logic of the mind. To do this we first have to balance our polarity thinking whilst we focus on unconditional love.

The Resolution of Polarity Thinking

Polarity or duality thinking is the cause of all the problems in our lives and on this planet. We create our whole lives in the mental plane first. If there is duality here then it filters down into the emotional body as lower emotions and then the physical body as tightness or even disease.

"Mind (as well as metals and elements) may be transmuted, from state to state; degree to degree; condition to condition; pole to pole; vibration to vibration; True Hermetic Transmutation is a Mental Art" The Kybalion

The process of evolution is the taking back of control of your mental processes, to realize that the mind is not who you are but is a tool which must be used correctly. Many still remain stuck in the mind to such an extent that that is who they think they are. We are one consciousness inhabiting unique and individual biological vessels with a different perspective and understanding of life. As a human race we are all moving towards enlightenment which is the regular habit of coming out of the mind and being this one consciousness. To do this we must come away from constantly "inhabiting" the mind and become aware of other areas of the body especially the heart and second brain. It is about seeing the bigger picture and therefore having a deeper understanding and wisdom about life. As we do this more and more our thinking mind begins to calm and something rather extraordinary happens. Chi or qi energy in the body begins to flow again unimpeded by "mental/emotional" blocks. This has a huge beneficial effect on the physical body.

"Qi then can be defined as the energy produced when complementary, polar opposites are harmonized. Vital energy, qi, arises when opposites are unified... " The Way of Qi Gong" by Kenneth S. Cohen

As we progressively move out of polarity thinking into unity by spending more of our time in the body our energetic systems begin to function again optimally. We can then concentrate on using our minds as a focusing tool in tandem with our hearts' desires. Moving out of these mind programs and into non polarity thinking moves us out of the highly charged fear paradigm and away from existing slavery systems and attachment to their inevitable collapse. After all they are just a reflection of humanities unconsciousness.

Unconditional Love

The road to unconditional love can only be traveled once non polarity or neutral thinking becomes a habit which in turn allows negative emotions to be transmuted. Unconditional love is of a higher order or vibration because it doesn't allow the lower emotions to have an input. The person who exhibits unconditional love is a very high vibration being because he or she comes from a place of absolute neutrality. This person will listen to others point of view, but doesn't necessarily agree. This person understands that the others point of view will not affect them in any way because they are not vibrating at "tick tock" speed and therefore easily pulled into that lower energy frequency. An entity who is demonstrating true unconditional love gives up all mundane efforts and activities and follows his/her soul which is now the dominant force in his/her life. Any effort to follow or comply with the demands of society affords an adaptation to the lower frequency, anxiety and fear based self preservation patterns that control current society. From this perspective society is an enormous trap to the ascending entity. Therefore it is imperative that one follows the callings of his or her soul and demonstrates unconditional love.

The 4th chakra (heart) or emotional centre is blocked in most individuals and therefore for this reason many are not able to experience unconditional love. Most people who are ascending in consciousness and away from the fear based paradigm can attribute many of their issues to a blocked or closed 4th chakra. The opening of the 4th chakra is associated with the experience of various angst or fear patterns that shape the psycho-mental structure of the incarnated entity. These fears are coded in the DNA by the soul and profoundly affect human behaviour.

The 4th chakra is associated with the thymus. As the 4th chakra opens the thymus begins to grow. The growth of the thymus can be associated with chest pains, asphyxia, episodes of severe bronchitis and pneumonitis and is often misdiagnosed by doctors who are still in the dark about the ascension of humanity. One of the most disturbing symptoms is the sudden onset of heart arrhythmia which is due to the heart regulating itself to the new powerful astral energies which flow unrestricted in the body once the 4th chakra is fully open.

As I mentioned earlier we are in a new cycle and with that comes the "death" of the old and the chaos that is the transition period. The transition period has been here for some time and depending on the adherence to the urgings of your own soul and your "contract" in this lifetime you may be experiencing various levels of chaos. The important thing to remember is that you cannot control life, nor can you remain separate from it. You are in fact the "container" that life flows through. The level of chaos or joy is indicative of the level of letting go you are prepared to undertake. But one thing is for sure life will move on with or without you. Personally I would rather let go and enjoy the ride.

By David Kyle 

Very interesting article, a must read!

Is'n it?

Why Knowing Your Values Is Essential To Your Productivity

Knowing your values is a huge topic amongst personal development.

There are tons of books out there teaching you how to understand your own values. However, do you know that knowing your values actually can improve your productivity?

Here's why:

Values are the rules, the standards, the factors that directly affect your decision-making process. They unconsciously guide your everyday life.

While we might have a sense of what we deem as important, most of us don't have an absolute clarity behind why we do so.

But once we empower ourselves by actively choosing what we value the most, we can automatically set up a congruent life that fulfills what's important to us, and we can avoid all the unnecessary internal and external conflicts.

Bear in mind that there are means values and end values.

When we ask ourselves "What do I want", our default answers are normally things like money, status, power, fame, family, freedom etc.

But these things are all means to an end.

What we really want deep down is the feeling of love from our family or friends, the feeling of financial security so we don't have to worry about our next meal, the feeling of choice to do whatever we want whenever we want. It's more about the emotions you're trying to experience.

So when we try to figure out our values, we should go deeply to see what the end values are and what the emotional experience we're trying to acquire.

Also, there are moving-towards values and moving-away-from values.

Moving-towards values are the pleasurable emotional states we're trying to move towards to.

They may be love, success, honesty, freedom, adventure, passion, intimacy, health, comfort etc.

It's interesting that we all have our own preference as to what we value more. So when you list out the hierarchy of how you prioritize these moving-towards values, you will know how you make decisions in every moment.

On the other hand, moving-away-from values are emotions we're trying to move away and avoid.

These are things like loneliness, anger, rejection, guilt, envy, failure, guilt, frustration etc.

Studies have shown that we have 2 times more motivation to avoid pain than to seek pleasure, so understanding your moving-away-from values can be powerful. (This happens because it's our biological nature to remove any potential dangers and keep us alive.)

When you can find out both of your moving-towards values and moving-away-from values, you will have a clear picture as to why you make certain decisions.

Then all you need to do to become extremely productive is to align these values with how you live your life. Once you've done that, you will eliminate the energy wasted in fighting against internal and external conflicts and you can finally live a harmonious life that suits you.

So do you know your values? Let us know in the comments below!

By Keye Wu  http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Keye_Wu/2314157

Your 9 Step Guideline to Goal Setting

Goals are vital to success. They're HOW to get where we're going. The WHERE is your A.

1. Values? What do you value above all else?
2. Action Statement. Write a sentence that describes each Value in action.
3. Roles. What roles do you play in your life? Parent, spouse, friend, coach, leader, etc. Do your roles conflict with your values or compliment them?
4. Your ideal life. This is your vision or its basis. Describe a typical day when you've achieved your goals. This future has no impossibilities and nothing to hold you back. Make this a typical day. No one-time, special events go here. Your time frame should be 3-5 years out if this is new for you or longer if you're experienced at goal setting. Does it reflect your values and roles?
5. The Price. What price will you pay? No golfing for a year? No TV? Will you work overtime, or spend an extra hour a day making calls? Will you take classes, read books or get a coach? Just remember that "Success at all Costs," is usually just that. It costs you all. Check against your values and roles.
6. Major checkpoints? These are your major goals. There are two kinds. First is time. Goals that are 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, etc. from now. Second is functional. If you plan to be CEO of your company, what are the steps you have to go through first? What do you have to do before moving to the next step? Check this against your values and roles.
7. Break each checkpoint into its components. Each checkpoint will be made of sub-checkpoints or can be broken into steps that can be better achieved. This makes the process more manageable and easier to understand. Values and roles?
8. Action Plan. Create a workable plan. Take each sub-component and determine what it takes to do it. List the steps and things you have to do or become. How much time is needed? What order do you do it in? Who can help you get these things done? Check against your values and roles.
9. Schedule it! You have to schedule it. You mentally cleared your calendar in step 5, the Price, so you can fill it with your Action Plan. Don't try to do too much at once. That is how people get discouraged. They set the bar so high, or set too many bars, that it's impossible to do it. Check against your values and roles.

These steps can help you accomplish any goal or dream you have if you're willing to follow them and commit to doing the work. Goals take hard work, both to create and to execute, but they're worth it if you've got good ones.

Setting good goals is essential to your success. Everyone thinks they know how to set goals, but sometimes we don't know or remember some things. 

Are you ready to set your goals yet? Share some of them!

By:Tim Johnson http://EzineArticles.com/expert/W_Timothy_Johnso

n/1572563

10 Morning Habits Successful People Swear By - by Jennifer Cohen

Up and at ‘em! Morning people are successful people. Just ask any CEO, politician, professional athlete or inventor out there – they all start their day at the crack of dawn, gaining a leg up on the competition. Create a routine and stick with it. Studies prove that willpower is the strongest in the morning before exhaustion and other priorities get in your way. Adopt a morning ritual and you will start to see BIG results. So hold off hitting that snooze button and read up on some tips to guarantee a more productive future!

1. Get Up An Hour Early:

There is a 25^th hour in the day. You’ve just been sleeping through it. Getting up an hour earlier is going to take time to adjust to, but once you make it a habit, you will never look back. Research has shown, not only are early risers more optimistic and conscientious, they also anticipate problems and minimize them more efficiently.  Which of course is crucial to success in the business world.

2. Visualize!

Early hours foster reflection. Enjoy the quiet and take some time to map out your day. Think through your goals and to-dos. Take whatever notes you need to ensure your day will be calmer and more efficient. Research has shown that even two minutes of visualization and positive thinking can improve your mood and clarity for the entire day ahead.

3. Eat Breakfast:

Time is a luxury, enjoy it and feed yourself a wholesome breakfast. Sit down with your family and enjoy a hearty bowl of oatmeal. Fuel your body for the tasks that lay ahead of you. It will help you maintain a steady focus throughout the day.

4. Say Buh-Bye To THAT One Big Task:

Reprioritize your to-do list, placing the most dreaded task at the top of your list. Instead of letting it loom over you all day save yourself the agony and stress and get it done first thing. You will feel a sense of relief and be more ready and willing to tackle any trivial task that follows. Besides, the morning is the time when you typically have the most energy and feel the most rested. Sounds like a win-win to me!

5. Motivational Mantra:

Step One – Dig deep and find out what inspires you. Step Two – Create a mantra. Step Three – Repeat that same saying to yourself every morning. Step Four – Breathe and relax. You will feel more motivated and focused than ever before.

6. Get Moving:

Morning workouts not only give you a boost of energy, they pump you up, ensuring your senses are up and running. You’ll feel ready to tackle any problem that comes your way. Studies have shown that people are less likely to come up with excuses early in the morning. So with fewer interruptions, you now have no excuse not to set your alarm 15 minutes early and sneak in a quick jog or a 5 minute workout. There’s even an app, Hot5 Fitness, that features easy and effective full body workouts.

7. Pack Snacks!

Eating fuels your brain, improving focus, productivity and memory. Plan your snacks ahead of time and drop some bars into your bag. I opt for a protein-filled KIND Bar which is completely natural and prevents my blood sugar from dropping.  Smart snacking is critical for keeping your metabolism going and your brain working at full capacity through your busy day.

8. Toss It!

Learn to let go of the things that are cluttering your life. It’s one thing to try to clear your mind, but sometimes you have to physically toss something to feel lighter. So get rid of something – old magazines, junk mail, apps on your phone, old receipts or papers and watch how your attitude changes throughout the day. Our lives get cluttered so easily, but they can become uncluttered just as fast. Remember that.

9. Go To Bed Early:

If you want to watch one more episode on Netflix think again.  Getting the proper amount of sleep is critical to not only your mental health and creativity but to weight control. When your biorhythms are off it wreaks havoc on your entire system. Getting the proper sleep your body needs sets you up for success in everything else you want to achieve. So rest up, you have much to accomplish tomorrow!

10. Silence:

Waking up early offers you opportunities that few get to enjoy – watch the sun rise, hear the sound of birds chirping, and just be still. We are always on the move. Sit and enjoy the morning calm. It’s a brief time where you can be alone with your thoughts. Just breathe.