Your Weekly Challenge:

REMINDER: You don’t have to do the challenge! See it as an idea on how to spend your week more productively.

Stay positive. Commit to practicing a mindfulness technique of your choice every day this week. It can be even for 1 second. What matters is that you do it. Here’s a list of mindfulness techniques you might like:

-Meditation

-Journaling

-Yoga

-Talking with friends ;)

Your Weekly Inspirational Story:

“One night at around midnight, a show called Headspace Guide to Sleep was in my recommended shows.

I almost skipped over it, but then I paused. I remember thinking, ‘Well, it can’t hurt to try this.’

[…] When my sleep started improving almost immediately, I knew I stumbled on something.

So I started watching the show about meditation in general, and I eventually downloaded the app.

I decided that I wanted to not only end my days with meditation, but also start each day with some mindfulness.

Now this is important: notice I say “I decided” – I chose to make meditation a part of my routine, slowly but surely. […]

So for the first month, I only meditated for 5 minutes each workday morning. And oh my god was it a test!

Sitting in silence, I was bombarded with a cacophony of worries, doubts, and to-do lists fighting for my attention. […]

But on that third week, for the first time, I really did sit in silence for a minute or two.

I never thought that I could tap into that stillness underneath the busy surface, but with some patience and dedication, I did.

And it felt AMAZING. I then realized that to really understand meditation, you have to experience it. “

Source: https://theproductivityflow.com/meditation-productivity-my-journey-3-beginner-techniques-focus-better/

!!!- These questions are based on the story, and are meant to help you gain the most out of it. I advise you to write your answers down on paper.

Reflective-thinking question:

-Do you think meditation will do you good like it did to the author? Why or why not?

Critical-thinking questions:

-How useful is mindfulness? Why do you think so?

-Do you agree with the last sentence? Why?

-How good is mental health for productivity

Your Weekly ‘Food For Thought’ question

How do you achieve good mental health? What actions do you take to improve your mental health?