How To Have A Life-changing Experience

Written by dave stephenson


Can you really plan a life-changing experience, or do they just happen? Are they accident's of fate, inherited life forces, or can they be experiencesrepparttar we choose?

A brief story. Soon after graduating I left home for adventure and discovery, and perhaps a life-changing experience. My mind was virtually a blank canvas for experience to paint a path for my future. I traveled afar and engaged in different employments in different places. I met many interesting people, in interesting places on my journey to discover what I wanted to do withrepparttar 130248 rest of my life. A year passed. I'd had a fantastic time, but, I hadn't really discovered where my future lay.

I returned home and took up employment related to my degree WITHOUT a passion. To cut a long story short, despite moving aroundrepparttar 130249 world I continued in unfulfilling employment and wondered how things could change. So many times have I heard reports of devastating experiences or holidays of a lifetime but are they really? Is a life-changing experience one that shapes a moment in time or is it an experience that we savor day in, day out, forrepparttar 130250 rest of our lives. Isn'trepparttar 130251 real experiencerepparttar 130252 present and our thoughts we want to capture, and remember, and become a foundation for our existence.

10 ways to get ideas

Written by Christopher Smith


Getting an idea is like trying to findrepparttar light-switch in a darkened room; a lot of groping and stumbling and then if you’re luckyrepparttar 130246 light comes on. If you are having trouble findingrepparttar 130247 lightswitch try some ofrepparttar 130248 following:

1.Do things left-handed to stimulaterepparttar 130249 other side of your brain. If you are left-handed then use your right hand. OK - so your make-up might look a bit odd or there’s a chance you could lose an ear shaving but it will do your brain some good and that’s what matters.

2.Spend time with small children. They are very creative and they always ask questions – lots of questions that will really make you think. Incidentally, if cows eat grass why isn’t milk green?

3.Read a book you would never normally read. If you are an ‘arts’ person find a book on genetics. Go intorepparttar 130250 sections ofrepparttar 130251 library you normally avoid at all cost. If you can’t face a book try a magazine – you never know, picking up one on radio-controlled model planes might just give you some ideas.

4.Learn to meditate. Find a quiet place, close your eyes, take a couple of deep breaths, relax and empty your mind. There, does that feel better? It’ll make your mind a fertile place for ideas to take root.

5.Go to work a different route each day. When you go shopping in Safeway don’t always start inrepparttar 130252 fruit and vegetable section. By varying your routine, you’ll stimulate your mind.

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