Article Title: How to Stay Young Without Pills or Potions Author Name: Doug C. Grant Contact Email Address: doug @dougcgrant.com or dcgrant@horizonview.net Available On-Line at: www.dougcgrant.com/jourauto.txt Available by Autoresponder at: young@smartautoresponder.com Word Count: 688 Category: Motivation Copyright Date: 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Publishing Guidelines: Thank you for publishing this article in its entirety including
resource box. When possible, please notify me of publication by sending either a website link or a copy of your ezine upon publication via email to doug@dougcgrant.comHOW TO STAY YOUNG WITHOUT PILLS OR POTIONS
by Doug C. Grant
Here's an anti-aging success secret that's virtually at your fingertips.
It works almost instantly to make you feel younger, relaxed, stress-free and happier.
CARE TO GIVE IT A TRY? DO THIS!
Take a paper and pen and write word "joy". Look at it. Write it again. Look at it some more. Write it a few more times
Now examine yourself. Notice small upsurge in spirit you've experienced. Nothing wahoo. No fireworks or ground trembling. But there's a definite mood swing toward positive.
That's power of a written word...a word that you write. Which brings us to anti-aging secret.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF JOURNALING
That's process of putting your thoughts down on paper. Perhaps you've always considered it an intellectual's past time. Or maybe you think it's too much of a bore and bother. Besides, you doubt if any of your thoughts are worth putting on paper.
BACK UP AND TAKE A SECOND LOOK
Journaling is one of most powerful 'feel-good' tools you own. When properly used, it can be a great alternative to pills and potions.
However, Empowered Maturity approach overwrites many of unwritten rules for Journaling.. And herein lies its effectiveness. Consider these differences. 1. You can use any old notebook or even just a piece of paper. (I like to use those small 'class-note' booklets available at any discount store. My wife prefers full size spiral notebooks. The thicker better.)
2. Never write for posterity. I seldom ever read past entries. They belong to yesterday. That's because I'm not keeping a diary or record of events. I'm primarily writing about feelings.
(I know that a dedicated journalist will have heart seizures over this approach. They have bookshelves lined with leather covered volumes. They not only enjoy rummaging through pages of their past but feel they are writing for future generations. I write with no such pretensions. Besides, I use so many abbreviations and shorthand symbols that no one else could even begin to break code...or want to. I trade speed for readability.)
