viernes, 29 de mayo de 2015

3 cosas para luchar por ser feliz

Fuente: www.marcandangel.com

 Dear Marc and Angel,

I am a 38-year old college dropout whose childhood dream was to become a psychologist like my grandfather.  Right now, I am a librarian at a city library who moonlights on the side as a life coach.  I enjoy my day job, but my life-coaching gig is the work that really moves me – it gives me a chance to indirectly dabble in psychological counseling.  This side gig has started to gain traction, and several of my recent clients have told me that I would have made a great medical psychologist.

But if I go back to college and get my degree, then go to graduate school, then complete my internship and dissertation, and finally begin my own legitimate psychologist/counseling practice, it will take me almost eight years from today. And, in eight years I will be 46 years old!

I’m trying to decide what I want to do.  Do you have any thoughts or advice for me?

Sincerely,
An Inspired Reader

Our reply:

Dear Inspired Reader,

Sometimes asking the right question is the answer.  Therefore, we have one for you:

In eight years from today, how old will you be if you don’t do it?

Sincerely,
Marc and Angel

I hope this reminds you that TODAY is the day to START…

Forget the past.  Forget your age.  Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

The important question is NOT:  Are your desires going to be easy to achieve?

The important question IS:  Are your desires worth the hard work?

Deep down you know the answer to the latter is YES!

You have to do hard things to be happy in life.  The things no one else is doing.  The things that frighten you.  The things others can’t do for you.  The things that make you question how much longer you can hold on and push forward.

Why?

Because those are the things that define you.  Those are the things that make the difference between existing and living – between knowing the path and walking the path – between a life of mediocrity and a life filled with happiness and success.

Of course, the hard things are often the easiest things to avoid.  To procrastinate.  To make excuses.  To pretend like they somehow don’t apply to you and your life situation.

But reality always rears its head in the end.  And the truth about how ordinary people achieve immense happiness and incredible feats of success is that they step out of their comfort zones and do the hard things that their more educated, affluent and qualified counterparts don’t have the courage, drive or determination to do.

So for your own sake, start taking action on the hard things TODAY.  I guarantee, you will be blown away at just how remarkable you really are and just how amazing life can be.  Here are three key ideas to get you started:

1.  You need to take small chances every day. – It’s the best way to face any problem, crush every fear and overcome life’s greatest challenges.  And you get just about as many chances in life as you’re willing to take.  So never let your fear decide your future.  Take small chances every day, one step at a time.  Some will work out and some won’t.  But good choices or bad, if you never take these chances, someone else will build your life for you.  And you don’t want that.

2.  You need to walk the talk. – Do not ask others or the universe to guide your footsteps if you’re not willing to move your feet.  If you really want it, prove it!  Happiness will come to you when it comes from you.  Success will be yours when you take responsibility for making your goals a top priority.  NO shortcuts.  NO quick fixes.  NO blaming others.  NO “I’ll do it tomorrows.”  NO MORE EXCUSES!  Just get started.  Quit talking and begin doing!  Laziness may appear attractive, but work leads to happiness.

3.  You need to refrain from feeling sorry for yourself. – If you’re hurting, I understand how rough things are right now.  I just want to let you know that things will get better, I promise.  Keep pushing forward.  I know you feel like nobody really cares, but you’re wrong.  People care.  I care, otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this.  This is a group effort.  We may be miles apart, but we’re all going through similar challenges.  Realize that self-pity is not helpful.  Life is not about feeling sorry for yourself.  It’s about forgiveness, acceptance and looking forward to what makes you stronger and better off in the long run.

And of course, if you're struggling with any of this, remind yourself that you are not alone.  Many of us are right there with you, working hard to feel better, think more clearly, and get our lives back on track.  This is precisely why Marc and I built “Getting Back to Happy.”  The course is filled with time-tested steps on how to do just that.  And I'm thrilled to let you know that the full Getting Back to Happy course is now OPEN again to early access members.

Have we been sending you more emails than usual about this over the past several weeks?

YES! Because we’re closing the doors today, May 29th to early access members and sometimes we need a little nudge to invest in ourselves.

This is not some ebook that you read and forget about. It's a revolutionary, self-paced online course and community with 60 HD video lessons, and hundreds of time-tested strategies and techniques that will teach you scientifically proven methods for Conquering Pain, Eliminating Insecurity, Beating Procrastination, Healing Toxic Relationships, Taming Life’s Complications, and Building Consistent Growth into Your Life and Career -- the exact proven strategies and techniques Marc and I have used in our coaching practice to help tens of thousands of people over the past decade.

It took 17 iterations, and thousands of dollars, to get it right.

These techniques work no matter where you stand in your current situation or what you’re up against going forward. Even if you have limited experience with self-improvement and personal development tactics. And even if you don't know what you really want for yourself…yet.

lunes, 18 de mayo de 2015

Galletas de mantequilla

 
Ingredientes:

- 300 grms de mantequilla sin sal.
- 150 grms de azúcar glass.
- 500 grms de harina.
- Una pizca de sal .
- 2 cucharaditas de aroma, emulsión o pasta al gusto (yo vainilla).
Para decorar:
- Leche condensada.
- Papel de azúcar.

Preparación:

Batiremos la mantequilla junto con el azúcar hasta que obtengamos una masa blanquecina. Agregaremos el extracto elegido. Incorporaremos el azúcar en tres tandas hasta que se integre por completo. Es el momento de agregar la harina y la sal, ambas tamizadas, en varias tandas hasta la completa incorporación de todos los ingredientes. Haremos una bola y la partiremos en cuatro trozos. Cada trozo lo pondremos entre dos hojas de papel de horno y lo estiraremos con un rodillo dejando un grosor en la masa de 6mm. Dejaremos reposar la masa al menos una hora en la nevera. Cortaremos las galletas con el cortador que hayamos elegido. Pasaremos la galleta a la bandeja del horno sobre la que habremos colocado un silpat o papel encerado para horno. Hornearemos a 180º, siempre horno precalentado con calor arriba y abajo,durante 12-15 mintuos, depende del tamaño de la galleta. Una vez fuera del horno dejaremos reposar las galletas 5 minutos en la bandeja y posteriormente las pasaremos a una rejilla para que enfríen por completo. Las decoraremos con el papel de azúcar, ya recortado, pegándolo con leche condensada.

miércoles, 13 de mayo de 2015

RED. FACILISIMO.COM: COMO DISEÑAR BOLSOS DE TELA CON BOQUILLA METALICA.


Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

INGREDIENTES

50x25 cm tela (2 tipos para exterior e interior)

50x25 cm guata

Boquilla metálica

Hilo de costura y de bordar

Costurero básico: Alfileres, jaboncillo, metro y tijeras

Herramientas: maquina coser/remalladora y plancha

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Comienza dibujando el patrón según el tamaño de la boquilla siguiendo su contorno. Hay todo tipo de boquillas y tamaños, en mi caso he elegido una con forma cuadrada y con agujeritos para poder coser a mano. Pero existen otras opciones para fijar con pegamento por ejemplo, las podéis encontrar en Almacenes Pontejos que además acaban de estrenar tienda online.

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Pasamos el patrón a la tela duplicando el mismo según veis en la foto, además no olvides cortar la guata siguiendo el mismo  patrón.
Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Cose a maquina la tela exterior con la guata y dobla por la mitad dejando visible la parte de guata para volver a coser los laterales.
Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

En la parte inferior del bolso doblamos los extremos en sentido contrario dejando unos triángulos de 1 cm que cortaremos para así dar forma y consistencia a la base.
Sigue los mismos pasos con la tela interior pero esta vez sin guata. Tendrás dos piezas a modo de saquitos como veis en la imagen.
Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Introduce la tela interior en el saquito de la tela con guata.

Deja la parte superior sin coser y sujeta ambas telas con alfilere. Une muy bien ambas partes para que no queden arrugas antes de coser a máquina.

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Deja una abertura de unos 5 cm que necesitaremos después para voltear la tela dejando las costuras en el interior para que no se vean.

Este paso parece complicado pero en realidad es muy sencillo, primero saca la tela exterior y a través de la abertura da la vuelta a la tela interior de esta forma.

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Cierra la abertura cosiendo a mano y con la ayuda de la plancha marca bien los bordes para que sea más fácil poner la boquilla.

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

Ya casi lo tenemos solo nos falta coser la boquilla metálica con hilo de bordar.
Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica


Bolso de tela con boquilla metálica

lunes, 4 de mayo de 2015

6 THINGS TO REMENBER THAT YOU´RE GOOD ENOUGH

Fuente: http://www.marcandangel.com/

Truth be told, you can’t berate yourself into a better version of yourself.  And even though I know this, I sometimes still fall victim to my own negative thinking.  Sometimes I’m downright rude to myself.  I make a mistake, or fall short of my own expectations, and instead of treating it as a learning opportunity, I beat myself up about it.

I’m sure you can relate.  We’ve all been there.  We all have bad days and moments of self-doubt.

Sometimes the pressure coming from peers, family, work, and society in general is enough to make us feel completely broken inside.  If we don’t have the “right” job, relationship, lifestyle, and so forth, by a certain age or timeframe, we assume we’re just “not good enough.”  Marc and I hear about this kind of self-defeating mindset from our coaching clients and course members on a daily basis, and like I said, we aren’t immune either.

So what can we do about it?

In a nutshell, here’s how I handle it:  Every time I catch myself thinking I’m not good enough, I immediately write down an opposing thought that debunks my negativity.  I’ve been doing this for the past several years and it’s made a tremendous difference in my life.  I challenge you to do the same.

I want you to think about ONE self-limiting belief you have.  It can be about any part of your life you hope to change – your health, your weight, your career, your relationships – anything at all.  What’s one thing you’ve essentially decided is a fact about your place on Earth?

And then I want you to immediately shift gears and think about ONE time, one fleeting moment, in which the opposite of that ‘fact’ was true for you.  I don’t care how tiny of a victory it was, or even if it was a partial victory.  What’s one moment in time you can look back on and say, “Hey, that was totally unlike ‘me’ – but I did it!”?

- Ran a 5K for charity
- Lost weight and kept it off
- Was the life of the party
- Spoke up when you had something to say
- Stood up for yourself
- Felt loved
- Approached a guy/girl, and didn’t fall on your face
- Learned a new skill
- Had a good idea that worked
- etc.

Once you identify the cracks in the wall of a self-limiting belief, you can start attacking it.  You can start taking steps forward every day that go against it – tiny victories, more confidence, gradual momentum, bigger victories, even more confidence, and so on.

Until your thoughts and reality change for good.

If you need a little extra inspiration, here are six key points we’ve seen thousands of people neglect over the years – some really good reminders when you’re feeling “not good enough”:

1.  Nobody is doing better than you because nobody can do better than you. – YOU are walking your own path.  Sometimes the reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes circumstances with everyone else’s public highlight reel.   Forget what everyone else is doing and achieving.  Your life is about breaking your own limits and outgrowing yourself to live YOUR best life.

2.  Where you are right now is a necessary step. – Sometimes we avoid experiencing exactly where we are because we have developed a belief, based on our ideals, that it is not where we should be or want to be.  But the truth is, where you are right now is exactly where you need to be to get to where you want to go tomorrow.

3.  Everything is coming together… maybe not immediately, but gradually. – When times are tough, remind yourself that no pain comes without a purpose.  Move on from what hurt you, but never forget what it taught you.  Pain is part of growing.  Remember that there are two kinds of pain: pain that hurts and pain that changes you.  When you roll with life, instead of resisting it, both kinds help you grow.

4.  It is your resistance to “what is” that causes your suffering. – Remember, happiness is allowing yourself to be perfectly OK with “what is,” rather than wishing for and worrying about “what is not.”  “What is” is what’s supposed to be, or it would not be.  The rest is just you, arguing with life.  Think about that for a minute.  This means your suffering only ever occurs when you resist how things are.  You cannot control everything that happens to you; you can only control the way you respond to what happens.  In your response is your power.

5.  You are always good enough to try, and that’s what’s important in the end. – Everything you achieve comes from something you attempt.  Make the attempt.  Trust me, twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did do.  Give yourself a chance.

6.  There’s always something small you can do. – There is absolutely nothing about your present situation that prevents you from moving forward, one tiny step at a time.  Remember, vision without action is just a daydream; vision must be combined with venture.  It is not enough to stare up the steps, you must step up the stairs.  And all you have to do is take one step at a time.  Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.  Tiptoe if you must, but take that step.

And of course, if you're struggling with any of this, know that you are not alone.  Many of us are right there with you, working hard to feel better, think more clearly, and get our lives back on track.  This is precisely why Marc and I built “Getting Back to Happy.”  The course is filled with time-tested steps on how to do just that.  And I'm thrilled to let you know that the full Getting Back to Happy course is now OPEN again to early access members.

Have we been sending you more emails than usual about this over the past several weeks?

YES! Because we’re closing the doors Friday, May 1st to early access members and sometimes we need a little nudge to invest in ourselves.

This is not some ebook that you read and forget about. It's a revolutionary, self-paced online course and community with 60 HD video lessons, and hundreds of time-tested strategies and techniques that will teach you scientifically proven methods for Conquering Pain, Eliminating Insecurity, Beating Procrastination, Healing Toxic Relationships, Taming Life’s Complications, and Building Consistent Growth into Your Life and Career -- the exact proven strategies and techniques Marc and I have used in our coaching practice to help tens of thousands of people over the past decade.

It took 17 iterations, and thousands of dollars, to get it right.

These techniques work no matter where you stand in your current situation or what you’re up against going forward. Even if you have limited experience with self-improvement and personal development tactics. And even if you don't know what you really want for yourself…yet.