Comments on: The Not So Big Life Journey http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/the-not-so-big-life-journey/ Brain Games | Prevent Memory Loss Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:25:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Edgar http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/the-not-so-big-life-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-37733 Chris Edgar Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:30:09 +0000 http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/?p=521#comment-37733 I like this post's, and the book's, emphasis on taking responsibility for creating the "obligations" we have in life. Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking about our activities in life as "obligations" to relieve ourselves of the responsibility of constantly reevaluating our lives and the choices we've made. We say things to ourselves like "I've got to have this career, this car, this intimate partner," and so forth, and forget that we're the only people who can decide what we "have to have." The harder, but more rewarding, path is to acknowledge that we've created our lives as they are today, and can do so going forward. I like this post’s, and the book’s, emphasis on taking responsibility for creating the “obligations” we have in life. Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking about our activities in life as “obligations” to relieve ourselves of the responsibility of constantly reevaluating our lives and the choices we’ve made. We say things to ourselves like “I’ve got to have this career, this car, this intimate partner,” and so forth, and forget that we’re the only people who can decide what we “have to have.” The harder, but more rewarding, path is to acknowledge that we’ve created our lives as they are today, and can do so going forward.

]]> By: Crystal http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/the-not-so-big-life-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-37705 Crystal Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:50:03 +0000 http://www.thementalfitnesscenter.com/blog/?p=521#comment-37705 Hi there, I am currently reading the book (at chapter 8) and am also an enthusiast (especially since I recently renovated a house using several of Sarah Susanka's "Not so Big House" books as inspiration. What isn't working for me is the notebook. I separated my book into the sections that she suggests in the first (or was it second?) chapter, and the sections just don't seem to match with the exercises. How did that work for you? Hi there,

I am currently reading the book (at chapter 8) and am also an enthusiast (especially since I recently renovated a house using several of Sarah Susanka’s “Not so Big House” books as inspiration. What isn’t working for me is the notebook. I separated my book into the sections that she suggests in the first (or was it second?) chapter, and the sections just don’t seem to match with the exercises. How did that work for you?

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