Pour arrêter de procrastiner, avril dernier j’ai décidé d’éteindre la télé et de la mettre dans le placard. Chaque jour, je regardais des films ou la télé-réalité. Le soir en arrivant à la maison, la première chose, que je faisais, était d’allumer ma télé.
Ce que tu vois et ce que tu vis formate ton esprit. De même que ce que tu manges et ce que tu bois modèle ton corps. J’ai pas envie de nécroser mon cerveau à force de regarder les gens dire des bêtises. Les bouquins de développement personnel conseillent toujours d’éteindre la télé pour récupérer le temps perdu devant la télé. J’étais facilement absorbée par n’importe quel film ou émission qui passait. Je ne dis pas que tout est inintéressant et ne mérite pas s’y attarder mais on peut choisir de voir un programme et d’éteindre la télé au lieu de la laisser allumer par défaut. C’est ce que je faisais . C’est maaaaaalll !
C’est fait maintenant 6 mois que ma télé fait dodo dans mon placard. Je me sens tellement mieux maintenant. Elle ne me manque pas. Je ne regarde même pas les infos. Les gens sont surpris que je ne sois pas au courant des choses qui se passent dans le monde. J ‘ai pas l’impression d’avoir besoin d’être au courant.
Vous vous demandez peut être ce que je fais à la place de regarder la télé. Bon au début, je regardait des séries coréennes et américaines. Ok, ce n’était pas forcément mieux que la télé, j’avoue mais au moins je choisissais de manière consciente ce que je regardais alors qu’avec la télé je regardais ce qui était le moins inintéressant.
J’ai commencé à lire des articles de développement personnel, tweeter à propos de mon propre développement personnel, écrire mon blog etc. Éteindre ma télé m’a permis de me libérer du temps et j’ai eu plus de temps pour faire ce que j’aimais vraiment. Aujourd’hui, le développement personnel prend plus en plus de place dans ma vie. Et j’adore ca !!
J’ai (re)découvert un site extrêmement inspirant.
Ted Talks !!
J’en regarde très souvent. Je me passe des talks pendant que je cuisine, que je fais la vaisselle… La longueur de talks est parfaite 20 minutes. Laver la vaisselle ca prend un talk, cuisiner 2 talks, plier les vêtements 1,5 talk. Ça me booste pour faire d’autre chose après. J’apprends plein de trucs et surtout ca m’inspire.
C’est pour ça que je voulais partager mes TED talks préférés.
First little step
23/12/2014
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In October 2013, I told my boss I wanted to change my career. I knew it was a major step for me to admit what I wanted. The next step was to take actions and look for my passions. But my wedding was planned for mid 2014, I needed to focus on it. So I’ve postponed the project to look for my passions after the wedding. I wanted to be committed to my self development. I knew it would take all my energy. I would need headspace for that. After the wedding, I still couldn’t take any actions.
First Step
As advised in the book Coach Yourself to Success , I have decided to look for a life coach to get some help. This task seemed utterly complicated to me because I would commit myself to the process of self development. It was unknown and out of my comfort zone. I was in a position where I knew what I didn’t want anymore but too scared to reach out and take responsibility for myself to improve my own life.
Until one day in August 2014, my husband gave me a reference of a coach in Paris that his colleague knew. Usually, when you face a difficult project it is advised to take one little step at a time. My little step was to send an email to that coach. It was just few lines. After the first email, the rest of the process came naturally. I couldn’t settle for a random coach. So I looked and contacted other coaches to compare. Soon, I had complimentary coaching sessions.
Change in action
To prepare myself for the coaching sessions, I felt that I needed to open my minded and gain confidence. I begun to read motivational and inspiring tips on self developments blogs and on Twitter. I’ve decided to tweet inspiring quotes @chenanna. This is how I gained energy and put myself in the right mindset to begin my self development.
To reduce my procrastination time, last April I’ve decided to switch off my TV and put it in the closet. Every day, I was watching movies or reality shows. As soon as I arrived home, the first thing I did was to switch on the TV.
What you see and experience shapes your brain like what you eat and drink shapes your body. I don’t want to be stupid and lazy by watching over and over the same people mocking one another on TV. Self-development books always advise you to shut down your TV to reclaim the time you waste watching it. We are easily caught up by a movie and anything on TV. I don’t say everything is silly and isn’t worth watching. But you can choose a program to watch and after turn off the TV and not let it on by default.
It has been 6 months now that my TV is stored in my closet. I feel great not watching it. I don’t miss it. I don’t watch news. People are sometimes surprised about how ignorant I’m about events in the world. I don’t feel the need to be aware of it.
You may wonder what I do instead of watching TV. In the beginning, I was watching Korean dramas and American TV shows online. OK, not much better :p but at least I was choosing consciously what I wanted to watch. With the TV, I was watching whatever was the least uninteresting…. Hum hum.
I began to read self-development posts, tweet about self-development, write my blog etc. Switching off the TV freed me and gave me some time to experience what I really enjoy doing. Now, my self-development journey takes more and more space in my life. And I’m loving it!
I (re)discovered an extremely interesting website.
TED Talks !!! Tada 🙂