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Help me cover up my Guns N Roses-esq tattoo with something beautiful & Positive!!?

  • Posted on October 17, 2010 at 9:22 pm

Aloha
Ok, so I got a tattoo (1 of 3) when I was in the Army on my left shoulder it is a woman’s head that is half face, half skull and about 4″ x 4″. Pretty dark colors, and the skull also. I am now 37, and not intoxicated (as I was when I got the original) and want to replace it with something positive and life affirming. I would like it to have to do with my children. My one daughter Maile is an easy one, I am going to have a Maile Lei wrap through whatever else I choose. The challenge is my other daughter her name is AnnaSofia Mahina = Gracious, wisdom and moon. I am having trouble finding imagery/ ideas or characters depicting Gracious, wisdom, Grace etc. If anyone can help or point me in the right direction. It would be much appreciated.
Mahalo,
Seth

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Irritability While Quitting Smoking (And How to Avoid It)

  • Posted on July 2, 2009 at 10:40 pm

Increased irritability is one of the strangely accepted facts about quitting smoking. As nicotine is slowly removed from the bloodstream, you become irritable and unable to concentrate. Why?

The accepted scientific cause for irritability is that it’s a part of nicotine withdrawal, and has to be dealt with just like the rest of the symptoms of withdrawal. This isn’t exactly the case, however.

Virtually everybody who quits smoking begins to regret their decision a few days in, as their learned connection between daily activities and smoking cause them to have cravings for cigarettes. You become frustrated weighing the benefits of quitting versus the immediate gain of being able to concentrate instead of constantly thinking about smoking.

It’s all understandable, I went through the same thing the first few times I tried quitting smoking, unsuccessfully, I might add. Eventually, you give in to the cravings and go right back to smoking. Alternatively, you could stick to your guns and push through…and keep having the cravings for months. That doesn’t sound very fun at all.

The trick to quitting smoking and not having to look back is to convince your mind, from the beginning, that it doesn’t need cigarettes in order to function. Remember, non-smokers don’t feel the urge to light up when they’re stressed, why should you?

You feel the urge to smoke when, for example, you’re stressed because you’ve trained your mind to believe that smoking somehow eases your stress. Sure, it may take your mind off the fact that you’re stressed, but it doesn’t really solve anything.

Do you want to learn how to quit right now, without feeling any withdrawal? Take a look at these guides on quitting and stop believing that you need cigarettes!

How To Avoid Irritability While Quitting Smoking

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A case for setting goals

  • Posted on July 1, 2009 at 9:05 pm

Dictionary meaning of success is “a desired outcome”. This desired outcome when well defined is called a goal. So why do we need a well defined goal to be set. Lets cover the reasons one by one.

1. Statistical reason: Goal is a measure of success. If you have not defined what your goal was, how do you know wether you were successul. You can only say that you or your team was successful when the goals set at the start were achieved. This becomes all the more important in case your performance is being measured against your set goals.

2. Ensures you hit the right target: The process of brainstorming of what goals should be set, provides opportunity to ensure that the goal is correct. Correct, because one should not mistake an action plan as a goal. For example, getting up at 4:30 am in the morning may not be a goal in itself, the goal could be to send children to school on time.

3. Ensures there’s no collateral damage: If the mind is set too narrowly on the goal, then there are chances that you may end up with collateral damage. It is important that when goals are being thought of the context does not get missed. The completeness of what we really want should not get missed. Let me explain with an example, a manager guns for an extremely tight deadline and is making everyones life on the project miserable to ensure to they don’t miss the target date as it is one of their project performance goals. What happens, some of the key people of the project decide to quit, because they cannot take it any more. Whats gone wrong, there are no goals for limiting attrition and there are no action plans either. Something got totally missed. Completeness hence is the key to reducing collateral damange.

4. Provides platform for improvement: Once you achieve your goals, they become a benchmark of your performance. Now you can look forward to further improve you performance and rethink on your next set of action plans.

5. Brings in commitment: Democratically set goals in project team environments ensures team support and commitment, which in itself is sufficient to pull an otherwise tough project through.

6. Brings joy: Accomplishing goals gives you joy of having achieved what you had set out for. It helps build your credibility in case the goals where shared with others. It helps boost your confidence too.

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