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Increase Your Peace, Positivity, and Productivity by Putting “Pockets” in Your Life

16th April, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments

Could you use more peace in your life? What about more positivity? How about productivity – any need for that? Then think about putting “pockets” in your life. 

First, let me explain the pocket concept and how it came together for me.

About this time last year, because there was a lot of football being watched in our house by the very handsome man who lives here, I kept hearing talk about the quarterback being protected by the pocket created by his offensive line (I had to get that last part from my husband since I only understood the part about the ‘protected pocket’ concept).

Then, I heard some story about a boat that had capsized, with people who survived because the boat had a pocket of air that they could breathe until rescue arrived.

Now here is a third idea: See if you can picture what you felt as a child (and even an adult) getting an old purse or wallet out of your closet and finding change in a pocket. You got a surprise of some extra money! Or maybe you remember when, at the change of seasons, you reached into a winter coat or spring jacket and found folded-up money. Again, hooray! A surprise of some extra change or even folded bills!

Here’s a fourth scenario you might identify with: Think about a time when a three-hour meeting was canceled at the last minute and you found out you had a ‘pocket’ of time you weren’t expecting. What feelings did you experience? Relief? A release of tension? An “ahhhhh, thank goodness!” thought? A sense of reprieve?

This is the gist of the pocket idea. Pockets are big and little spaces (usually metaphorical) where you can experience calm vs. experiencing angst and upset. When I explain the idea of pockets to others, I will often give the short definition of “pockets are the difference between being calm and crazed.”

I recommend that you begin musing about the areas where you need to begin purposely and purposefully putting in pockets – so as to permit peace, positivity, and productivity.

You can think about areas such as

Time

Schedules

Relationships

Space

Closets

People

Commitments

Projects

Energy

Money

…or any others that you come up with. As I always say to you, it’s your life…take a look at it and do the thinking that is pertinent for YOU.

So, how about that?

This is a big concept. Don’t dismiss it as unimportant just because it seems simple and sensible.

Take time now and throughout the week to consider where you do and don’t have pockets – and where you need them so that you feel the joy, peace, and positivity that you need and want to be optimally content and productive. Consciously consider the answers to these two questions:

“Where has the difference between “calm” and “crazed” disappeared for you?” and

“What areas do you need to begin purposely putting in pockets – thereby permitting positivity?”

You are certainly welcome to access a variety of tools for being peaceful, positive, and productive by going to:

** http://stayingpositiveinafreakedoutworld.com/Materials.php

(c) 2010 Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D. | The Ph.D. of Productivity(tm)