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One of the ways in which I have worked on improving myself this year was to start a morning gratitude practice. I meditate each morning and also spend a few minutes listing the things for which I am grateful. Sometimes I write those things down; other times I sim- ply recite them out loud. When I woke up in my hotel room in Austin on Sunday morning, rst I meditated, and then I opened my grati- tude journal. Interspersed between the pages of blank space for writing journal entries are selected pages containing thought-provoking messages. Sunday’s message caught my atten- tion and so I wanted to share it here:
Notice each moment. It’s easy to get weighed down with the mundane and routine things in our lives. But it’s a worthwhile challenge to look at them with new eyes. Today, take a moment before each task, breathe in deeply, and acknowledge something about the task that you appreciate. Maybe it’s the comfort- ing whir of the co ee grinder. e soap that smells just right. e radio station you listen to every morning. Remember that each new day brings a chance for a new perspective.
My recommendation to everyone reading this article is to try to take some time out of your busy life as a lawyer to do that today. Express gratitude for all of your abundance. Notice each moment. It might just ful ll you more than you think.
KRISTIN ROWELL IS A TRIAL LAWYER AND SHARE- HOLDER AT ANTHONY OSTLUND WITH BOUNDLESS ENERGY. KRISTIN BECAME NANBF’S MS. NATURAL MINNESOTA FIGURE, WHERE SHE EARNED HER STATUS AS AN IPE NATURAL PRO FIGURE BODY- BUILDER. KRISTIN HAS COMPLETED 22 MARA- THONS, AND SHE WILL COMPLETE HER 23RD MARATHON AT THE TWIN CITIES MARATHON IN OCTOBER 2018. SHE CAN BE FOUND ON LINKEDIN AT: HTTPS://LINKEDIN.COM/IN/KRISTINROWELL/.
“This career can be at times, physically and emotionally exhausting.
To me, it is critical to maximize my energy so that I can endure what are sometimes days and weeks of lengthy work hours.”
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