Thank you, more please

A gratitude practice

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Hi there,

Remember: All advice is autobiographical. Your mileage may vary. Feel free to break the rules. Make the life you want.

Five things to share:

1. Quitting social media is the easy part, so is getting rid of your smartphone, planning weekly digital sabbaticals, and going for a walk instead. The hardest part is the time that remains, infinite, and what will you do with all that time? You can fill it right back up with 100 things to do offline, of course. There is no shortage of things you can do offline, depending on your interests, skills, and resources. Not everyone can or wants to go hiking, build a furniture, or plant a garden, but there is something to do for everyone in the offline world. No matter what we choose to do, however, doing things offline requires more effort than scrolling online. Except for one thing.

2. A gratitude practice: THANK YOU, MORE PLEASE.

   Annie: About a year ago, I was in this cab, and the cab driver – this Indian guy, started telling me… he started telling me all sorts of stuff. He was just looking at me in the rear view mirror and he said, Bliss. Bliss is your birthright. And I was like, Uh…45th and Madison? And he said, You have great potential in this lifetime. The key to your life is gratitude. You do not give enough thanks. And I said, Well, how do I do that? And he said, Simple! Say ‘thank you.’ And I said, Well, when? And he said, All the time! Like now. And he said that after I say ‘thank you,’ I should say, ‘more please’

   Sam: Wait… thank you, more please?

   Annie: Yeah! That with gratitude, the universe is eternally abundant. So, I’ve been giving gratitude a shot. Thank you more please. Thank you more please. Thank you more please.

   A good way to fill the space: Thank you more please. Thank you more please. Thank you more please.

3. A quote I want to share with you:

   Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

   — Muhammad Ali

   Let all the possibilities shock and delight you.

4. Quit the Internet

   The next time you are ready to go online, ask yourself whether you would be having more fun reading a book or working on your next project. Also ask yourself: What has the Internet done for me lately?

   (A reader’s submission: Thank you, thank you, thank you, more please)

5. A question for you: What are you thankful for? And, what more can you ask for? Or, what has the Internet done for you lately?

That’s all for this week!

Thank you for reading, and share with anyone you think may benefit.

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Until next time,

Mehret