How to Live Beautifully

1. Sleep Luxuriously
2. Create a Sanctuary — and actually spend time in it
3. Rise Slowly
4. Set Intentions about how you want to feel — then do things that make you feel this way
5. Practice Letting Go
6. Speak Kindly
7. Laugh Frequently
8. Let the Universe Support You — Practice feeling supported. The Universe may not keep you from falling, but it will catch you if when you do
9. Fail intentionally — The sooner you learn how to fail, the sooner you see failure as the first step to success, the sooner the tide will turn for you
10. Define Joy, Meditate on Joy, and Seek Joy Actively
11. Define Fulfillment, Meditate on Fulfillment, and Seek Fulfillment Fearlessly
12. Give Yourself Space
13. Give Yourself Time
14. Give Yourself Permission
15. Forgive Yourself
16. Notice Yourself – Your feelings, needs, hopes — Notice your holiness
17. Oversay “thank you” – the Buddist monks thank everything – even their toilets
18. Cultivate the part of you that is aware of beauty – notice all things and delight in them
19. Learn to relax around any and all things – good or bad –
20. Learn to trust – trust the process, trust your intuition, trust your heart – Trust
21. Love. When in doubt, let compassion guide you. If you want to feel loving feelings, then do loving things
22. Make sacred rituals – these root the soul
23. Clear clutter — both external and internal – tranquility is its own form of beauty
24. Follow your bliss — and if you don’t know what your bliss is, seek it actively, fearlessly
25. Move — do not allow yourself to become congested, or stagnant. Move your body, move your life
26. Be still — we use action to escape our internal struggles. Sit still enough to feel the groundlessness. Then sit long enough to flow into the groundlessness. Now you are moving again
27. Flow — All things are changing always — don’t fight it — you will be taken care of — things are exactly as they should be
28. Believe in something bigger than yourself
29. Connect to that which grounds you often
30. Connect to that which lights you from within often
31. Discover what gives you deep, honest, nourishing rest — the kind where your mind, body, and spirit drink deeply from the cup of life — then take this rest as often as you need
32. Discover what truly rejuvenates you, juices you, brings back your enegy, vitality and life force, what recharges you — then tap into this, whatever it is, as often as you need
33. Believe the best of people – so much sadness comes from simple, silly miscommunication. Give people the benefit of the doubt. Believe everyone is trying their best
34. Check in with yourself often. Do I have what I need? Am I where I belong? What’s working? What isn’t?
35. Hope. Stay positive. Dream big.
36. Faith. Trust yourself, trust the process. Believe in the good things coming. For anything to become true, you must believe. So practice believing.
37. Love. Love in a way that fills your cup, not empties it. Practice love like you practice anything else you want to be really good at.