Float Sideways

13/12/2021

We are taking a social media hiatus.

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Stay Present!

07/06/2021

PULL AN EDDY

Eddies are quiet spots on the river for travelers to stop and take a break as they travel down the River of Life.

Turn off technology, get out of the house, go take a trip, go visit that friend or family member. Interact with live beings. Listen more than talk.
Leave your phone at home and go feel the world again with who and what is around you.

Float Sideways

06/05/2021

WORRYING too much about the Future
Is paying a debt you don't owe.
Save money, FLOAT SIDEWAYS :)

29/04/2021

Ever feel like this?

Today, instead of finding MORE stuff to add to your list, sit down, take a breathe, and see what you really FEEL like doing instead.
Then if you can, go do it.
Seriously, just go do it.

You aren't a machine, stop trying to act like one.

23/04/2021

“Am I addicted to my cell phone?” If the answer is yes, be brave enough to do something about it. Try these strategies:

Start leaving it in the other room or at home if you are just going for a quick errand.

Try simply glancing at Google Maps and then using your own memory to get to your destination

Put your cell phone DOWN instead of picking it UP to take a picture or video. Just enjoy the moment

Turn off your phone altogether and enjoy the feeling of NOT being on call to answer texts immediately

19/04/2021

Next on the top 10 ways to Float Sideways!

Number Four: LIFE CHALLENGES

Life’s more difficult challenges won’t overwhelm you or make you as anxious because you won’t be dwelling on the ‘What if’s’ so much

14/04/2021

RIGHT NOW and everyday throughout your remaining days. Float Sideways is what will help make any amount of time in limbo tolerable.

Especially when your usual distractions are not immediately available. Try changing your usual focus of future or past events, and focus on only the day you are in.

Better yet, only the moment you are in.

12/04/2021

Next on the top 10 ways to Float Sideways!

Number three: HANG OUT

You get to hang out with the cool people. Find your tribe that can help you stay floating sideways and enjoy them!!

07/04/2021

WELCOME TO FLOAT SIDEWAYS.

Float Sideways is a unique way of watching things happen in your life.
Float Sideways will help you be more present as you Float Down the River of Life, navigating it’s ever changing currents.
There is literally NO future or past. Now is all we have.

So check out the website, the book to follow, and then choose the now.

05/04/2021

Next on the top 10 ways to Float Sideways!

Number two: START TO NOTICE

Just notice. Pause and see what is happening around you. you will start to notice more often when your toddler, (or your furry companion) is pulling on your shirt or pants wanting some attention.

31/03/2021

To achieve external success, you have to start within and learn how to focus on yourself.

Here are six strategies we’ve found to help you focus on yourself (in an unselfish way) by Best Self!

https://bestself.co/blogs/articles/how-to-focus-on-yourself-without-being-selfish-6-strategies-for-leaders

It’s easy to get so wrapped up in your work, your goals and your obligations to other people that you neglect your own well-being. It can feel selfish or even self-indulgent to make time for yourself. You’re focused on achieving great things, so why waste time with yourself?However, this is the ...

29/03/2021

Over the next few weeks, I am going to give you the top 10 ways to Float Sideways!

Number one: FOCUS ON WHAT YOU DO LIKE
You will start to focus on what you do like about your roommate or partner instead of what you don’t.

The more you look for the good, the more you will find.

24/03/2021

Floating Sideways?

Yes or No

17/03/2021

Broke the yolks on my eggs this morning and up close, I watched the yolks spread, stopping at the next boundary encountered.

This is having presence to the little things that often go unnoticed when you are focusing on the next task.

Its really pretty cool to watch. Try it sometime!

15/03/2021

NOW is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over.

-Richard Carlson

11/03/2021

Oh, the wonderful human ability to adapt. If you are feeling like an empty brained robot right now, hang in there, neural reconnection is happening, the fog is lifting. It is just going to take longer than most of us would choose to wait if we had the choice.

Remember this about human adaptability:
If you lose a limb, you adapt to being without one.
If you lose a favorite toy, you find another favorite toy
If you lose your comfortable routine, you find a new one
If you lose your sense of humor, however, that's a tough one to replace.
Try to laugh a little more while you are waiting

Our memories can be a blessing or a curse, and you are in charge of keeping them alive and well.
95% of the time, it's your choice.
If you want to keep remembering something, say it out loud often to yourself and/or others. Whether it is short term for your tasks of the day, or

If you want to forget something, QUIT TALKING ABOUT IT!!! It will fade.
Maybe what you 'thought' you had before wasn't really that great. Maybe it was. Stay open to both possibilities.

Grieve it if you need to.
Shout it to the mountain tops, write it on a piece of paper and ceremoniously burn it.
That was yesterday.
Quit floating backwards.
Then look around you and observe what is in the present moment.
Float Sideways.
Observe what may come out of the 'fog'.
Contrary to popular horror movies, not everything that comes out of the fog is going to kill you 🙂

Acknowledge out loud the newness that is arriving and say goodbye to the old. If it isn't clear, (along with your brain), that's ok, it's still formulating. It will present itself when it's ready.

Proceed ahead with whatever helps you take that next step forward. New or not, uncomfortable or not.

Because this pandemic will end. It's already starting.

We won't be 'returning to normal'. We will never return to normal. Because 'normal' changes, and most often it is for the better. (Bet not as many people will be spitting all over birthday cakes anymore when they blow out the candles!)

But our energy WILL RETURN, along with our brains and bodies.

Promise
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/what-pandemic-doing-our-brains/618221/

We have been doing this so long, we’re forgetting how to be normal.

08/03/2021

Be where your feet are!

03/03/2021

The article below talks about the need to quit looking ahead and freaking out about the enormity of what is ahead of us. It’s an athletic way of reminding us to Float Sideways.

https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2020/04/crisis-not-marathon-it-call-endurance?utm_source=brief

You can't train or prepare for this pandemic-induced crisis the way you'd train for a marathon. But you can face the realities and get ready to endure it.

01/03/2021

Post this saying in strategic places to remind you:

DO IT, DELEGATE IT, OR DUMP IT.

Can someone else help you to lessen the load? Is it really worth pursuing anymore? It’s OK to change your mind, or change your plan. So start where you are at today, focusing on the single task you can do today for that project instead of thinking you need to finish the WHOLE project at once.

JUST START SOMEWHERE!

26/02/2021

Take a really close look at the person who is currently Floating Sideways with you down the River of Life.

Who is it? What are your preconceived thoughts about them?
Erase those and start again right now, see them TODAY.
What do you see now?

24/02/2021

When men landed on the moon in 1969, Everyone from across the world made it a point to watch their televisions and listen to the radio.

“We are united across the world in a uniform sense of Wonder."

Never before has the entire planet……been in tune with the same thing at the same time?

To each of us, this is historic. To some of us this is even divine. And yet, all of us, regardless of race, s*x, or religious belief, we are united right now in this singular human achievement.

Float Sideways: If we could all again, be in the same moment, at the same time, and then hold on to that feeling of sameness and oneness, that would be extraordinary.

22/02/2021

Check it out - Take it Seriously.

https://www.bannerhealth.com/healthcareblog/articles/2019/september/is-your-smartphone-ruining-your-personal-relationships

Could your smartphone use be affecting your relationships? Learn ways to prioritize your loved ones over your phone.

17/02/2021

WISDOM FROM AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY

Float Sideways was thoughtfully added to the River of Life Theory by an insightful 11 year old boy, now an insightful and amazing 26 year old man (shown below) while he was contemplating life, floating the Ottertail River in Minnesota one hot summer day.

“If you float facing forwards,” he said, “you are always focusing on the future. If you float facing backwards you are always focusing on the past.”
“So Float Sideways so you can be more present.”
Yep, what an amazing comprehension of being in the moment, which is why we want to share these inspiring Strategies for Life with you.

So always remember to Float Sideways, in every moment possible for your entire life, so you won’t miss those amazing inner tube bumps that may help you navigate and possibly change your course in ways you can’t possible imagine.

15/02/2021

"Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light."

-Swami Vivekananda

12/02/2021

Don't worry about how long it has been, how old you are, or what you have been through.

Start Today. Float Sideways

If you change your direction, you change your ending.