Tips and advice

BE INTENSE. enjoy the things you do fully; notice beauty all around you; gain sparkle and be radiant;

CHERISH YOURSELF. make dates with yourself; buy expensive wine and watch netflix; get massages; pay extra for amazing sheets, buy the extra nice coffee maker;

CONNECT WITH OTHERS. reach out, see old friends; call them up to say hi; take people you want to get to know more out to lunch; spend time with people who care about you; share parts of yourself with others that you wouldn't normally; say "yes" rather than giving in to isolation;

HAVE FUN. face the stark truth, harsh as it may be, then go out and party; do silly things; dance; tango; tell fart jokes; dig in the dirt; do something creative; laugh, be silly, smile; embrace being uncomfortable and challenged; find joy in the dull and routine parts of life;

BE YOURSELF. create a balance between things you "should" do and the things your heart wants you to do; live a life well examined and look inward; know you are enough - accept everything about yourself; be vulnerable; be your whole self all day long;

SERVE OTHERS. volunteer, teach yoga; tapas; do anything to ignite your practice and do it religiously until you start feeling like your life has a purpose; connect to a cause;

STIR THINGS UP. get stirred awake; revive old interests; move to a new location; choose a new schedule, new environment, new people; try something new in a part of the city you have always wanted to explore; embrace a new lesson, experience, skill;

GO OUTSIDE. set time aside to sit in the woods; purposeful time to unplug and let moments in nature immerse you and bathe your senses; give yourself a few task-less hours just to soak in the splendor, allow it to reset your internal rhythm and put you back in a natural place, and lets life's force blossom again;

GAIN PERSPECTIVE. world is breaking apart but this happens all the time; humans repeat errors; key is to decide that even if the whole world falls apart you plan to survive; be strong, be flexible; you can endure; learn and come out powerful; search for silver linings in life's challenges;

RELAX. believe that everything is playing out as it should and is designed to teach you what you need; believe that something greater is looking out for you; let go of control and trust; relax and be happy.

LOVE. live a life devoted to love.