There are undoubtedly many times when you feel as if there are just not enough hours in the day. Too many responsibilities, not enough time. At the end of the day, you feel as if you have accomplished nothing, and all you have to look forward to it another day of the same. There are things that you can do to stop this cycle, and take your life back.

The first thing is to change your attitude to one of gratitude. You may think that you have nothing to give thanks for – but we all do. When you get up in the morning, the first thing that you want to do is to give thanks. The thanks could be a simple thanks for your ability to earn a living, for the roof over your head, or for the food on your table. It could be for the new friend that you just met, or the coworker that helped you finish a project. It could be for the beauty of the colorful flowers in your yard – it could be for anything, and for everything. The simple things are the things that we need to remember to give thanks for – on a daily basis.

Make it a point each day to stay focused in the present. If you are locked in crowded traffic, then you are locked in crowded traffic. Stay in the present, and notice the things that are around you. Note the weather, note the buildings that you are in. Note the people that you deal with on a daily basis. Do not take them for granted. Smile, and ask them how they are doing. You will bring sunshine into their day, and you will create a corresponding high note in your own day.

At the end of your day, go over everything that has happened – and release it. Tomorrow is a new day, with new people, and new situations – live the integrity and importance of each moment. Give thanks for the things that you ave done on this day that served you well. Then give thanks for those things that did not serve you well – for they taught you important lessons.

At the end of your day, do two things: set out your cloths for the next day, along with any papers or anything else that you need to take with you to work or school. Make a list of tasks that you need to address the next day – and prioritize them. Place that list with the things that you will be taking to the office, or to school. Refer to this list during your day, and mark off your tasks as you accomplish them.

You are now well on your way to getting more out of each day – and to becoming a much happier person. Remember – our readers are here 24/7 to help you in any way that they can. They are here to share the tools of empowerment that they work with, and that will work for you too.

We are moving rather swiftly into the year 2008 … a year of endings and new beginnings. It is also a year where the decisions and actions of individuals take precedence over those of large corporations and governments. It is a year when we need to look for our opportunities, and act on them.

For those who make New Year’s resolutions, with the best of intentions, this is more than likely the time when these resolutions have been left behind … another year in which the process did not do what it was supposed to do.

New Year’s resolutions are based on the areas of our life that we identify as needing change. This is fine, as far as it goes, but we seldom develop action plans that will support us in releasing that which no longer serves us, and manifesting that which does.

What we need to do is to develop a vision of what our life will be like when the areas that we identify as needing change experience that change. We need to be able to feel the emotions that change will bring to us … we need to focus on them, and identify with them.

Dream the big dreams. Take action on your big dreams. Manifest your big dreams … and then dream bigger dreams! Ask yourself the following questions:

• In what areas of my life am I not happy?
• What needs to change to make me happy? (Be very specific here, so that you know what to work on.)
• What, or who, is holding me back from making these changes?
• How will I feel once these changes have been made?

Now you have the beginning of your life vision. Make a list of the areas of your life that you want to see change in. Under each major category, list the changes that you need to see to be happy.  Under each change, list a series of small steps that you can take to manifest that change.

You can make your world a very big world if you allow yourself to dream the big dreams, Our readers are here 24/7 to assist you in this process.

We are in the midst of the winter blah’s. Bad weather, power outages, and the inability to get out of the house to do anything tends to put a damper on any positive thoughts. It is very easy to start feeling sluggish, and to have that sluggishness move into depression. What can we do to circumvent this?

The first thing that we can do is to keep n touch with ourselves. Stay tuned into the present … pay attention to what is around you now, rather than to what happened in the past, or to what might happen in the future. Keep your thoughts positive, and look for things to be thankful for. Snow may make for difficult driving, but take the time to enjoy the beauty that it gifts us with. Walking in the quiet atmosphere that snow gifts us with brings us a sense of peace, and gives us a new perspective in life. This is a great time to create memory days. Take your camera with you … who knows what you will run into!

Staying indoors has its own possibilities. Take up a craft, try your hand at baking, cook up some wonderful new stew or soup recipes, watch old movies (or perhaps some new ones!), or take out your favorite book to read. The possibilities are limited only by your own imagination!

Another thought is to do a personal makeover. Make an appointment to have your hair styled and colored, have your nails done, and then have a makeup consultation, so you can get some fresh ideas on what is out there, and what will work for you. Shop around … none of these ventures need to be all that expensive, and will lift your spirits tremendously!

Something else to consider … move the furniture around! It costs nothing, gets the energy moving, and gives you an instant feeling of having accomplished something!

Whatever you do … don’t allow yourself to sit around, unmotivated, doing nothing. Take charge of your life!

Remember … our readers are here 24/7, to help you find ways to move your life in a positive direction!

Universal Year Number
The Universal Year Number for 2008 is 10/1 (2+0+0+8=10, 1+0=1). What does that mean for you? The Universal Year Number is the energy of the year for everyone, an overall, generic energy. It indicates the trends and circumstances that everyone will experience within a given year. Years go in nine year cycles, with a 10/1 year indicating the beginning of another cycle. The vibrational energy of a 10/1 year is that of new beginnings, fresh starts, and new directions. It is a time of planting seeds for things to come,

• Number 1 Universal Year - Look at the changes being made on a universal level. What is going on in your community? What restructuring is being done? What risks are being addressed?  
• Number 2 Universal Year - Things that were instituted within the community the previous year are now growing and expanding.
• Number 3 Universal Year - This is a year of ups and downs, and a time to keep your sense of humor over the affairs of your community!
• Number 4 Universal Year - This is a year of community harmony and peace. Keep the lines of communication open.
• Number 5 Universal Year - This is a very busy year, a year in which the community as a whole will need to stay grounded.
• Number 6 Universal Year - This is a time when your community will be finding itself as far as finances and vision goes.
• Number 7 Universal Year - This is a time of setting boundaries within the community.
• Number 8 Universal Year - This is a year when the community needs to allow itself to be ambitious and follow its goals.
• Number 9 Universal Year  - This is a year of completion for your community. It is also a year in which it may find a new “face”, or identity.

Personal Years Number
To get an accurate picture of any particular year for you as an individual, you need to take into consideration the vibrational energy of the Universal year (the numbers for any year added together until they reach a single digit), and then add the virbational energy of your personal year (your birth month, birth day, and the numbers of the year in question all added together until they reach a single digit).  Your personal years mark the building blocks of your progress through life.

• Number 1 Personal Year - This is a year of major changes, and setting new goals. It is a time for planning, and for taking action. As the beginning of a nine year cycle, this is a year in which you need to reach deeply into your creative self for bold new ideas. This is a year in which you allow your confidence to soar. Do not allow yourself to become distracted. The first couple of months in this year will be perhaps a bit chaotic, because you are coming out of a number nine year, which brought things to a conclusion, and in which it was necessary to release some things from your life.
• Number 2 Personal Year - Keywords for this year are protect and nurture. Keep close track of the projects that you put in motion, and make sure that they set down good roots. This is a year when tings will move at a slower pace, and you need to watch your emotional reaction to your environment. This is a year for networking and forming a solid support system.
• Number 3 Personal Year - This is a year of expansion - personally and professionally. It is also a year to avoid scattering your energies. Direct your focus wisely, and don’t be afraid to access your more creative side. This can be a very good year for finances.
• Number 4 Personal Year – Be practical, and pay attention to details this year. Work on the foundations of your life, in preparation for the changes coming next year.
• Number 5 Personal Year - This is a year of changes and surprises! Major movement can be made if you are not afraid to take calculated risks this year. Recognize your opportunities, and act on them quickly.
• Number 6 Personal Year - Take note - this is a year of manifesting your goals, and of financial success. It is also a year in which attention needs to be paid to home and family. Community is also a point of focus.
• Number 7 Personal Year - This year is a time to withdraw into self. Reading, study and contemplation are the keywords for this year. It is a year for strengthening your inner self. Your focus will not be on material things this year.
• Number 8 Personal Year - This is a year when things work out for you - personally and financially. The work that you put into the first seven years of this cycle will now fully show. Follow your ambitions, as your sight at this time will be very clear!
• Number 9 Personal Year – This is a year in which you bring things to completion, and address any  unfinished business. It is a year of letting go of that which no longer serves you well. Enjoy this year, and be ready to start in a new direction next year!

1. Acknowledge your emotions.
Holidays are a stressful time for everyone. Just about anything can trigger a stress reaction … at  home and on the job. The first thing that you want to do is acknowledge how you feel. It makes no difference whether you “should” or “shouldn’t” feel what ever emotion you are feeling … just  acknowledge it. Yes … I am frustrated. Yes … I am angry. Yes … I feel that this is your fault. Yes … there are only 24 hours in a day, and I am scheduled for 27 … and that doesn’t even include sleeping! Take a deep breath, acknowledge how you feel, release the emotion, and continue on with your day.  Eventually all of this may seem funny!

2. Do a reality check.
Do a reality check. If you won’t have the time … or the money … to do the perfect family Christmas, sit down and make a list of the things that you can do … the ones that are important to you. Accept that some of the ones that are important to you are ones that you yourself created. Go with what brings you joy, and let the rest go.

3. Watch your finances.
Make a list of everything that is going to have to be paid for … presents (including work related presents), decorations, traveling, food … the figure that you get is the figure that you get! Compare that with what you actually have to spend. Set more reasonable spending limits on the items on your list, and you will guarantee yourself less stress!

4. Plan your time.
Plan your time, so that you are not shopping during the heavy shopping hours, so that you have blocks of time for baking, cooking, wrapping presents and decorating. Expect traffic, expect delays, and go into each day with a promise to be patient.

5. No is an acceptable response!
Learn to say no when what you are being asked to do is perhaps not something that you really want to do, or when you know that you will not have the time to do it properly. This stands for home as well as work!

6. Make time for yourself.
Take short time outs so that you can give yourself back some energy. Tune into your body: are your shoulders tight? Does your stomach feel tense? Do you feel a headache coming on? Stand up, move your head, move your arms and shoulders, take a few deep breaths, and walk around a bit. Feel the tension leaving your body. Smile … life is good!
 
7. Nothing is perfect.
The gift for your boss or co-worker does not have to be perfect … it just has to have thought put into it.  The party for the neighbors does not have to be perfect … it just has to reflect who you are, and what brings you your greatest joy. The dinner does not have to be perfect … it just has to be cooked with love! 

8. Eat healthy.
The holidays are a time when we all tend to eat too much, perhaps drink too much, or perhaps not eat at all, because we are racing around doing everything for everybody! Keep fruit and veggies on hand, cook meals ahead when you know you won’t have time to cook, and pay attention to the signals that your body is giving you.

9. Recognize who your support group is.
We should all have at least a small support group in our life … people that we can talk to when it all goes down the tubes. Perhaps this is one person … a co-worker, friend, or family member. They may need someone to listen to them also … and you can end up laughing at life over a cup of coffee!

10. Depression
The holiday season can bring on depression. If you recognize this, and you cannot handle it on your own, seek professional help. See you physician, or a clergyman, or a licensed counselor of some kind. If you don’t want to talk to someone in person, there are 800 numbers where there are people that will listen to you and help you. One of these numbers is the number for Boy’s Town – 1-800-448-3000.

Make this holiday season a positive experience for everyone!

What do holidays mean to you? Are they family time? Are they time to get away from it all, to go to the mountains, to go to the beach … anywhere that is different from where you are? Do you dread the work and stress connected with making a holiday “happen”? Are holidays times when family issues resurface? What can you do to put the fun back into holidays?

Start by taking a deep breath … then take another one … then take another one! You do not have to have  “perfect” holiday, nor do you have to do all of the work. Pick out the things that are (a) important to you and your family, and (b) that you will have the time to do. Delegate activities to other people … such as having family members bring different dishes to family dinners.

Fill your holiday with things that make you happy, things that bring you joy, things that will leave you with positive, sustaining memories. Define activities that your family can do together, and that reflect the true meaning of the holiday. Go back to your roots, to your childhood … what things did your family do when you were a child that you can bring into the present?

Accept that you don’t have to do everything, and that you don’t have to be everything to everybody. You define your life, not your family, your friends, or your co-workers. Go back to the true meaning of the holiday, and focus your efforts around this.

Remember … you have the ability to take charge of your own holiday. Honor the holiday, honor yourself. Our readers are available 24/7 to help you.

1. Choose To Be Happy

Yes, happiness is a choice! Accept that you work for the boss from hell … but choose to go into work with a smile on your face. Look for ways to interact with your co-workers in a positive manner. Looks for ways to compliment your boss … make the compliment an honest one, and mean it. When things start to get tough at work … stop, take a deep breath, and count the things that make your job worthwhile (and there are things that make every job worthwhile, even if it is only that you have the money to pay your rent/mortgage!).

2. Be A Professional

Your professional life is in your hands … know this deep within your soul. Look for ways to enhance your professional experiences, to network with new contacts (as well as within your organization), ask your boss for feedback. Develop a game plan … a list of professional goals, with steps on how you intend to reach those goals. Review and update this plan every three months, to keep it fresh.

3. Define A Part Of Your Job That You Enjoy

Break your job down into its parts and pieces, and define something that you really enjoy doing. Bring joy into this part of your day by performing this task consciously … working in the moment, and giving thanks for the pleasure that it brings you.

4. Learn To Network

Networking is not just outside of the office … we network within the organization that we work for also. This is an excellent way to keep up with what is happening at work, with new projects, mergers, job openings … all of the trivia of life that is so very important. Sitting and sulking about not being kept in the loop about something is not the things to do … talk to the appropriate people, and take the actions that you need to take to be a part of the loop, to have a full understanding of your work environment. This will make your work like a whole lot easier!

5. Identify Stress Areas

Saying yes to everything that comes across your desk is one way to literally invite stress to take up residence! Your work time, and your work energy, needs to be devoted to things that you know that you can accomplish within a necessary deadline. Over-committing ourselves can lead to projects not completed; projects completed, but not on time; and our co-workers seeing us as the dumping ground for whatever they do not want to do. An extension of this is that if we take on more than we can possibly complete, we will lose respect with co-workers, and they won’t consider us for projects that could not only be interesting, but that could further our careers.

6. Keep A Positive Outlook

We have all worked with people who had nothing good to say about their job, their co-workers, or the company they are working for.  If you look for negativity, you will find it. If you are constantly looking for negativity, that is all that you will end up finding. Choose to be happy, choose to avoid gossiping, and choose to avoid hanging around with people that are negative. Your time at work will be happier if you are positive, and there is a much better chance that you will be considered for that interesting project, or that lovely promotion, if your supervisors see you as a positive, happy person.

7. Develop A Personal Vision For Your Career

Develop a vision for where you want your career to take you. Do this in a conscious manner. Make sure that your energy, your thoughts, your actions, are focused on furthering this personal vision. This will have an automatic effect of forcing you to pay attention to the important issues at work, so that you will know how to react to them. In this manner you can further your own interests, or, if the imminent changes are not in your favor, you have the time to take care of any perceived collateral damage.

8. Is It Time To Leave?

There comes a time when we realize that the job we are in is not worth it, and we need to start looking elsewhere. This will take a giant burden off of your shoulders, because you recognize that your time with your current company is now limited … limited to the time that it takes you to find another job! Things are not as hard when we can carry an internal smile with us. This is one of the most freeing decisions that we can make.

9. Pay Attention To Work Relationships

This is more than networking … this is being in the present with your work relationships. Listen to what the other person has to say. Give them feedback. Understand what their agenda is, and be supportive of them, so they will be supportive of you. Above all … be genuine.

10. Get Up And Move Around!

Make an effort to stand up at least once an hour, move your shoulders, walk around a bit if you can. The small amount of time that you spend doing this will allow you to get back to your work with a fresh perspective. At the end of the day, you are going home a happier, healthier person because you are not taking the stress that builds up in your body with you.

If we plan on getting anywhere in life, we need to have goals. In the process of defining our goals, we define who we are, where we are, and where we want to go. The more precisely we can define our goals, and the more realistic we make them, the better chance we have of achieving them.

Achieving our goals is often the culmination of achieving success with a series of intermediate steps, each of which allows us to feel strong and successful as a person. Goals can be short term (as in setting up a meeting), or long term (as in completion of a six month long project). Defining our personal goals helps us to define who we are … it addresses what is important to us, and where we are willing to put our energy.

Goals can also act as a measurement of how well thought out a project is, and how good our research was. The first step to defining a goal is to decide what it is that you want to achieve … and this should be a realistic goal, so that you have a high percentage chance of success. Once you have determined what it is that you want to achieve, break your goal down into small steps.

Once you have the small steps in place, start taking action to achieve those steps. Each step should bring you closer to your goal. If you take a couple of steps and start running into problems, reassess your goal. If the goal itself is still viable, then reassess the steps that you need to take to achieve it. In this manner you keep your goal in site, and your frustration down to a minimum!

You can set more than one goal at a time, in different categories. Write them all down, so that you can get a visual image of the time that it will take to work on them. Don’t overload yourself with goals, or you will wind up not accomplishing anything. Prioritize your goals, according to their importance to you (not according to their importance to a spouse or other family member).

Set a reasonable time limit in which to accomplish your goals. Our readers are available 24/7 to help you define your personal goals, and break them down into small, doable steps. Gain control over your life!

1. Self-Esteem Is An Internal Quality

Recognize that self-esteem is an internal quality – it is not based on anything that is external to us. Recognize your own strengths, and honor them.

2. Find Someone To Talk To

Find someone to discuss your issues with … someone that is willing to give you some feedback. If there is literally no one that you feel that you can talk to, start a personal journal. Review your journal two or more times a week. In this manner you will see your own progress, the how and why of things that are in your life, and get a fresh perspective on your options. Make notes to yourself as you review previous entries. You then become a “third person” in your own life, and have the ability to give yourself your own “second opinion”.

3. Leave Your Past In The Past

Acknowledge your mistakes, learn from them, and move on. Nothing is resolved by continuing to beat up on yourself.

4. Become Financially Independent

Finances may not be a core issue for you, but taking charge of your own finances, or taking a more active part in joint finances, will give you a sense of accomplishment that boosts your self-esteem in a big way.

5. Start A Personal Journal

Start a personal journal – and keep it in a place where no one else will find it. This is your place to vent, to say the things that you cannot say to someone in person, or to voice opinions that need to remain private. You take a great deal of stress out of your life by allowing yourself to vent in a journal.

6. Become A Co-Creator

We are all co-creators of our own life. The decisions that we make, based on past life experiences, are what creates our future. Working with whatever we consider to be the Divine in our life, we can use our own input in magical ways. Our self-esteem goes up exponentially when we realize the power that we have over ourselves.

7. Be Aware Of Your thoughts

Negative thoughts have the ability to take away our self-esteem.  When a negative thought occurs, ask yourself where it comes from. If the thought is not originating from within you, if it is coming from someone else in your life, acknowledge it and send it back to them. If the negative thought is “self imposed”, look at why you are telling yourself this. Once you find the cause of the thought, you can release it and replace it with a more positive one. It may take several times of replacing a thought before it leaves completely, but it will leave.

8. Find Your Joy

Do the things in life that bring you joy. Think back to the times that went well, the times that were successful. What do they have in common? These are the thigns that bring you joy. In your career, and in your personal life, do the tings that bring you joy, and that are supportive of you and your goals.

9. Act On Your Dreams

Allow yourself to dream BIG dreams … and then allow yourself to act on them.

10. Know Your Own Worth

Choose to value yourself as a person. Know that your life experiences have value, know that your opinions have value. Know that you have something to give to others. If you follow the path that brings your heart its greatest joy, you will attract like people, and you will be using your strengths, your skills and abilities, to their best advantage.

We all deserve to live a life filled with joy! A life filled with joy is a life lived to t he fullest, with an appreciation for each person, and each experience, that crosses our path. The following list brings you ways that you can bring joy into your life. Small steps, and joy can be yours for the asking!

1. Decide To Have A Life

Take responsibility for living the best life that you can live. Look for opportunities to do the things that you love to do.

2. Live In The Present

Don’t put things off until some future time … do them now! Take that walk, listen to that music, paint that picture! Make time in your life to do the things that bring you your greatest joy.

3. Surround Yourself With Like-Minded People

Surround yourself with like-minded people … people that enjoy the same things that you do. Doing things with others is a great way to create and share joy!

4. Push Your Boundaries

Allow yourself to push your boundaries, to experience new and different things.

5. Smile

As you go about your day, share a smile or two with friends, coworkers, the bus driver, or people on the street. Smile, perhaps say a kind word or two, and go on your way. You will feel joyful, and so will the person whose life you have touched!

6. Include Your Pets In Your World

Take the time to stop and pet an animal. Play with your pets (or the pets of others), and note the joy that this small act brings to you. You have acknowledged an animal in the best manner possible, and brought joyful energy into your own life.

7. Smell The Roses

Take the time to smell the roses, or watch a sunset, or take a walk on the beach (or around the neighborhood). The small things in life bring us our greatest joy!

8. Do Something Different – Just Because

Set your table with the good china, and enjoy eating from it. Beautiful things bring us joy … they are meant to be used whenever we feel like it, not just for special occasions.

9. Compliment Someone

Compliment someone … and mean it! Do this for no reason, but make the compliment real. The look of joy on this person’s face will bring joy into your day.

10. Go Through Your Memory Banks

Take the time to visit the past, and remember times that brought you great joy. Times spent at the beach, playing in a concert, listening to a concert … whatever made your day more joyful. We retain these memories for a reason … to sustain us in future times.

At times we may find our lives in a cycle that we do not understand. Nothing seems to be working for us, and we are not sure why. We may be living where we want to live, be in a relationship that seems to be working, and be doing work that we like to do, but there is an overwhelming sense of something being missing.

What we are is caught in a stagnant life cycle, a cycle that keeps repeating itself. Your psychic reading will look into the present, to see how things have developed in your life; into the past, to see where the origins of your current issues lie; into the near future, to see where your opportunities are; and into the distant future, to see how things will play out in your life, dependent on the path that you choose to follow.

Your reader will help you to determine what is important to you in each area of your life. Each of us is an individual, and will place importance on different things. The total picture is who we are. Once you have determined what is important to you, your reader will help you take a look at how you are dealing with your life, how you make your decisions, and what actions you are taking (or not taking).

If your decisions and actions are not supportive of what is important to you, then your psychic reading will take a look at why this is, and determine what steps you can take to be more supportive of yourself.

Our readers are available 24/7 to help you take control of your life!