My 2021 Life Upgrades

<h1>How Are You Upgrading Your Life in 2021?</h1><p>In this episode I share five ways my life is changing for the better in 2021. I realized that nothing would change in my life until I changed my habits. </p><p>0:07</p><p>Good evening and welcome to my humble podcast abode. I am Coco Griot just a 50 something who dabbles in conversation about life, love and a host of other topics. You know one of the funniest songs to me by Beyonce is upgrade you. I say that because I think upgrading is a personal experience, unless you're talking about a hotel or maybe your airline reservation. When I think of upgrade, not talking about material things for me. Upgrading involves making positive changes in my life. I don't know about you, but I have some areas in 2021 that needed upgrading in a serious way. My 2020 was raggedy. I fell into patterns of foolishness, trickeration and mayhem that were unprecedented. As the year dwindled down, I told myself, I was not going to live the next year, as I had in the last. I had to upgrade my life, quick fast and in a hurry. So I'm going to talk to you tonight about a few ways that I am upgrading my life. I'm curious to know about how are you, upgrading your life in 2021 ? First of all, I had to tackle stress. Constant interaction with stress vectors in all facets of my life, coupled with the news was overwhelming. Now I start with my days with Reiki meditation.</p><p>1:34</p><p>Before I respond to any text, or check out the news, I allow myself quiet time for meditation. This helps me to meet the challenges of my day, and I feel prepared to handle necessary stresses. I say necessary, because there is such a thing as elective stress. Oh yeah, all that's gone. I don't have the capacity for that anymore. Now after my regular meditation, I journal. Now with all honesty, I have been journaling for the last 10 years so that's nothing new. What's different now is that I focus on the day at hand. No dwelling in the past by teleporting to the future. I'm in the present moment, and that is making