Come on, give me the chills

Thoughts about changing, life, and whatever comes to mind.

Author: Andrea Grassi

  • the wonder 

    Today I saw my small brother take an airplane for the first time in his life.Before arriving at the airport he was super excited, then right before departing he was worried and in tension.

    After a while in the airplane he was calm again.
    This is the same for everyone. When we do something new we are excited until we do it, right before doing it we are scared, then we are happy.

    It’s common, it’s human and it’s beautiful.
    Sometimes when I hear people worrying so much about what they have to do out of the comfort zone I think of these 3 steps and say to myself “they’ll get there”.
    But sometimes the fear is to much to handle and it’s able to block you completely.

    In those times I always hope they will remember their childhood, when everything new was something they wanted, they feared it and eventually found a way to did it anyway.

  • never trade your time for hatred

    Whatever the reason to hate or be angry, there is no sound reason to let hatred influence your day.

    If all you care about is happiness and freedom then every negative emotion goes against this and all the time you devote to hate is time you steal to the best part of you.

    Live happily, fight yourself to get out of the negative 

  • september 2015 recap

    These days I was so focused and busy that I almost forgot to do my usual monthly recap of the posts in this blog.

    While october is starting pretty bad (already lost a couple of days of writing) and even though september wasn’t a perfect month there are still a few things that made it worthwhile.

    The first thing about september is that I listened a podcast of Tim ferris with Brene Brown, this reminded me of the beautiful things I learned about vulnerability.

    I talked about sleep because I left it behind during september, I slept less because I’ve got many things to complete.
    Now that the month is over I cannot emphasize enough how important sleep is.

    one of the longest post -ever- was about focus and productivity.

    Also, checking back what I wrote I feel a bit of serendipity seeing that here I talk about “letting others show off” and here (october) I quote that leaders should deflect success.

    It’s amazing when you coincidentally link things without intention.

  • the best things are the first ones you do

    While recently listening to “Daily Rituals” (a book about… guess what? The rituals of great minds), I started to think about what we do.

    In these days I’m trying to help a group of friends stick to their goals and move forward.
    It’s hard, not only because everyone is different but also because we tend to procrastinate.

    I already talked about procrastination and how it’s not a bad thing but when you can’t break-up an habit, it’s hard not to procrastinate.

    If you have always left the work that might change your life for last, how can you expect to change something if you don’t break up some of your old rules?

    This has got me thinking, is there a perfect time for doing things?
    My answer is yes, and that time is “Morning”.

    Why morning?
    A few points

    • you’re full of energy
    • your mind is clearer
    • you don’t have any other lingering thought in your mind
    • it’s harder to “not have time” because, you know… you have a full day

    This has led me to the conclusion that not only morning is the perfect time for habits, but also the perfect time for the best things we could do.

  • help yourself for the best

    some quick actions to help you decide what to do

    • be your best version
    • do what you feel is ok
    • don’t listen to rage or ego
    • go full energy