How I Changed My Life in a Year! by Shelley Wilson

Author:Shelley Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: inspirational, motivational, personal growth, mindfulness & meditation, personal development, overcoming obstacles, metaphysical
Publisher: BHC Press
Published: 2018-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

Red: Commands action, helps express passion, joy and anger.

Blue: Creates a feeling of serenity and trust, good for communicating your needs.

Pink: Loving colour, promotes a calm atmosphere and relieves tired muscles.

Green: Great for balancing, self-love and stress relief.

Over the week I found myself searching for brighter colours to wear and I loved the way each piece of clothing impacted on my mood—my inner sunshine emerged.

I looked forward to getting my tropical clothes out and carrying on with the colour challenge. Although black can give the illusion of a slimmer body, it can also drain your emotions and leave you feeling gloomy. It’s a habit I appear to have taken on since my divorce and coming to this realisation—albeit ten years later—had an astonishing impact on my well-being.

My challenge also sparked a rather hilarious discussion with my meditation class about colour-coordinated underwear—I think that’s a whole challenge in itself!

Leaving the car at home for week 28 just happened to coincide with a UK heatwave but I refuse to call this cheating. When I decided to include ‘Appreciate What You Have By Giving Something Up’ as one of my resolutions, I knew each item would have to be important, otherwise where would the challenge be?

In the grand scheme of things this probably wasn’t such a hard challenge as I do very low mileage, but when you have a car you do use it all the time regardless of whether the shop is two or twenty miles away—or is that just me?

What I did learn during my car-free week was to appreciate the convenience of being mobile and the ability to ‘pop out’ whenever and wherever we want.

I thoroughly enjoyed walking my daughter to and from school—the beautiful weather obviously a factor—but I did find food shopping a bit tricky. As I struggled back from the town centre, my knuckles grazing the floor as I wrestled with four heavy shopping bags, I really did miss my Honda. On the plus side I can now touch my toes without bending my knees.

As I was feeling quite smug about this challenge and enjoying the fresh air and exercise, I started wondering if my small, seven-day stint had had any impact on the environment. So I took to Google to find out the answer and was very surprised at what my research uncovered.

I discovered the Carbon Footprint Calculator, a fabulous site that enables you to see how your life is impacting the environment. Enter your country and the dates you wish to calculate to and from. The site gives you a selection of tabs to choose from which include house, car, flights, motorbike etc; fill in the relevant information and then click the green ‘offset’ button. This takes you to a link whereby you can donate to a worthy cause to offset your carbon footprint should you wish. The causes include:

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