Self Innovation

Innovative is the word in industry improvement and my profession, education. How can I innovate something else without innovating myself? Here are some ways I look at self innovation: improving my thought process, eliminate negative opinions of others, and create a healthy wholesome environment for myself.

The first thing I think of when being self innovation is improving my thoughts. How can I do this? THINK POSITIVE! By removing, negative thoughts about self, cluttery opinions from others and prioritize my thinking, I can rearrange how I view things. We are in a technological world that opens up a world of opinions from others that really do not always count. There is a lot of competition, critisim, and trend following. There is also factual research based information that can be found as well. I had to learn that just because someone says it does not make it the gospel. I need to fill my mind with positiveness so I try not to absorb social media sites. I do visit Pinterest for ideas for topics of my interest but at a limit.

I was listening to a faith based minister who discussed, "Not Following your Senses". WOW! That is quite the opposite of what the world around me says. Sometimes senses lead to negative overthinking and anxiety. The world says follow your gut but no one says follow the truth and get your mind off your gut. Your gut could lead you to distractions and a world wind of problems that only our Heavenly Father can solve anyway. Keeping your thoughts above is what matters. Yes, we are promised to have trials and tribulations but they are only there to test your faith in God. He is your stregnth. He is doing the heavy lifting. A lot of times people think that it is them but the credit goes to the Lord. I am just saying I am learning to stay more focused on innovating my thinking and sharing just in case someone else is letting the world around them suck them in.

Next, eliminating negative opinions on Facebook, Google and other sites or anywhere else can help. Yes, constructive critisim is needed to improve at times but not anything so harsh that you are bashing yourself due to opinons of others. Sometimes people carry mean hateful spirits and do not have a filter. You never know what they are going through to listen and take in what they are saying anyway. Being truthful with yourself, being positive, while making changes is good. I find that I reinvent my thinking all the time. Sometimes I have stinking thinking and I have to lift myself above water. I am harder on myself than what comes at me. I have to eliminate what others may think so I am not worried and do my best to declutter my mind. People are going to always talk but I have to stay focused on my goal and remind myself to stay in my lane. Sometimes I have caught myself checking Google for opinions about topics of concern. I have run into so much. In reality I was wasting my time. I could have been reading the word, writing, working on my intent paper for grad school, blogging, preparing a lesson, or pampering myself with love. Not only was I inviting negative thoughts from other sources but I was wasting my time.

Most of all, creating a healthy environment for myself is important. Surrounding myself with an organized area that expresses myself and decluttering is beneficial. It is not so someone can come over and say "hey that looks good" or for a compliment but for my well being. I can relax and work better in that sort of space. This is about self innovation and not competitiveness. I know that competitiveness the thing in society but not in my personal world. I am who I am and not to be compared.

The approaches mentioned that I use to self innovate not only helps me improve in my personal life but in my professional life. If my spritual well being is not cared for in a healthy way then it will show in a negative way as I operate day to day. How I treat myself is a reflection of how I treat and view others. So, it is important to have a healthy state of mind and innovate yourself before you can reinvent anything else.

Love you ALL!!

Sherrelle

Babe Love them Anyway

I just love seeing Babes with their hair many different ways and feeling themselves. I love to see the confidence of women. When they are sure of themselves they walk with it, talk with it, and express it whether you like it or not. It makes me smile. Have you ever met females who do not know they are a Babe yet? Yes, the beautiful women that are broken in some places who cannot handle when you express happiness about something new and great in your life. Its like here it goes, this Babe is feeling some type of way. Does she know she wears a crown too? It is so sad I have to be so careful with fragile babes. Yep, there goes that toxic energy. You know when a beautiful babe cannot take hearing your good news but when they have good news they cannot wait to share. Even the ones who compare. All of us possess different talents and abilties. We all walk a different walk. Beauty is not only outside, it shines from within. You can be a figure 8 with a beautiful face, baddest clothes, shoes, bags, money, house and car but still your jewles can be dull. If your view is poor then you will see others poorly. Downing others to boost ones self is another way to loose sight on your beautiful jewels.

Story: There was a babe who forgot she wore jewels. I knew she forgot them because she saw a young lady who may not have known she wore a crown and just started laughing at her and the young lady looked at her and she spoke. The young lady caught her looking at her head to toe laughing with satisfaction of boosting herself. She was laughing because of the youn lady's attire. There it was, a young lady being downed by a so called mature woman who actually lost her jewels and trying to recover off someone else. Now how you wear your crown is your business but that does not mean anyone has rights to strip the sparkle from another babe's crown. Instead she could have stayed in her lane instead of crossing lanes to take the hurt off her ownself. It was so obvious that this babe was hurting and desperately needing to find something to build herself up with. Her jewels needs to be shined. She could be in her lane focused on her path instead of running into others and loosing more jewels with a poor attitiude. Not everyone knows they wear a crown or how they should wear it. We all adjust our crowns on our journey. The main thing is staying in your lane along the way, not loosing sight of the worth of your crown.

Sometimes as babes we should take time to uplift every babe even the ones who have a crown but do not yet know how to wear it or have dull jewels without comparing their jewels to others.

Babes wear your crown Without comparing jewels!

Let me hear your comments, thoughts, suggestions....

Space to be a Babe

Spring is a beautiful time of year for plants/flowers to blossom. When I think about blossoming I think about something beautiful and new coming about. We can blossom or wither. Also during this period it takes space to grow. You have a choice.

Choosing to blossom somewhere in life in your own space is an awesome thing. How you decide to bloom is a personal choice. It is okay to assess yourself and make adjustments and flow. Embrace who and where you are without comparing yourself or situation to anyone else. You are your unique self. What works for someone else may not be for you. If you have a significant other this may be a great time to let them blossom and not crowd the space of that flower. Flowers need space to grow and so do people. Practice being selfless. Sometimes we can drain others with our selfish needs and desires/outlooks on how we pereceive how situations should be. That is unfair. Sometimes certain events in our lives provoke us to need space to climb up again out of a valley and that is okay too. Some times we can misinterpret someone's need for space as a rejection or avoidance. Healthy relationships are not selfish. They are built off understanding where another is and providing them the time and space to rebuild or clear the air in their lives. Do not think negative or surround yourself with people who help you think negative either. Be kind to yourself and the people needing space to achieve including yourself. God knows the order of the events he has planned in your life.

On that note negativeness can discourage and stunt your growth. It can also lead to anxiety. It is hard sometimes to take it with a grain of salt but negativeness has no power. Just because you may be going through something does not mean that people can read your mind or even know they are affecting you. Nor does it mean to go attack everyone either. That just takes too much energy. It is not always okay to react off emotions.

Blossom and live. Like the seasons life comes full circle. Instead of worrying why something in your life has not bloomed yet enjoy what is and what will be will happen in its own season.