Top 10 Ways to Mess Up Your Emotions

Here's the President's top ten list from August 31st. Did you miss the meeting? The theme of the Aug 31 meeting of Toastmasters of La Jolla was 'Efficiency'.



It's hard to be efficient if your emotions are all messed up, so here's a list of things NOT to do (this is an excerpt from my new book on body-mind medicine)



Brian Carter's Top Ten Ways to Mess Up Your Emotions



10. Work until you collapse. Repeat.



9. Alternate option: Drink until you pass out every day. Come to. Repeat.



8. Don't exercise. Ever. Even if someone points a gun at your head.



7. Ignore your body, appetite, and sleep. Substitute caffeine and sugar.



6. Fantasize about the future while doing nothing.



5. Stubbornly hang on to vague goals of huge magnitude.



4. Decide you don't have enough time to improve yourself. Then go watch some TV.



3. If all else fails, worry as much as possible about loved ones. It shows you really care.



2. Occasionally take breaks from self-absorption to envy and resent everyone else.



And the number one way to mess up your emotions is...



1. Focus on what you don't have. Once you get it, don't let that faze you: put it away and focus on something else you don't have.