Louis Savalli's blog

2 days 11 hours ago

I can’t keep a steady mindset while writing here.  I’ve written and re-written several times and each time, I go as far as I can until my insides start to tighten.  The character of this blog previously had a shallowness to it; not in a bad way, but it reflected my state of mind at [...]

11 weeks 2 days ago

I didn’t meditate today because I didn’t feel like it – I had to much energy – I wanted to keep going.  That’s’ a good thing.  I felt mostly comfortable, confident, and upbeat today.  That’s another good thing.  I need to keep remembering that I’m supposed to be myself, and that it is in fact [...]

11 weeks 5 days ago

In any difficult mountain to climb, the hard part is getting to the point where you’re aware of what you feel and you genuinely decide you want to feel better.  That’s the toughest part.  For the rest, your momentum builds and you head onward towards better feelings, healing, and recovery.  Some people don’t want to [...]

12 weeks 2 days ago

Read:  being yourself is the guiderail.  Read:  your best guide is yourself.  Read: you’re making life harder for yourself if you’re trying to be something or someone else.  Do what you’re intended to do.  Be who you are.  It’s the greatest thing you have.

12 weeks 6 days ago

I thought of this watching all of the Whitney Houston tributes.  I liked her back in the day, saw her on the tabloids regularly, and didn’t think much of her until a couple of days ago.  During the tributes, I focused in on her singing and all of the popular songs she made – and [...]

13 weeks 3 days ago

One of the recent turns in my attitude experiment (which is just an organized approach to personal development – using my own methodology instead of one from a book) is the quiet mindset.  Basically, and I’m sure this is true for most people, I carry around a lot of background noise in my mind.  The [...]