The Amazing Ubuntu 3-Day Cleanse

Dos

Don’ts

Spend 5 minutes each day expressing thanks for what you have.

Take a break from the news, if it’s really important, someone else will tell you.

Spend some time each day outside. Go for a walk, a bike ride, sit on the porch. Take in nature & pay attention to the sight, sounds & smells around you.

Cleanse yourself of critical, judgmental or unsupportive comments. Remember, it’s just three days.

Sit and eat a meal with friends or family & no tv, phone, radio or other distraction.

Pick whatever you do to ‘tune-out’ in stressful times(eat, drink, Facebook, computer game, tv, etc.) & do something different.

Pick one person each of the three days(more if you want) & tell them in a sincere way what they mean to you.

Don’t let your internal dialogue run on a negative auto-play. If you find you are beating yourself up, tell yourself in three days you can, but not today.

Each day, give your full attention to someone who needs it for at least 20 minutes whether it is a coworker, your partner, your kid or even your dog.

Don’t focus on what is wrong, focus on what is right and problem solving whether it’s at work or at home. This is harder than it sounds & involves thinking before you speak.

Exercise your nice muscles--smile or say hello to someone at least 20 times each day.

Don’t be too hard on yourself if you slip up, you are, like the rest of us, a work in progress.