How Not To Go Backward
Grasshopper Notes Podcast

How Not To Go Backward

B1IntermediateAugust 14, 20264 min
  • One speaker
  • Relationships & psychology

Send us Fan Mail Slipping back into the same unproductive routines? Learn a lesson from a hurricane. Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. Find the written versions of these podcasts on John's podcasting site: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1628038 "The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his int...

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Everything went back to normal.

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The title of this mini podcast is How Not to Go Backward. Years ago I learned a very powerful lesson from a powerful hurricane. The storm knocked out our power for several days and suddenly all of our normal routines went right out the window. I can't remember the last time I played 500 Rummy, but I know I never played my candlelight.

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Until then, we went to bed earlier. There were no TVs, computers, or cell service. Fortunately, we had plenty of batteries for our flashlight so we could at least read. Of course, some people were devastated by the storm. We were lucky. For us, it was mostly an inconvenience. And then, a few days later, the power came back on. And just like that, poof!

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Everything went back to normal. That got me wondering, how often do we go through something challenging in our lives? Make some changes because we have to. And then once the crisis passes, go right back to doing things the way we did them before.

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