Wellness Exercises Dealing with Greed

Wellness Exercises Dealing with Greed : 

It is important to be honest with yourself with both of these !

Exercise one involves making a running list ( A list you add to as more information comes to mind rather than one you sit down and finish all at once ) Answer the following question 
How am I greedy ?

Exercise two is similar to the gratitude ritual . It is best preformed daily but, can be done weekly instead . You simply list answers to
" How did I give today ( or this week ) ?"

You may want to, after doing exercise one, start listing daily or weekly along with exercise 2, any answers you have to " How was I greedy today ? " and, you may not . It is important if you are going to do that, to perform exercise one with due diligence first and, to be groundedly well aware of the difference between greed and self-nurture and care .

In exercise two you are most likely to be dishonest by listing things you may have appeared to give or do for others when in fact you only truly did them for yourself - Example - I gave someone a compliment but, you didn't mean it and only did it as a manipulative tactic to hopefully receive something in return .

In exercise number one you are most likely to be dishonest by refusing to face things and by practicing denial . I'm going to give you 3 examples here because, I think they may help to stretch your mind and awareness beneficially before you try these exercises .

Example 1 : You eat animal products and don't admit ordering someone's life to be enslaved and body to be butchered ( not to mention environmental and humanitarian impacts) is selfish .

Example 2 : You litter and don't think to put that down on your list

Example 3 : You refuse to ever help your exhausted living partner with housework simply because you don't like doing it or feel like watching tv instead .

The idea of these exercises is to make you more self-aware of your behaviors , better your life, hold yourself accountable , and help you become encouraged to be more giving and less greedy .

Be Well !