Life House

Every so often I feel a bit overwhelmed by events in my life and in the world. Who doesn't? Lately I've been trying to reduce my stress levels, stay more focused when I need to, and be generally more carefree. Something that might help me with all these things is what I call my "Life House." A method that orators use to remember a speech is to visualize themselves in a house, and for each part of their speech, visualize a different room. As they progress through their speech, they can imagine themselves walking through the rooms of the house. It is supposed to help them remember the speech and the order of the speech. In the same manner as an orator's house, I've come up with a list of separate rooms that I can use to compartmentalize aspects of my life. My hope is when I feel too many pressures, I can visualize one of my rooms and focus on what I need to focus on. Another hope is that conceptually I can leave stuff in their respective rooms and therefore not have to worry about everything all at once. So, here's my initial list of rooms. Politics and current events Gay rights Finances Social life Career Hobbies and diversions Family Home Health Meditation Anyone use a similar method? Side note: I just took the Nerd/Geek/Dork Test, and my scores came back "Average Joe." I wonder if the test wasn't off by a little bit. ;) Just kidding.