Last week, I posted a tip to my Facebook fan page suggesting that people take a few minutes each day to do nothing. As I’ve thought about this, I realized that if you’re alive, it’s impossible to do nothing. You are always breathing and usually thinking. And doing nothing is actually doing something.

That led my mind to think about how we really do get to choose our moment to moment activities and point of focus. We can choose to be ultra-busy, highly stressed, in fear, or acting compulsively (eating, drinking, shopping, etc.), or the choice can be to pace ourselves carefully, approach everything in a relaxed manner, trust in a positive outcome, or make deliberate choices.

Some people seem to thrive in high stress situations. When I was younger and working for a nightly network television show, I loved the fast pace and daily pressure, but was taking lots of Valium and eating more than my share of sugar and junk foods. In the long run, it proved to be disastrous physically and emotionally.

So now I choose a more moderate and apparently saner approach to living and working. I find that by pacing myself and taking time to rest and relax, in the long run, I actually get more done and waste less energy on nonproductive projects.

What lifestyle choices are you making that can be holding you back and blocking your prosperity? Are you so worried about not doing enough that you’re actually debting to yourself by depriving your being of what it needs to thrive?

Making different “doing” choices can have a major effect on the outcomes of your life stories. Yet many people people act without considering the potential consequences of their action or inaction.

If you are serious about changing the direction of your finances and your life, then starting today, make some new choices about how you think and feel and what you decide to do during your waking hours.

Move forward today by doing nothing. Even if it’s only for 10 or 15 minutes, take a break from all your doing and imagine that you’re sitting on a beach somewhere just soaking in the sun. (In this fantasy, the sun is perfectly safe.) Let your mind roam freely to the most fantastic activity that you can possibly imagine. This will open you to new possibilities.