Tuesday
- Taking M out for ice cream to celebrate finishing grade 6.
- Walking by the lake, enjoying the beautiful weather, seeing 4 pelicans.
Wednesday
- Washing my Escape (with one bucket of water!)
- A heavenly hot night with no wind and no bugs and hours on the deck with a good book.
Thursday
- Extreme Pitas for lunch for me & the girl.
- Walking out of the restaurant to see my Escape shining beautifully clean in the sun.
- Watching Women's World Cup Soccer.
Last weekend was full of great things (celebrations & visits with friends / family, Red Lobster, Bonfire at a friend's place, Girl Guide camp, an afternoon nap, church picnic at the camp & Sean rocking in the baseball game...), and this weekend promises to be another great one, celebrating weddings with friends.
I really love summer.
Showing posts with label feel good. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feel good. Show all posts
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Sorry for neglecting you, Dad.
(sitting in my parents living room, Dad watching hockey, me on my laptop)
Dad: What are you looking up?
Me: Nothing. Just reading blogs.
Dad: You haven't been blogging much lately. I understood when you were working out, but now that you're not...
Me: We only took a break for a week - we're back at it.
Dad: You should have written that - how were we supposed to know?
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Sorry, folks. Apparently I've been leaving you in the dark. P90X update - Sean's bout with BPPV was minor and short lived, thankfully, so we've been back at it for a couple of weeks. Three weeks left! I did take the disc and workout in my hotel last weekend, but we also left them at home this weekend and are just skipping them completely. In the ultimate compliment, my mom said my shoulders are looking like the boys' - my wiry nephews. Made me laugh.
In other thoughts, here's a thread from the blogs I was reading that resonates with me. It's along the lines of what and how we think of ourselves. Seth Godin had a post last week called Turning the habit of self-criticism upside down. Why do we put ourselves in the best light possible when dealing with teams and bosses, but beat ourselves up in our own heads about all kinds of things? He suggests taking responsibility for the things we 'learned from' at work, and, what struck me was be more supportive of yourself.
In the same vein, my friend Jackie has been posting lately about making changes in her life - she wrote a post about how thinking about the things you are working towards is far more effective than the black hole of focusing on the negative things you are trying to move away from.
Focus on what I want to be & where I want to go. Be supportive of myself & encourage myself that I can do it. Life ends up being so much more positive... these are reminders I need again and again.
Dad: What are you looking up?
Me: Nothing. Just reading blogs.
Dad: You haven't been blogging much lately. I understood when you were working out, but now that you're not...
Me: We only took a break for a week - we're back at it.
Dad: You should have written that - how were we supposed to know?
**********
Sorry, folks. Apparently I've been leaving you in the dark. P90X update - Sean's bout with BPPV was minor and short lived, thankfully, so we've been back at it for a couple of weeks. Three weeks left! I did take the disc and workout in my hotel last weekend, but we also left them at home this weekend and are just skipping them completely. In the ultimate compliment, my mom said my shoulders are looking like the boys' - my wiry nephews. Made me laugh.
In other thoughts, here's a thread from the blogs I was reading that resonates with me. It's along the lines of what and how we think of ourselves. Seth Godin had a post last week called Turning the habit of self-criticism upside down. Why do we put ourselves in the best light possible when dealing with teams and bosses, but beat ourselves up in our own heads about all kinds of things? He suggests taking responsibility for the things we 'learned from' at work, and, what struck me was be more supportive of yourself.
In the same vein, my friend Jackie has been posting lately about making changes in her life - she wrote a post about how thinking about the things you are working towards is far more effective than the black hole of focusing on the negative things you are trying to move away from.
Focus on what I want to be & where I want to go. Be supportive of myself & encourage myself that I can do it. Life ends up being so much more positive... these are reminders I need again and again.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
10 000 Hours
I experienced a parenting fail again this morning. A parenting fail is where the kid goes out the door to school and she doesn't have a smile on her face and on this side of the door, I'm thinking, "Why? Why do I lack patience? Why do I frustrate her and why do I let her frustrate me? When will I learn???"
This happens too often for my liking, but thankfully, not as often as it used to. And the negative effects didn't even last too long, amazingly, because I remembered something I read recently. It was the "when will I learn" question that did it - that gave me the answer. 10 000 Hours. That's the answer. If you want to be good at something (like managing mornings with children??), it takes lots of practice and hard work.
I read this quote in Michael Hyatt's post on Why Real Creativity Requires Significant Work: "In his book, Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell talks about the “10,000-Hour Rule.” The basic idea is that success in any field is, to a large extent, the result of practicing a specific task for 10,000 hours—or more." That has stuck with me all week, and rather than being a downer and causing me to think that I'll never get there, it has proven to be a motivation. Keep trying, keep practicing. Yes, I'll fail, but then I get a clean slate to try again. To keep working on it, whatever the 'it' of the moment is.
I hope this encourages you. Lots of what we do in life is hard work - keep at it. Keep working hard at the things that are worth doing well...
This happens too often for my liking, but thankfully, not as often as it used to. And the negative effects didn't even last too long, amazingly, because I remembered something I read recently. It was the "when will I learn" question that did it - that gave me the answer. 10 000 Hours. That's the answer. If you want to be good at something (like managing mornings with children??), it takes lots of practice and hard work.
I read this quote in Michael Hyatt's post on Why Real Creativity Requires Significant Work: "In his book, Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell talks about the “10,000-Hour Rule.” The basic idea is that success in any field is, to a large extent, the result of practicing a specific task for 10,000 hours—or more." That has stuck with me all week, and rather than being a downer and causing me to think that I'll never get there, it has proven to be a motivation. Keep trying, keep practicing. Yes, I'll fail, but then I get a clean slate to try again. To keep working on it, whatever the 'it' of the moment is.
I hope this encourages you. Lots of what we do in life is hard work - keep at it. Keep working hard at the things that are worth doing well...
Friday, April 01, 2011
Ever Feel Blue?
I just read a good post from Michael Hyatt about things to do to get yourself out of a funk & thought it was worth sharing. Hyatt is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Nelson Publishers, and blogs almost daily with lots of quality stuff.
I hope you find this helpful, but really, I'm posting it here just so I can find it again when I need it.
I hope you find this helpful, but really, I'm posting it here just so I can find it again when I need it.
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