It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like....
I just went for a walk. A long walk! The snow is piling up, about 8 inches or so (is that 20 cm?) and it covers this town! Maybe I will change my background for this blog!!
I have given myself a new goal, at least 30 minutes outside for at least 5 days per week. In my coursework, we had a great exercise, Making Shift Happen. It challenges our reasons for making things work--or not! The questions are:
Goals. Do you make goals? What do they typically look like? And how do you go about making them work? They say it takes 30 repetitions to create a habit. I have been working oon that habit of gratitude! Writing a note of thanks to someone, sending it off, sending an email or card. It is becoming easier as I go--and I made it more possible by picking up a LOT of blanks! Like, well over 200! They allow me to be artsy and creative as well, making thank you notes that are truly from my heart. I wrote our annual Christmas Letter today, another habit I am trying to keep. I love to stay in touch, to take delight in others' news and share our own, that back and forth of conversation, of relationship.
On this snowy day in the mountains, avalanches rumbling their pathways down the slopes, music inviting me in this warm place, reminding me to relax, to be grateful and to take time to respond to my inner need to create habits that are affirming and life-changing. Here's to goals!
I have given myself a new goal, at least 30 minutes outside for at least 5 days per week. In my coursework, we had a great exercise, Making Shift Happen. It challenges our reasons for making things work--or not! The questions are:
- What improvement goal would you like to work toward?
- What are the obstacle behaviours?
- What are competing demands?
- What are your hidden life-beliefs (those words inside your head, like " I will never lose weight, it never works")
- What alternatives can you come up with to overcome these so they are not excuses?
Goals. Do you make goals? What do they typically look like? And how do you go about making them work? They say it takes 30 repetitions to create a habit. I have been working oon that habit of gratitude! Writing a note of thanks to someone, sending it off, sending an email or card. It is becoming easier as I go--and I made it more possible by picking up a LOT of blanks! Like, well over 200! They allow me to be artsy and creative as well, making thank you notes that are truly from my heart. I wrote our annual Christmas Letter today, another habit I am trying to keep. I love to stay in touch, to take delight in others' news and share our own, that back and forth of conversation, of relationship.
On this snowy day in the mountains, avalanches rumbling their pathways down the slopes, music inviting me in this warm place, reminding me to relax, to be grateful and to take time to respond to my inner need to create habits that are affirming and life-changing. Here's to goals!
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