Give 4000 cheers

Done :). Next: 5000. Not sure I’m going to take up a list space for the goal, at least right now. I will be working on it as a goal, though.

The cheer count is moving in the right direction now after what apparently was a mass account or goal deletion of people I’ve cheered. I see I’m not the only one who has experienced this. Hopefully people have been reassessing their goals moreso than leaving. At least one person I thought was inspirational has gone away. :( Bummed about that one.

Sometimes I think people don’t realize how much they influence others, even those they never met or will meet. I read a very interesting article the other day on a phenomenon called “social contagion.” Basically, happiness (or sadness, or other emotions) can spread through groups of people, and these waves of change can start with someone many degrees away from yourself.

Since I’ve read that article, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I present to the world, and trying to make what I put out there better . . . it makes me laugh to think that somewhere in Kentucky, a horse rancher may have had a good day because two weeks ago I did something fabulous at a grocery store in Oklahoma. I don’t know that social contagion really works that way and probably just made a fool of myself describing something totally wrong but ah who cares. I’m happier, anyway. :)

A year ago, I’d given 3700 cheers.

6 months ago, I’d given 3604 cheers.

Now, I’ve given 3550 cheers.

Erm . . . that’s not going in the right direction.

Cheers given: 3604.

Cheers Given: 3700

Cheers Received: 2900

It amuses me that those numbers are even like that at exactly the same time.