do

I feel I am doing better at “do,” but now need to work at saying no! For a while all I was doing was saying no, and now all I seem to do is say yes! Need to work on balance.

However, I have had many positive experiences through just doing. I am not as fearful at work of trying new things, I just do them and change later if it’s not working out. There are a lot of things I’d still like to try in my personal life but not sure if I should be taking on so much. So like I said, will keep striving for balance :)

The good thing about filling my plate is that it’s pushing me to think about some of my other goals like “exercise,” because I have to get the stress release from it. Ironic that the more we do, the more we need to do :)

that’s been hanging over me and making me feel guilty. Did I want to start in on another project at 8:30 after gardening all day on the last night of the weekend? No. But I did, and they are done, and I feel much, much better and my poor friend will have chair cushions to enjoy on his porch again. Whew. A perfect example of “do.”

Capturing this here:

The Happiness Manifesto
...started as an experiment in the UK where a number of people did all the things in the Happiness Manifesto and then measured their level of personal happiness to see whether practicing the manifesto helped them be happier. Here is a summary and the list of things to do.

From the Genuine Curiosity blog @
http://www.genuinecuriosity.com/genuinecuriosity/2005/11/the_happiness_m.html

10-item list

1. Get physical. Engage in half an hour of exercise three times a week
2. Count your blessings. At the end of each day, reflect on at least five things you are grateful for.
3. Talk time. Have an hour-long – uninterrupted – conversation with your partner or closest friend each week.
4. Plant something. Even if it’s a window box or pot. And, you must keep it alive!
5. Cut your TV viewing by half.
6. Smile at and/or say hello to someone you don’t know. At least once each day.
7. Phone a friend. Make contact with a friend or relation you have not talked to for a while and arrange to meet up.
8. Have a good laugh at least once a day.
9. Every day make sure you give yourself a treat. Take time to really enjoy this.
10. Daily kindness. Do an extra good turn for someone each day.

on a camping weekend with my girlfriends in July or August. That’s the first step.

Never Stop Learning (expose yourself to new things and experiment)

Surround yourself with those who can help you (people like to help)

Dream big dreams (and why shouldn’t you?)

Recharge your batteries (r & r = loving yourself)

Go the extra mile (if it is something you are passionate about)

Finish what you start (it feels really good when you do)

I know what I want, where to start, and how to get from A to B”.

Now, it is time to keep an attitude that will propel me forward. Now is the time to stay true to this passage:

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman

motivates to create, deliver, produce, build-on, work towards, and gets me closer to a desired end result. Those motivational pieces are what I’d like to capture here!

To begin with, I found this piece of advice from a blog today:

FIRST

It’s not drive, it’s not motivation, it’s not lack of passion that keeps people from doing what they want. It’s not knowing where to start, or how to get from A to B. That’s the single biggest reason people don’t take action to make their dreams a reality.

to a state park that will be fun! We will go with some family members.

I realized I have actually been doing “do!” a little bit better lately. See, I tend to be a thinker/planner and not so much a do-er sometimes. But lately I have some “do”s to celebrate:

1. Neti. I bought a neti pot and have been trying neti. I got the idea, read a little online, went and did it.
2. Treats. Made treats for Xmas. Unfortunately the quality of every batch mysteriously went downhill. Can’t say what they were because of Lilyfairy ;)
3. Shows. Went to three shows this month. One of them I can qualify under the “do” goal – the other two were organized by other people.

I had the chance to go scrap, and I did it instead of sitting at home on my butt.