21 Days of Happiness – Day 2

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Apr 172012
 

Today has been such a long and busy day, but despite that I’ve been in a good mood. The reason for this might be that I’ve finally done the last of a series of things that were overwhelming me, and that feels liberating. This of course links to my gratitudes for the day, which are:

  1. I’m grateful my presentation for the MMIT conference went well today (and I’m glad it’s done)
  2. I’m grateful that my lovely girlfriend had don the shopping and made some lasagna so I could just sit down and eat after my long day
  3. I’m also grateful that my friend Erica is still willing and able to help out with our Inhuman League meeting, despite me neglecting to confirm this with her sooner

Being back on the bike means I had my exercise sorted, and on my way back I was ready for my random act of kindness when I saw a lady in a wheelchair struggling to get out of a sideroad uphill. I offered my help, but that was gracefully and gratefully declined. I think I’ll count it anyway :)

Now I just need to make sure I get some mediation in before I’m off to bed! But first I’m going to watch the recording of our bout on Saturday on http://celebration20.net/

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21 days of happiness

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Apr 162012
 

Yesterday I decided to start the revival of my blog by picking up the habits from the talk ’21 days of happiness’ by Shawn Achor

The program is about rewiring your brain to be more (focussed on / susceptible to) happiness. It invloves a set of daily habits:

  1. Journal a positive experience every day
  2. Record 3 new things you are grateful for every day
  3. Do some exercise
  4. Meditate
  5. Perform a random act of kindness

My first day was moderately succesful (4 out of 5 is ok right?)

My positive experience was my drive into work. It was a bit earlier then my body woudl have liked, but the sun was shining and there was some great music playing on the radio, and by the time I parked and continued my walk into town I was in a rather un-Monday-like good mood. Unfortunately this also brings out my little failure of the day: no exercize. I normally cycle into work, but today I was being picked up for a site visit an so I took the car. I think I’ll forgive myself. I did manage to set aside some time for meditation (which I haven’t done for weeks), and called my dad for a chat as a random act of kindness.

The 3 things I’m grateful for today are:

  1. My girlfriend joining me on this little journey
  2. TEDtalks, as they never seize to inspire me to lead a better life
  3. Finishing this post, as it’s something I wanted to do for a long time
See you tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I really must backup my site…tomorrow

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Feb 152012
 

Yes, it’s true: My site has disappeared. I realised to late my hosting account was linked to an expired card, and my site and database were deleted when my renewal failed. Pretty silly huh. So fo rthe next few days it means there’s fairly little to see here while I work on restoring what was here, and/or creating something new.

The internet only remembers the things you’d rather it forgot.

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