I'm switching my blogging days to Sundays now, so to report on the rest of Extreme Nice Week.....it went better than the first part but it was still hard to do when I wasn't feeling well. Today starts a new week of trying not to say anything negative, ANYTHING. So, I think I'm a relatively positive person and years ago when we watched the Secret, I got even better at turning around what I was saying, like instead of complaining that my foot hurt, I would say, my foot feels about 70% better! Or focusing on a particular part of the body that doesn't hurt. I remember during our 50 mile run, talking to Kat, figuring out that the only thing that didn't hurt was my teeth, so I focused on those! I'm older now, I'm achier now, I'm set in my ways more, so it will be hard not to complain about my aches. It will be hard not to vent about certain job policies that I have a hard time with. It will be hard not to complain if Dustin leaves things out. I halfway f...
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Last week's goal of no demands or asks did not go well, especially since we packed up the car for Big Bear ski trip on Friday and I was asking Dustin to do this and do that the whole time, ha! I kept a positive tone to my asks at least. Then, on Sunday started Extreme Nice Week and that didn't go well either because I didn't plan ahead to get him anything or do anything special and we were in the cabin with 6 other people. Monday, my extremely nice plan was to drive back home and let him sleep but the roads were snowy and icey and I knew he preferred to drive anyway, so that didn't work. Monday night, we gave each other short massages on our new massage table I got for Valentines Day, so that was nice! On Sunday I had a little fall skiing and my neck was extremely sore, so when Tuesday rolled around and I vowed to do something extremely nice for him, I just didn't have any energy to do so. I was frustrated with things I shouldn't have been frustrated ...
The week of not sweating the small stuff worked pretty well. It helped to have my super chill brother here, he truly seems to care about nothing, I don't see how he does that. I'm still having issues with feeling like I should be bettering the Earth in a much bigger, broader way, but at the same time feeling at peace with myself and not creating more stress for myself. I'm trying to convince myself that life will not always be this peaceful, that I need to take it in for now and store my energy for the future. Like long term future like retirement....what the heck will I do in retirement? Well, I have a lot more happiness towards books and coffee lately and those 2 things seem pretty important to my elderly patients! Ha! One of my patients keeps giving me books, so I currently am still trying to finish the Four Tendencies, Happier at Home, The Mastery of Love, and Stumbling on Happiness, plus I am almost done with the Art of Doing Nothing and the Dash, whi...
It has been stormy here in San Diego these last few days, but after my patients, I was able to sneak out for a walk on the pier with some sunshine, thank goodness! I've always known I need sunshine to be happy but I didn't know what happiness the Imperial Beach Pier would give me. Being able to walk over the ocean and truly feel the energy coming from the Earth really is a special feeling! I'm still doing well with the Happiness Project and my goal this week is to not sweat the small stuff. My brother and his boyfriend and other friend are staying with us from last Friday to this Friday so that is a lot of fun but also having other people in the house interferes with the peacefulness that I created in January. They are really good house guests, but they really like to watch TV a lot, and I can only stand so much political bull shit on the news. Right now, I am by myself on the couch though with the rain trickling down and my wonderful husband is returnin...