Maybe the tides have turned. For the first time in many weeks, we had a day in the same city. The hospital visit was only 15 minutes away and we even had the space to walk into town for a well-earned coffee/Panini. The sun was shining.
Not only that, since 9.30 there’s only been us in the house. We might even make it to the pub this evening.
On a different note, I’m considering a re-think on the Slight Edge habits. It’s come to my attention that I’m not feeding my Humour & Playfulness key character strength sufficiently well.
Jan, god love her, sent my Master Practitioner Certificate with a fun twist playing on my daughter’s conviction that I’m now officially a wizard. It exercised my playful instincts as I sadly realised that I’m not the kind of therapist who’d have a Wizard Certificate on his wall. Not in this universe anyway.
With the limits of playfulness duly stretched and tested, it occurs to me that I’ve stopped listening to music. So I’m writing this post listening to Uptown Special at reasonable volume on the Mac. I forget how much difference it can make.
So if I decide to switch one of my Slight Edge habits for listening to out-loud music, which should it be? In no particular order, here they are. One of them has to make room:
- Read 10 pages of something interesting
- Meditate for at least 10 minutes
- Exercise: raised heart rate for at least 5 minutes (I’m starting from a low base again)
- Write 100 words or more
- Keep a list of the day’s positive events
Which one gets shouldered out of the way so I can get to the front once more?
My life needs more noise.
just waiting for the Pizza
© Tony Burkinshaw 2013
Gill just came up and closed the door…
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