Today's mantra: Choose happiness!
I have been thinking a lot about happiness today. More along the lines of "I am not responsible for someone's happiness." You can not control whether another person is happy or not, but you can control your happiness and sometimes happiness is contagious!!
Much like thinking everything is greener on the overside of the fence, I have been shifting negative thoughts to positives. Looking for the things that make me happy and doing them more often. Surrounding myself with those that make me happy - because happiness is contagious!!
While writing this I'm thinking of the Gumball cartoon characters singing "When life gives you lemons" clip - I love Gumball!!
So remember to choose happiness!
And really heat does not help blog writing creativeness!! So hot!! But on the bright side ---- hmm there really isn't a bright side except I hate being cold worse!! Choose happiness!!
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Friday, January 2, 2015
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Day 8 - Blog 12 Days of Christmas - Opening Doors!
Today's mantra: Old ways won't open new doors.
Ok let's step back a bit and tell you what I did today. I started the day with the Sawtell New Year's Day Fun Run 5.25km. I ran this for the first time in 2014 and found it a very hot and challenging run. It was the same this year.
However, I managed to run a faster time by 51 seconds than last year. And, I also managed to beat a fellow local runner that I come across a lot in the local fun runs I do. Unfortunately or fortunately I seem to be a bit of a competitive person when it comes to running. I spotted the runner early on - thinking that they weren't going to run this year because I had not seen their name on the registration list - and kept them in my sight. At first I thought I would not be able to beat them because of a not so good run at the Dorrigo Show Fun Run in which the heat and hills got the better of me and I walked most of it. But this time, I won the mental battle!! And this has been huge for me as I have been battling a bit with my running since the Ipswich Park2Park and my issue with hills. It seems this run has put my head in a good place for 2015 - with regards to running anyway!
After the run I met up with a fellow Running Mums Australia (Facebook running group that I am a member of) who I had come across during the run. Seems the world gets smaller every time I meet someone through running. In Ipswich back in April 2014, I met a lovely lady at my first parkrun - it was her first too. We became friends on Facebook, as you do, and found we had a mutual friend.
Today after meeting the fellow RMA we found we also have a mutual friend and that she works in the local high school. I talked about fate in a previous post and strongly believe that once again I have met these people for a reason.
A visit to the beach was in order to cool down and then an afternoon of not doing much at all. It was really hot - seems to be a theme in the blog posts today!!
So back to the mantra - this is another thing to add to my list to work on this year. I am going to change my approach to work - not sure how yet but I do believe it needs changing. My attitude and thoughts towards work are something I will be working on but also how I approach things at work. This will, I hope, lead to new opportunities!!
Here's a link to a video of the start of the Sawtell New Year's Day Fun Run that my hubby took. Look out for me waving at the camera at 15 second mark.
Ok let's step back a bit and tell you what I did today. I started the day with the Sawtell New Year's Day Fun Run 5.25km. I ran this for the first time in 2014 and found it a very hot and challenging run. It was the same this year.
However, I managed to run a faster time by 51 seconds than last year. And, I also managed to beat a fellow local runner that I come across a lot in the local fun runs I do. Unfortunately or fortunately I seem to be a bit of a competitive person when it comes to running. I spotted the runner early on - thinking that they weren't going to run this year because I had not seen their name on the registration list - and kept them in my sight. At first I thought I would not be able to beat them because of a not so good run at the Dorrigo Show Fun Run in which the heat and hills got the better of me and I walked most of it. But this time, I won the mental battle!! And this has been huge for me as I have been battling a bit with my running since the Ipswich Park2Park and my issue with hills. It seems this run has put my head in a good place for 2015 - with regards to running anyway!
After the run I met up with a fellow Running Mums Australia (Facebook running group that I am a member of) who I had come across during the run. Seems the world gets smaller every time I meet someone through running. In Ipswich back in April 2014, I met a lovely lady at my first parkrun - it was her first too. We became friends on Facebook, as you do, and found we had a mutual friend.
Today after meeting the fellow RMA we found we also have a mutual friend and that she works in the local high school. I talked about fate in a previous post and strongly believe that once again I have met these people for a reason.
A visit to the beach was in order to cool down and then an afternoon of not doing much at all. It was really hot - seems to be a theme in the blog posts today!!
So back to the mantra - this is another thing to add to my list to work on this year. I am going to change my approach to work - not sure how yet but I do believe it needs changing. My attitude and thoughts towards work are something I will be working on but also how I approach things at work. This will, I hope, lead to new opportunities!!
Here's a link to a video of the start of the Sawtell New Year's Day Fun Run that my hubby took. Look out for me waving at the camera at 15 second mark.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Day 6 - Blog 12 Days of Christmas - Health!
Today's mantra: You are as important to your health as it is to you.
This really is a no brainer. You are in control of your health so you are important. And if you are not healthy then your life will suffer, therefore health is important.
Sometimes our health can let us down and no matter how hard we try to be healthy and get our health in order, outside influence etc can have an impact outside of our control.
That said, it is important that you work on the things you can control to assist you in being in good health. Exercise, eating healthy food and keeping your mind active are all things you can do to ensure good health.
What things do you practice to ensure good mental health? This is probably where I struggle a bit. I can tend to stress out easily and need to practice some mindfulness techniques. Some people have reached mindfulness when running - I'm yet to experience that.
I have a few things stuck up on my wall at my desk at work to do with wording things differently or changing words in your mind from negatives to positives to assist with stress or dealing with difficult situations. I also have a list of "mantras" to think about regarding mindfulness.
I could go on but it is so hot that I can't really think too hard about anything.
So I leave it to you - how do you look after your health?
This really is a no brainer. You are in control of your health so you are important. And if you are not healthy then your life will suffer, therefore health is important.
Sometimes our health can let us down and no matter how hard we try to be healthy and get our health in order, outside influence etc can have an impact outside of our control.
That said, it is important that you work on the things you can control to assist you in being in good health. Exercise, eating healthy food and keeping your mind active are all things you can do to ensure good health.
What things do you practice to ensure good mental health? This is probably where I struggle a bit. I can tend to stress out easily and need to practice some mindfulness techniques. Some people have reached mindfulness when running - I'm yet to experience that.
I have a few things stuck up on my wall at my desk at work to do with wording things differently or changing words in your mind from negatives to positives to assist with stress or dealing with difficult situations. I also have a list of "mantras" to think about regarding mindfulness.
I could go on but it is so hot that I can't really think too hard about anything.
So I leave it to you - how do you look after your health?
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