Archives for 2013

Laughing while moving a mattress may not be a good strategy for lifting a heavy weight, but it beats being miserable about the task.

Making gritty work tasks fun is easy if you try. But you do have to think of it.

It may seem unimportant – fun that is – but that’s not true. When you find an amusing curve to an oh so strait line, it not only lifts your spirits and those of others, it’s good for your health. It’s true, it’s reality.

So I say in all seriousness…have fun!

It’s a joy to be up and about very early in the morning.

People are starting, opening shutters, preparing shops, serving the first coffee and preparing the day’s conveniences for others.

There is an early morning kinship. People tend to say good morning to each other more than the later arrivals do, they greet the fact that others are starting their day.

Perhaps we could continue this feeling by lifting the rest of the day onto a new platform of friendliness.

Before sunset there are three things you might do.

Just a suggestion…

Speak to one person nearby who you have not really spoken with before. Or make a phone call to achieve the same thing if you live far from anyone else.

Drink an extra glass of water, slowly, enjoying every sip.

Draw something in pen, pencil, paint, or any way you find convenient. It’s fine to draw a matchstick man or a portrait. Any small thing.

It takes a few minutes to do all these.

How does it feel when they are done?

Good day.

You could say something when things are bubbly and fine.

Best to make things so, then invite everyone in.

Celebrating small victories is good.

Creating a masterpiece which may take you a day or a decade to build, paint, write or construct might be a high aim.

High is good!

A new look.

Doing old things in new ways is a good brain exercise.

It’s not just about buying new things – it’ about *doing* new things.

One obvious example is brushing your teeth with the “other” hand.

But you can do this in small ways from walking down different streets on your way somewhere, to starting with different tasks at the beginning of the day…it doubles as a check as to whether the order in which you have been working, is the best for you.

Have fun with it.