Tag: happiness challenge
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Good in small ways
Today was a good day in a lot of small ways. At basketball this morning I was really good on defense again (and banned up my knees diving for lose balls) and I made almost all my fast break layups – which I have missed too often in the past. The best part was the…
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Stretching the tether
I’m grateful for increasing experience. In nursery today I saw how to break the pattern of dependence that trapped me with Noah and extra that Emma is beginning to display. I told her that we weren’t going to repeat that again and then set her down rather than holding her on my lap. She called…
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Busy Bees
I’m grateful that my kids have friends and that my little boys can entertain themselves outside for long stretches (that bodes well for future emotional development). I’m also grateful to learn that Chris Bradshaw got surgery on his noise and throat which is relieving his sleep apnea. I hope as that physical challenge is diminished…
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Coming together
Today I’m thankful for my Chromecast. With the latest update it now allows me to show family pictures on my TV when it’s not in use so rather than a large black eyeball we have a massive picture frame that tells us the time and weather she same time. I’m also thankful for technology that…
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Crucial conversations
Yesterday Laura and I had an intense conversation where we had to work very hard to understand each other and be understood. By the end it was very good but it was a crucible before that. Today we had a similar kind of conversation with Savannah where she didn’t want to participate or act like…
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30 Day Happiness Challenge
Tevya Washburn invited people to join him in a 30 day happiness challenge. It is based on a presentation declaring that if we start doing some simple daily happiness behaviors we will become happy in any circumstances. Those things are too think of the new things each day you are grateful for, meditate, exercise, perform…