Welcome back to my little Happiness Project.
January:
Be Sarah- I am already enough. Smile when you wake up. Keep on top
of health, work, living arrangements,
chores, activities, exercise and be grateful.
February:
Make mistakes. Do you best. Be Generous.
March:
Be present. Be Patient. Don’t settle for “I am here…” go for “Here I am!”
April: Go
somewhere new! Make some “I was here” footprints. Life is full of setbacks. Success is
determined by how you handle your setbacks.
April has
whirled by! I really enjoy travel and adventure, so part of my April goal was
to go somewhere new and make some “I was here” footprints. I decided it was time to see the Redwood
trees and took a road trip to check them out. There is something exhilarating
about traveling down roads you have never journeyed on before. I love the way
you can never tell what is coming up around the next bend in the road and the
great surprise when you find something beautiful and new. It was amazing to camp at the base of trees
big enough to drive a car through and enjoy the soft misty mornings and rich, foresty smell. Pearl, my adventure dog,
came along and loved fetching sticks in the rivers and playing in the ocean
surf along the coast. If anyone has a lead on a job that includes travel and
adventure and a dog…please let me know so I can apply!
The second
part of my April project was about setbacks.
Success is determined by how you handle your setbacks. I can’t say I know many people who don’t want
to be successful. I believe it is part
of human nature and also engrained in my generation to be as successful as
early in life as possible. What “success” looks like for each person can be drastically
different. I also believe there is a big
difference between being perceived as successful and actually FEELING
successful. Setback: my car needed three
major repairs all at once. Success: car repairs were under warranty (just
barely). Setback: rejected for a few
jobs. Success: applied for more than a dozen other jobs and tried networking
like crazy. Setback: unexpected bills. Success: took on extra work. I tend to
look my setbacks straight on and with as much confidence as I can muster say, “You
won’t beat me. I will find a way to overcome this.” And if that doesn’t work
there is always chocolate, a good laugh and a chance to try again tomorrow.
Remember these are not
just mini-month long experiments, but things that I will continue to carry
throughout the year. Next month I’ll continue to add to my
growing list of ideas for how to live a happier life. Feel free to try
them out with me!
May: Be
loving and love will come looking for you. Get creative with your life.
"Creativity
can be described as letting go of certainties." – Gail Sheehy
