Today I went to the most powerful spiritual workshop and I learned so much. I haven’t even fully processed it yet, but one thing that I took away was that we are supposed to enjoy our lives. Sure, there will be times that are harder to teach you or cause you to expand. I’m not saying that we need to walk around like pollyanna during the hard times, but I do think we need to think about how we’re approaching our lives overall to make sure that we’re trying to live in a default mode of enjoyment, contentment and satisfaction.
It is so easy to focus on responsibilities and duties and all the things we have to do or should do and literally have our entire lives pass us by. I know I can get like that if I’m not careful. January was a month with lots of obligations in work and in my personal life. There was definitely fun in the mix, but as I look back on the month I see a lot of pushing through and surviving.
As I look forward to February, the month seems a little less stacked. There are not so many pressing obligations, so I am designating this a month of play and enjoyment. I am going to try to extract as much fun, happiness and satisfaction out of this month as humanly possible.
I’m not going to try to write a to do list for fun. I have no concrete plans. I just want to resolve to welcome more fun and satisfaction into my days. As I’m sitting here, I can think of lots of fun things I’d like to do this month:
- Making homemade chocolate chip cookies
- Going for long walks with my dogs
- Sleeping late
- Dancing
- Long, luxurious baths
- Dinners out at delicious restaurants where we start with drinks, linger over appetizers and then skip a real meal in favor of dessert
- Going to thrift stores to find treasures
- Organizing my house and scheming for ways to make it more beautiful
- Journaling and meditating in the morning
- Sending care packages to people I love
- Reading a riveting book
- Going on an adventure to the beach
What do you think? Are you down to make February more fun with me???
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