B+ for Effort

Today was a better day and I know that it was all due to my attitude adjustment. It really does help to get up in the morning and say, "Today is going to be good. It's all in your hands."  I didn't get rid of all the weird energy, frustration, struggle, but I tried to focus on doing nice things for people, being grateful, and trying to focus on what I can change and do in myself to keep things on an even keel.  I give myself a B+ for effort. I really tried, but as I got more tired, it was harder to keep it up.

I watched an entire CSI episode with guest stars Marlee Matlin and Phyllis Frelich (I love her - if you haven't seen the movie "Love is Never Silent"...brilliant!).  I don't like those shows because they are normally gruesome and gory and I prefer not to fill my overactive imagination with that kind of imagery.  They kept the gruesomeness to a minimum for this episode. I'm glad I watched it, but I will never be a regular CSI viewer.

I'm off to read for a while, then to bed. Tomorrow is Friday, which is good. I am working for an A in attitude tomorrow.  I'm not expecting perfection. I'd like to get to a 90% if possible. Aim high, right?

Time Out Chair for Grownups

I think that adults should have a Time Out Chair that is proactive.  If I feel the need coming on, I can just go to the Time Out chair and have a few minutes of solitude, quiet and contemplation.  I needed one today.

I am going to go to bed soon and then I am going to wake up in the morning with a different attitude. I just need to choose again and my outlook will be much better.

See, I am trying to practice what I preach. Not happy, change what you are doing. It is so liberating to know that I can make a different choice and change things for myself. I can't change the situations I'm in but I can change how I choose to think about it.  I can't wait for tomorrow. I'm already feeling the change coming on.

Attitude Adjustment and Gratitude

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."~ Oprah Winfrey

In my tiredness and anxiety lately, I have been focusing on all the wrong things.  So today, I am focusing on the good.  I know that this is a better way to go.  It is harder to remember when you are tired.

I'm lucky in so many ways and I'm grateful for my good life full of good friends, my family, work that I enjoy, endeavors that I love.  I have a good job, I have my health and when you come down to it, that's all that is really important in life.

I am still and always working on en-joying life, on being grateful and creating those little moments of happiness.

Thanks for coming along for the ride.