The Gladdest Thing has a new look! I figure it's a new year, so what the heck, why not try a bloggy makeover? Besides the cute new background, I updated my happiness resolutions, too! Here they are, to save them for posterity in case I change them again next year.
MY HAPPINESS COMMANDMENTS for 2013:
- Live your priorities.
- Be in the moment.
- Do your best, and be done with it.
- Be silly; have fun.
- Forget not the beauty of the in-between.
- Learn new things.
- Be unhurried.
- Experience nature.
- Respect routines.
- Observe, wait, listen.
- Work hard to make a connection.
My new additions were:
- "Forget not the beauty of the in-between." -- trying to be content with each stage of life, not just the end products.
- "Respect routines" which is just to remind me that systems matter, and that a predictable routine and maintaining organization makes my life calmer.
- "Observe, wait, listen," which is a Hanen strategy for working with children, but which I think is brilliant for helping me listen well to adults in my life, too, and
- "Work hard to make a connection," which is something that I say to myself a lot in work and play--sometimes I can get distracted with all that is on my plate, and I need to remind myself that connecting with people in my world is what brings me joy and fulfillment.
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Do you have any little sayings or phrases like these "happiness commandments" that you tell yourself regularly? I'd love to hear them!
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