Today: I’m already excited about what’s coming in the New Year, including beta testing an offering I hope to launch in the spring. This, theatre and guitar class have taught me lessons about risking and sharing!
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Today: Celebrating the celebrations! The last few days have been extraordinary, from the success of planning day to celebrating my birthday with the tango!
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On average, each of us gets 30,000 days in this lifetime. What would our lives be like if we loved up each and every one of them? Here are 10 tips for amping up our love for today.
Find the love in your heart and let it out. Tell your mom you love her. Leave your honey a love note. Kiss your kitty’s forehead. Say “Mmm, darling, I adore you” to your morning coffee. Express your love!
I mean this literally and figuratively. Wake up and stretch from your fingertips to your toes. Let out a big stretching groan. Stretch into new territory. Say yes. Say no! Ask the first question. Ask for that raise. Stretch yourself each day and feel your courage grow.
If it’s rainy today, give yourself 5 extra minutes to lie in bed and listen to the rain. If it’s cold, pull out your favourite sweater and get cozy. If it’s hot, turn your face towards the sun and beam right back at it.
Leave behind what you’ve made up about who you have to be to play the roles that you take on each day. Show up at work as yourself. Arrive at dinner as you are. Share what you think. Wear something you love. Be true to you.
Smiling relaxes your body and improves your mood. It can start on the outside and travel in. It can be viral and spread beyond you. Get brazen about smiling and see what happens. Smile at the bank teller, your mailman, your boss. Smile at that cutie walking down the street. Remember that old saying, “Smile and they’ll wonder what you’re up to.”
Most of us have people in our lives whom we don’t connect to nearly enough. Reach out. Let them know you’re thinking of them. It can be as simple as picking up a beautiful postcard, scrawling “I miss you” in big purple letters and putting it in the mail.
Invite new thoughts and experiences into your day. Learn a new route home from work. Open the dictionary and find an unfamiliar word to play with. Figure out how to change your bike tire. Try cooking an artichoke. Expand your knowledge and grow.
Hug your kid. Put your arm around a friend. Soothe your aching feet by giving them a massage. Run your fingers through your hair. Add pleasure to your day through physical touch.
Some things (both little and big) challenge your ability to love your day. Someone cuts you off. You get fired. You get sick. Someone you love gets sick. Give the little things little energy. Attend to them and let them go. With bigger things, let yourself experience them. Let the world stop for a moment while you go ahead and be sad, hurt, disappointed, frightened. It may be uncomfortable or painful but this is a moment in your life – let it in.
Give thanks in the moment and as you reflect back on your day. When you get a seat on the subway, say thank you to the powers that be. When the cashier hands you your change, say a warm thank you (throw in a smile and accomplish 2 things on this list!) Express gratitude for each thing that brought you joy, made life easier, gave you what you needed or ask for. And then before you go to bed write down at least 10 things you were thankful for today.
Tomorrow is my birthday and this week I was blessed by the birthday fairy every single day with a treat! Monday’s arrival was magical. Let me share with you the daily progress of Herman the Birthday Dinosaur.
Today: It’s planning day! Registrations are in. (You can still join in, if you like!) The stage has been set. There’s still some tidying up today but soon we’ll be tucking into an afternoon of dreaming, planning and even scheduling! Plus, I’m celebrating my birthday this weekend! I’ll be sure to come back with some great stories (Psst… there’s going to be dancing!)
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For years I’ve had people telling me that they’d love to experience the kind of planning day that I do every year.
For years I’ve been designing, re-designing and re-re-designing how to make a plan for my year that was true to my heart, flexible for my soul and supported me in getting things done. With that vision in mind and a constant stream of refinements, along with my sister Shannon, I have finally settled into something that really works.
At the end of each year, we dream, we have fun and we get clear on what we want for the year ahead. Even with our vastly different styles (my plan ends up held lightly in coloured cut-outs on a magnet board and Shannon’s is recorded, tracked and analyzed in Excel) we’ve found a process that fits us both!
I want to share it with you.
Working with Jamie is always a wonderful experience. Planning Day was all that I hoped for and more. I had time to focus on what is important in my life, celebrate what I accomplished in 2014, and begin to think about and plan for 2015.
When Planning Day was finished I knew that I had a solid plan for how to begin my year but I also knew that my plan was fluid and flexible and that I could easily adjust it as needed. As always Jamie was prepared, fun, and always ready with a thoughtful answer if something didn’t seem to just right for me.
Planning Day is something that I will do from now on. I’m not only ready for 2015 but I’m excited to see what happens next! Thank you once again, Jamie for a terrific experience.”
Ginny Lennox
The Live Event took place on December 5, but you have not missed out!! The entire workshop is available until January 31!!
I made a video answering all of the questions that have come in, including more details about supplies and…
How can we plan when life is so chaotic and unpredictable?
What if you’ve never planned before?
What about overwhelm?
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Today: I’m so excited about and getting ready for Design Your Year: Planning Day 2015 tomorrow! Plus, just before I went to bed I discovered Creative Living with Jamie is featured as one of the Top 25 Business Podcasts for Entrepreneurs, in Entrepreneur! And as if that wasn’t enough goodness, Jinx came for a visit too.
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