I have things that I used to do that really brought me a sense of pride and accomplishment. Although, at the time, I didn't realize it ... I just felt "good", however never linked the action with the feelings.
For example, Monday this past week, it was an ice day outside in the morning and I thought ... I'm going to wash my car. I put on my little MP3 player with my Christmas songs playing (that puts me in a very nice mood, among other music choices) and I got a big bucket, put the soap in it, got out my big huge car sponge and I started washing my car. My car is black so any little water drop or dirt, or bird poop ... we all know that happens, shows up and when it's dirty it just doesn't seem to feel as nice driving.
I don't know if any of you can identify with that feeling, so lets see.
So, I was out there a good 45 min to an hour. Washing, rinsing, doing the tires, rinsing, seeing where I may have missed, washing again. Took the rugs out and knocked the dirt out of them off a telephone pole, shook them some more, then put them back in the car. Then I dried her off ... and WOW !!
She looked so sleek and clean ... and SHINNY!
I stood back and surveyed my work. I had done a very good job. I was so happy because not only did I get to do something where I felt productive, but it also made me feel like I had accomplished something really great. I had quality alone time with myself, zoned out to my music, thought about whatever popped into my head, then on to the next thought and before I knew it, the task was done.
I was proud of my accomplishment. I think, sometimes, we miss all of these important bite size accomplishments that we have on a daily basis.
I think it's important to acknowledge that we may take for granted these little things as unimportant, or just something that we "have to do" for ourselves or even for others.
Now that I have realized how important even the littlest things can be, and ARE ... it's nice to feel that sense of accomplishment and pride in our life. And you can do this every day.
Why not? Who would deny themselves the opportunity to feel so good, over something so small? All things, to me, have meaning... it doesn't have to be HUGE it can be the little things.
Take a look around you and if you find something that you are particularly proud of, that you view as an accomplishment and don't fluff off as unimportant and it "just had to be done, so I did it"...
Post it! I would love to see it... and then I can share your good feelings too!
Whattaya say Folks? Want to try?
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2 comments:
Sue,
I just "found you" by following your link from the "Critical Thinking Outside the Box" .ning site.
After reading your blog post here, I decided to jump in. The water looks fine!
Your post has so much merit and especially identifies what (the collective) we easily forget when we get caught up in regular life things.
My latest great accomplishment is taking the step to put together an ezine for my business. It's been about a month now, and during that time my ezine has evolved from how it first looked. I'm becoming more confident with it and as a result it's getting better.
Now, I'm off to see what else you've written around here.
And thank you for the opportunity for me to leave a comment.
Hello Karen :) Thank you so much for writing in! You sound so proud of your ezine ... that's really terrific. Before you know it, you are going to be a pro.
I hope you enjoy the other topics I've written about. There's so much out there to talk about, I find it hard to pick one thing or the other sometimes.
Nice to meet you :)
Sue T.
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