Well, today, I contacted all the leads (there are only three others plus me) on the daunting Annual Report Project. I thought that if we became a sub-team, we could make everyone's projects better. What I hope to get out of it: better ideas on how to divide the work (I shared mine with them in the introductory email); better ideas on how to establish some quality control mechanisms; better ideas on things that we want to remember to include... I thought we'd be a good sounding board for each other if any frustrations come up, too.
I am also looking at connecting with some of my friends in the Toronto area this coming weekend. There are so many good people that I know and I haven't been able to see many of them in the last year. The plan is to do homework in relative peace and quiet and then have some "friends" time. We may witness the convergence of different groups of friends if I get a good response from the email I sent out a short while ago.
Then I was reading a quote from Bruce Elkin (he's a personal coach in Victoria, BC) on flourishing and how to go about it:
Simply put, "to flourish" means "to be strong and healthy and to grow well, especially because conditions are right." However, we don't have to wait until the "conditions are right." We can take charge and create right conditions in numerous ways.
Going outside for 30 minutes in good weather, and consciously creating a better than 3 to 1 ratio of positive to negative emotions during the day are just two of the ways we can create the right conditions under which to flourish.
So, as you go through today and the other 99 days of the year, think about what you are doing in the moment to make things happen. I'll try to reflect on that, take action, and focus on flourishing!
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