I’m stealing this from my work buddy Jill, as I have found it useful to keep things in perspective when the slogging-through-stuff part of life has gotten me down. Lately, it’s been hard to not be frustrated about a lot of things, and I’ve lost sight of the smaller milestones on the way to bigger goals.
The exercise Jill shared with me is called Bragging. And you can feel free to participate in the comments below.
The guidelines are:
-OWN it.
-No brag is too big or too small
-it’s a “Should”-free zone
-Stay positive
-Up-rides encouraged, compliments adored (an upride is someone mirroring back and validating what you have bragged about)
-Brags do not have to be huge- in fact, this is more about the little things than big picture stuff, but it can be both
-Acknowledge compliments (i.e. uprides) by saying ‘Thank you, it’s true!’ (NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO DISMISS THE COMPLIMENT, THIS IS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE)
Ready? Here are mine:
-For the first time ever, I put up a Christmas tree instead of ranting about how much I hate this time of year. It made Bayou very happy, and surprisingly, made me happy too.
-I have thrown out the junk food at my desk.
-I’ve mandated a bedtime of no later than 10:15 so I can get the rest I need. So far, so good.
-I got almost 100% of my Christmas shopping done early. That has NEVER happened.
-I took an important step re: work that I’ll know more about soon. (Sorry, gotta be cryptic for now)
Your turn! Post ‘em in the comments.
Way to work it Lach! I’ll play…hm…
Xmas sewing, shopping, wrapping done.
I have rocked the pre-Xmas extravaganza lists, and let them do the work.
Gotten past the terror stage of the job hunt and moved into ‘git her done’ phase.
Happy Holidays (formerly known as Hellidays)
Well done, JMc! Sounds like you have been super productive.
Wow. Santa is going to be kind to you this year….
I love it that you spreading the brag!
What an awesome idea! I love hearing about people’s accomplishments. My most recent: I climbed 17 flights of stairs yesterday. Woot!