Life has been flying
by. I suppose that means I have been
having fun, right? I can't say that I
feel like I have been actively working on being more but when I sit down to
write this update, I realize I am being more than I realized.
Be more giving.
I've started volunteering with the kid once a month. Usually,
I am nervous about volunteering. It's a
new place with new people and I don't know what the expectations are so I worry
about not doing a good enough job. After
a few months, I decided that any help is better than no help and it's volunteer
work so they can't fire me. Now, instead
of being nervous, I look forward to it.
When we are done, I feel a sense of being more - giving of myself, being
an example to the kid, benefiting the local community and appreciating that the
life I am living right now gives me the opportunity to do something to help
others. I want to volunteer more and am
actually looking into something that takes me way out of my comfort zone. We will see where that one leads in the next
few months. Stay tuned!
Be more well read (or
other activity you enjoy).
I used to read a lot when
I was younger (read: before college, when it was for fun and not for
assignments) but as I got older, I had other things to do or would lose
interest in what I was reading. Over the
last few months, I have read three books.
I realize this is a low number to some people but it's more than I have
read over the past 5 years, easily. Taking
the time to actually read a book to completion is being more - more patient to
finish the book and more disciplined to stop reading at a decent hour so I
could wake up rested (this was another problem I had with reading - I couldn't
put books down and go to sleep). I am
currently re-reading a book by Robert Fulghum, "All I Really Need to Know
I Learned in Kindergarten." I think
the first time I read this book, I was in high school. It's a grouping of short stories so I can
read as many chapters as I like and put the book down at a decent hour. This is probably the fourth time I am reading
this book. In all, I've read four of his
books and will actively pursue reading the other ones out there that I haven't
read yet. I love physical books. Reading on a screen just isn't the same for
me and since I usually read before bed, I prefer not to stare at a lit screen
before heading off to sleep. Oh, and if
you are curious to know what books I've read - they were, in order: Alfred
Hitchcock Presents: Stories to be Read with the Lights on (Alfred Hitchcock),
The Giver (Lois Lowry) and I'll Push You (Patrick Gray and Justin Skeesuck).
Be more inspiring.
I took to facebook a few
months ago and posted positive or funny quotes for 30 days in a row. Some people were concerned about my mental
state while others were encouraged with me.
A few weeks later, people were asking me about posting more - they had
started looking forward to what the day's thought or quote would be so I did
another 30 day stint with even more positive, happy or quirky posts. The quotes were intended to give me a
positive start to each day (or evening if mornings didn't allow time for the
post) and ended up being a piece of inspiration for anyone who happened to
cross my posts. I'm currently working on
a different 30 day of posts and can't wait to share that with my facebook
family!
That's where I've been. How about you? What have you been doing to be more? Any suggested reads for a non-reader? Share!
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