23 ways to appreciate an ordinary day...
By the end of the day tomorrow, I will have driven more than 400 miles in just a little over 48 hours. Not a huge feat, but tiring. In between all the driving there is a lot of work. It's good work...important work...but I find the driving hard...monotonous...thank goodness for a good novel on my iPod and the audio system in my car.
While we were visiting at one of the campuses today, the centerpiece in the middle of the table - particularly that gorgeous pink flower - caught my eye. During our lunch break, I grabbed the camera to catch a few shots of it. Taking just that moment to appreciate the beauty of these flowers made me think of all the ways you can make an ordinary - or even less than ordinary (try rotten if it's what you're having) day - just a little better:
Appreciate the sunrise
Savor the sunset
Smell a flower...pretty much any flower will do
Share a kiss or hug with someone you love
Read a great book (even a good one will do)
Listen to your favorite song
Sing your favorite song, at the top of your lungs
Open the sunroof (do number 7 while the sunroof is open)
Open a window...enjoy the sounds of a windchime
Open a window...enjoy the sounds of baby birds chirping
Enjoy the gorgeous flowering trees of this beautiful spring we're having
Cut yourself a bouquet of fresh tulips
Cut another one of fresh daffodils...they won't be here much longer
Send a friend a text that just says you're thinking of them. Cheering up someone else will cheer you.
Call your mother
Pet your cat
Pet your dog
Go for a walk in the park
Exercise...just move...anything...it doesn't really matter what
Eat something divine
Write in your journal
Doodle
Go to bed early
How do you turn a less than great day into something wonderful? Something to be remembered?
Have you heard of the Scintilla Project? If not, you can find out more here. From March 14 to 28th...or as their motto so beautifully says "a fortnight of storytelling", I'll periodically be blogging using their prompts. Want to see more of my Scintilla Inspired posts...check these out:
Scintilla Day 1: Life is a series of firsts
Scintilla Day 2: I wanna be me when I grow up...
Scintilla Day 3 &4:The story that won't be told and the story of every day