I do exist, really I do!
Jan. 6th, 2008 01:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
air_n_darknessI've just been busy, very busy and am attempting to impose some sort of order in my rather chaotic life. Which means I am forcing myself to catch-up on a lot of household/ business stuff that has been languishing for quite some time. As it is, I'm not making a super long post right now. Just explaining something for those who might actually be reading. The whole meme-like Peter Pan routine I've been doing since the first? It actually has a purpose besides cluttering your friends list and being smarmy.
You see, I realized a while back, while mulling over the mess that has been the past year, that we have a tendency to dwell on/rant about/cling to all the shite that happens to us. Yes, "we" and "us". It's not just me; I see this in almost everyone I know. And well, I don't like it. Because while it is possible for the Bad to outweigh the Good during any given stretch of time, there is still Good mixed in there somewhere. I thought that, just maybe, if I can make myself remember five things that made me happy during the course of a 24 hour period, as opposed to listing the things that upset me.... It's a bit silly, I know. But this week, even though yeah, I have ranted a bit to people here and there, I've slept better and I feel less stressed. I tried to make the post as close to the end of my "day" as possible, and then re-read it right before crashing.
My goal is to do this every day for the entire year. Yes, some things will be repeated often; as long as said thing made me happy, even for just a minute. Perhaps, if I can do this, I will start looking for more things to make me happy each day, and consequently spend less of the day in a blue funk. It's a bit of cyclic magic in a way: getting back what you put out there and all that rote. But it just makes me feel better, and that's the whole point.
I debated on making the daily lists private, but decided why? Maybe something that made me smile will make you smile too? Maybe you'll share a silly and inconsequential thing that made you happy with me, and that will in turn make me happy, and go on the next day's list. A little positive energy never hurt anyone.
There may be times when I forget to actually post on the day, but I will always back date the entry the next day (like I did today). And ya know...there may be days when I can't come up with 5 things, because the day just sucked that much. In those cases, I'll put up as many as I can think of. But there will be an entry for ever day in 2008.
So that's it folks. Feel free to skip/ignore the posts all you like. But if something did make you happy, even for a bit...I'd love to hear about it in the comments.
You see, I realized a while back, while mulling over the mess that has been the past year, that we have a tendency to dwell on/rant about/cling to all the shite that happens to us. Yes, "we" and "us". It's not just me; I see this in almost everyone I know. And well, I don't like it. Because while it is possible for the Bad to outweigh the Good during any given stretch of time, there is still Good mixed in there somewhere. I thought that, just maybe, if I can make myself remember five things that made me happy during the course of a 24 hour period, as opposed to listing the things that upset me.... It's a bit silly, I know. But this week, even though yeah, I have ranted a bit to people here and there, I've slept better and I feel less stressed. I tried to make the post as close to the end of my "day" as possible, and then re-read it right before crashing.
My goal is to do this every day for the entire year. Yes, some things will be repeated often; as long as said thing made me happy, even for just a minute. Perhaps, if I can do this, I will start looking for more things to make me happy each day, and consequently spend less of the day in a blue funk. It's a bit of cyclic magic in a way: getting back what you put out there and all that rote. But it just makes me feel better, and that's the whole point.
I debated on making the daily lists private, but decided why? Maybe something that made me smile will make you smile too? Maybe you'll share a silly and inconsequential thing that made you happy with me, and that will in turn make me happy, and go on the next day's list. A little positive energy never hurt anyone.
There may be times when I forget to actually post on the day, but I will always back date the entry the next day (like I did today). And ya know...there may be days when I can't come up with 5 things, because the day just sucked that much. In those cases, I'll put up as many as I can think of. But there will be an entry for ever day in 2008.
So that's it folks. Feel free to skip/ignore the posts all you like. But if something did make you happy, even for a bit...I'd love to hear about it in the comments.
