It’s been a long time since I have written and that is not
bringing me joy. I think about writing
all the time. I am still cooking, still
trying to live healthy, working hard and going my Best to live well with Lupus.
I know my writing brings me joy and when I hear from people that this
blog helped them or that they love reading it, it brings me joy. Unfortunately, in 2015 I didn’t take enough
time to write even short blogs that would bring joy to myself and others. So in 2016, I am going to try and change all
that.
Good Better Best is all about trying to
live the Best, healthiest life. Doing the Best you can, in that moment, on that day. Some days Good is all you can do, and that’s just fine. In 2015, we had turkey burgers and dogs way
too many nights, but at times, it was the Best
I could do.
When I
started to think about goals for 2016, I wanted it to be some really transformational. Not just the spend less (yup need to do
that), lose weight (almost at where I want to be), I wanted it to be something
that could really change someone’s day, including my own. At some point this fall, I was in the elevator
at my day job and a woman got in that I had seen many times before. She always looks great but this day she
looked particularly nice. So I said to
her “your outfit is super cute today” and her face lit up. On the next floor, her co-worker got on and complemented
her same outfit. I looked at the second woman
and said “I just told her the same thing!”
There was so much pure joy in that elevator. When I got off, I was glad I did that and
realized that I probably had just made that lady’s day. I decided that I would try to do something
like that, some pure act of kindness every day if I could. Spreading joy.
I realized that there is a similar segment on the Bobby Bones radio show http://www.bobbybones.com/main.html that I
listen to on the way to work in the morning.
It’s called Pimpin Joy. http://pimpinjoy.com/index.html and it is exactly what I am talking about.
There is even a familiar elevator story on the web page and health
challenges that are not exactly the same, but very close to the outlook I have
living with a chronic, invisible illness.
So in
2016, as I plan to be spreading (pimpin) joy, I need to also make sure I am
focusing more on my own joy. This year I
didn’t write enough and I need to change that.
I also need to focus on taking more cooking classes. Running Daddy is so supportive of my love of
cooking and always gets me Sur la Table cooking classes for Christmas. http://www.surlatable.com/ Last year I didn’t find the time to go to a
class (or make time) so this year I am going to make sure that I go to at least
two classes. Spreading joy….to others
and myself.
So you
know that I will be spreading (pimpin) joy this year, leave me your goals for
2016 in the comment section. You are
more likely to keep your resolutions if you make them public.
Let’s
make 2016 the Best year yet!
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