This is Day 1 of the 21-Day Positivity Challenge held in March 2012, where we work on being positive for 21 days. The challenge is now over but you can do the tasks in your own time. Visit the overview page for all the challenge tasks.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to Day 1 of the 21-Day Positivity Challenge (21DPC)!! :D *dance*
We have over *300* official participants now!! To all of you who have duly signed up and helped spread the word to your social networks (or even via blogging about it), thank you. The challenge can only be a success through our collective efforts. The more people sign on to 21DPC, the better it will be for everyone, because hey – that means even more positive energy to go around. :D There is never a limit to how much positive energy there can be – abundance has no lmits.
For those of you whose friends / family read your message and decided to join in on 21DPC too, that’s fabulous. PE Challenges are always particularly fun when you get to do it with someone you know! You can keep each other accountable and learn more about each other in the process.
If you are doing it by yourself, not to fret. We have over 300 official participants here with us for 21DPC, and we’re definitely going to get more people joining us over the next few days before I close the sign ups. In the course of these 21 days, all of us will be doing 21DPC together as one, reflecting on the daily questions, sharing our answers in the comments section of the daily posts, and engaging each other in meaningful discussions.
This is a challenge to be done together as a community, as a group, as one Personal Excellence family, which is really the reason why PE is even here. So do not be afraid to share your answers openly and be fully honest with yourself here. There is no judgment here; anyone who tries to do that will be promptly barred from the site. The .co in the PE domain represents community, not individuality- always remember that whenever you come here to the site.
Important: Sign Up First Before Reading Any Further
If you’re new to 21-Day Positivity Challenge, or you have not signed up yet (your name should be in the official participants list), please read the announcement post and sign up first before going any further: 21-Day Positivity Challenge. All details on the challenge, what to expect, and how to sign up can be found at the post.
If you have already duly completed the 3 sign up steps, your name will be added in the next 36 hours. ♥ Thank you!
Update March 5: Sign ups are now closed now – thanks everyone for your amazing response! For those who didn’t get to sign up – you are more than welcome to participate and join us in the daily threads!
What To Expect for the Next 21 Days
1. Positivity Question
Changing Your Life, Starting From Your Thoughts
As you have read in the announcement post, I will be assigning you a positivity question every day, for the next 21 days.
The question may be simple, like asking “What is your favorite movie?” to something deeper, like “What is 1 positive thing you can share about your least favorite person?” There are days when there will be 2-3 questions combined into 1 (for example, today’s question) – you are expected to answer all the questions, and not just answer the first one and skip the rest.
The idea is to cultivate positivity in your life, via working on the root of it all – our thoughts. Asking ourselves the right questions will help us think in the right manner. And from there, the right actions, habits, and behavior will follow suit. As the saying goes:
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” — Anonymous
Your Honesty Required
My request to you is to be as completely honest with yourself in answering the questions. Because the more honest you are, the more insights you will unveil, the more you will grow. Think of it as it you’re in a dark room alone, by yourself, and there’s no one there to listen, comment, or judge. What is the first thing that comes to mind? What would be your most truthful response to the question?
This challenge is not about sugar-coated answers and creating an illusion of happiness and positivity to everyone out there. You are probably kidding yourself if you think we’ll be jumping around in these 21 days, skipping merrily, laughing like little kids and forcing ourselves to smile every day.
Don’t feel that there’s a need for you to write something positive just because this is a positivity challenge, because that’s totally untrue. As I shared in Principle #1 of 10 Timeless Principles To Be Happy, part of being happy / positive includes airing out grievances, unhappiness, frustrations, anger, sadness, disappointment, etc inside of you – whatever they may be. These (negative) energies, when unaired, are merely *stuck* in your consciousness, with nowhere else to go.
In the end, they end up affecting you on a subconscious level, in more ways than you can imagine. The more (unhappiness) you release through your answers in 21DPC (in a constructive manner, of course), the more happiness can flow your way.
2. Positivity Task
Most of the days will have a positivity task assigned. This task is linked to the day’s question, and usually comprises of a simple action that can be done on the day itself. Do complete the task as part of your 21DPC participation.
3. Positive Thing For the Day
Last but not least, you are to identify at least 1 positive thing that you got out of the day, for every day of 21DPC. If you can identify more than 1, that’s even better! The more the better! :D
Sharing To Help Yourself and Help Others
As with every challenge, I highly recommend you share your responses in the comments section of the daily posts with the other participants, to get the most out of your 21DPC experience.
If you’re not comfortable sharing your answers under your usual name/nick on PE, then create some fake, random nick (so no one will know it’s you) and post your answers under that nick (for the remainder of 21DPC, if you want). Replace others’ names (if any) in your answers with fake nicks as well. There is always something powerful about transparently writing your thoughts out there in the open, vs. keeping it to yourself in your little book.
Besides, do not underestimate the change you can make in others’ lives just by sharing your answers here. After all, have you not benefited in the past from reading honest sharings by others, be it on Personal Excellence, or on other websites? What would the world be if no one wants to share? Think about the people out there you can effect. By helping others, you are also helping yourself.
21DPC Day 1 Question
Given that this is a positivity challenge, for Day 1 today, I want you to think about how happy you are. Not just today, but as a person.
On a Scale of 1-10, How Happy Are You? And Why?
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Share as much as you want in your answers, from a few words to a few pages long. Be honest as you can. Answer both questions, and not just the first question.
And if you did not give yourself a 10/10 for your score, I have one additional question for you:
Why Did You Not Give Yourself a 10/10?
Again, be completely honest in your response. There is no judgment here at PE. Only positivity and love.
While we’re on the topic of happiness, be sure to check out the related articles on how to achieve happiness (or unhappiness, as per the second article) at PE:
…and the manifesto versions:
Your Tasks Today
- Reflect and answer today’s question(s). Write as few or as many words as needed to fully express your thoughts. There is no word limit.
- Identify at least one positive thing about your day. It may be something small or something big – as long as you deem it as something positive, it counts. If you have more than 1 thing to share, then by all means, go for it!
Share Your Answers!
After you are done, share your answers in the comments area!
If you’re doing this at the start of the day, you can post your answer for today’s question first, then return at the end of the day to answer the 2nd part, on identifying at least one positive thing about your day.
Check out other participants’ answers. Pick 1-2 participants’ answers and make a meaningful reply to them. Engage in the discussions. This is a group course, so let’s support each other in these 21 days!
Look forward to reading your responses!
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On a Scale of 1-10, How Happy Am I? And Why?
On a scale of 1 – 10, I would rate my happiness 8.5 to 9 because I am happy most of the time. It’s not like I don’t have any problems or everything is great. It’s just that I am happy. For me, happiness is not about what I have or don’t have; it is more about how I feel from within.
Why Didn’t I Give Myself a 10/10?
Neither I nor my life is perfect. Sometimes I make mistakes and sometimes things don’t go as planned or expected. Such situations make me feel low at times.
One positive thing about my today
Pleasant weather. Since last few days, the weather was cloudy and boring, but today it is bright, sunny and pleasant. :D
My happiness is around 7/10.
I have many blessings in my life, but the one thing that affects my happiness on daily basis is the fact that I work doing something that I don’t really love, I am not living my purpose as I would like. It makes me feel that I waste 40 hours of my valuable time in something that it is not meaningful to me.
One positive thing of my day was my meeting with my coaching; I always learn and get inspired. I also feel that I am in the right path to change the things that at the moment I don’t like in my life.
On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you?
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And why?
The Good Things
When I remember, I always try to be true to the maxim ‘Love the life you’re living now.’ I’m happy with my life now because I’m living in a country that has a democratically elected government and pretty free speech. I’m happy with my life now because my husband and I have nearly paid off our mortgage and so we have some security. I’m happy with my life now because I have a loving husband and three fabulous daughters. I’m happy with my life now because I have good friends and some fulfilling interests. I’m happy now because I watched last night’s beautiful sunset and I took the time to hear this morning’s beautiful dawn chorus. I’m happy now because I’m beginning to get on well with myself. There are many things I’m happy about, first and foremost is the fact that I’m alive right here and right now. When I re-member, I have so much to be thankful about.
The Challenges
My default position, unfortunately, is to be negative, stressed and depressed and my outlook on life and response to things is often from that place. It is only when I become conscious that I’m operating from that outlook that I realise I have the choice to change. The problem is that I can be miserable and very down for literally days before remembering that I don’t have to be like this. It’s such a familiar way of being that it takes a while to work out that this way of being is only one way of responding to/viewing the world amongst a whole array of responses/views. It doesn’t help to tell myself off about it. I’m trying to be more friendly to myself, so when I notice I’m feeling low or being negative, I say to myself something like, “Oh Lottie, you’re in that groove again – what can you do to help yourself out of it?”
Happiness can be elusive though – I’m not even sure what it means. Maybe trying to be happy is the wrong way to go about being happy. Perhaps happiness is the by-product of something else and not a goal to go for in itself.
Why did you not give yourself 10 out of 10?
Because I’m not happy all of the time. Also, I think there has to be contrast – maybe I wouldn’t be motivated to do anything if I was happy all the time.
One positive thing about my day
I’m going to visit one of my daughters next week. She just phoned to say that my two other daughters have re-arranged things so they can see me that day as well.
Hi Lottie,
Yeah, we have so many things to be thankful for! If only everyone appreciates what they have, the world will be a much better place to live in. However, this is usually not the case. Somehow, we are wired to desire things that we don’t have naturally. Maybe it is the society conditioning us to be wanting and clinging. In very rare cases (and I have seen very, very few), there are people who are born grateful and happy.
Perhaps we can get happiness through living a purposeful life and doing what we love to do. For me, this is what I do (or am working to reach the point), at least a bit, to get a taste of happiness. :D
Regards
Lee
Thanks very much for your post, Lee. I really think you’re right about living a purposeful life and loving what we do bringing happiness. I also think happiness is something we can practise and get better at being/doing.
Lottie, your post made me think. About Good Things. About Challenges. About Gratitude. About Remembering. :heart: About posting affirmations that I see when I wake up, when I go to the refrigerator, when I’m in the car, in my room, when I open my journal, my calendar, at the bathroom sink, etc. :heart:
Affirmations about staying conscious and awake in the moment, and living in the moment:
:heart: “Today is the best day of my life.”
:heart: “I feel alive and creative today.”
:heart: “I am alive and happy in this moment.”
:heart: “I am happy to be alive and enthusiastic about living my best life now.”
:heart: “I live on purpose and I do what I love and love what I do.”
Great to be here with you in this fabulous challenge! :D
Brilliant affirmations, Bette. It perked me up no end just reading them. I have already copied them out! Very helpful, thank you.
This is such a great idea. It actually really got me thinking… I’d have to say I’m a 7 out of 10. The reason why I’m not 10 out of 10 is I always have this weird sinking feeling that something bad’s going to happen. I think it has to do with people in my life leaving me at various points in time and feeling alone. I have become a lot more conscious of this negative thinking and am really trying my best to combat it, which is at least a start I guess. I know I have so much to be thankful for: I’m healthy, I have a loving family (despite our problems) and few but true friends. The thing is I worry too much about my self-image, perhaps I’m somewhat of a perfectionist deep down. I have trouble committing myself to things because I don’t feel I can do them justice or I feel like a fraud and I’ll somehow get discovered later. Very paranoid stuff, I know. Anyway, I’m a LOT better than I was a couple of years ago so that in itself is great. I think to be a 10 I would have to be completely comfortable in my own skin in ANY situation – I hope that day will come eventually :).
One positive thing of today so far has been walking my dog on a beautiful sunny morning in London.
My current happiness rating is 6/10. Altough I believe it should be much higher checking out what I have, a loving husband, health, loving family in good health, good friends that care about me, a good education, a nice house…The negative aspects I am facing at the moment is, in two weeks time I am quitting my job- being redundant- due to operations in our area being terminated.. And this is not the first time, a similar thing happened 3 years ago in my previous job as well, funnily I am being addresses by my friends and myself that I am shutting down companies:)
This is of course being followed up by a worry feeling of becoming financially unsecure, but more than that i am becoming aware I do not know what my life purpose is, what I am fond of doing, feeling life I spent all my years for nothing but to secure well comments from people around me, instead of fullfilling my own needs and getting to know my own self
That is how I came across this site when trying to get help about finding my life purpose and actually working on it. I am also getting help from a coach to release the years of hiding and anger inside myself and take steps to achieve my better self. Altough i feel sometimes like I am formed of 2 personalities, one is trying hard but the other is resisting, especially resisting to see the positive achievements I made and trying to show me only what is negative in my life. That is how I am challanged for this 21days positivity challange.
As general positive thing I want to congratulate myself for attending this challange becouse I am aperson who hardly makes any move in internet , and also congratulate all of you who spend time for improving their self being
My day is only half yet but the positive things
*I had the chance to stay at home due to heavy snow and had a wonderful view of snow from my window in company of a nice hot beverage and singing birds of us (we have 5 pets-birds)
*I had a nice talk on the phone with my mother ho lives abroad and my brother
more to follow by the end of the day!
On a Scale of 1-10, How Happy Are You? And Why?
On a scale of 1-10, my happiness is about a 7. I am finally vegan and have been for over a year, which makes me very happy as I now am living in accordance with my values towards non-human animals. I have a wonderful partner, I live a lovely, quiet life with him. We have an ongoing project together to help with our advocacy for non-human animals (which gives me purpose) and we are planning to start a family. :heart:
Why Did You Not Give Yourself a 10/10?
Because I am bored and feel financially insecure, physically unfit, and emotionally unstable. These things don’t generally manifest all at once, but manifest at times to make me very aware that I am not fulfilling my potential. A great deal of it has to do with intellectual boredom. I have a master of arts and now I am in retail. My job is nice, the people are lovely, it’s just boring to me. I love working with texts, languages, and teaching people. Now, I sell people things. It makes me feel a little void. :(
Identify at least one positive thing about your day:
My co-workers were lovely to me and said that my vegan (very boring) lunch smelled amazing. It made me feel positive that simple vegan food can have an impact on people. :mrgreen:
Hi Eevie,
I know what you mean about feeling intellectually unsatisfied. Perhaps you should look into short courses/ evening courses to rediscover your passion for learning? Even if your job’s not so fulfilling, you can always have really interesting hobbies that make you feel fulfilled. For example, I’m planning on going on a creative writing course which I wouldn’t be able to do if I was working in a intellectually stressful job.
Best,
Jade
I was thinking of 8/10 and then thought why not 10/10. However, couldn’t find the reason and I don’t think I am happy 10/10. So, the 21 DPC will give me to dig deep down and understand myself.
Have a wonderful day!!!
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I will rate myself at the scale of 6 at the moment.
The reasons being, I realized that I was a very stressful person and I have recently learned good “tools” to release all these stresses. I am happy that I can handle stress more effectively and looking forward to live everyday life with joy and happiness.
Besides, I feel happy to stay close with my family and maintain good relationship with all of them. I appreciate for having loving and understanding parents. I am happy to keep in touch with my siblings who are not staying at the same place as I am. And I am very happy that I started to communicate better with my elder sister who I always find hard to communicate to.
Health wise I am satisfy.
I have good friends to share my ups and downs.
Finance is stable.
I achieved most of the dreams I have dreamed for so far.
Why did I not give myself a 10/10.
Firstly, it is because I am not satisfied with my work environment at the moment. I am not happy to work at the firm I am working now. Most of the staffs are energy suckers. They always gossip about others and I am not happy to work with them. I am not learning as much as I should. I am not happy with myself because I have not had the courage to do what I should be doing. I am not happy of myself to compromise with the current situation.
I am also not happy that I have not got over with my past relationship. I am not happy that I still believe that we have the chance to start over again. I should have moved forward.
At the moment, I have no social group who could share the same interests and activities as me.
For the last 10, I would say I leave it for improvement. For me, I do think there should always be room for improvement, so I could still learn from the others and accept all good things.
2. the positive things I do today- I said what was in my mind to the clients. Yay!!!!
and signed up for this 21 DPC!!
Hi Diana,
It sounds like your current environment is not so good for you. I’m very sorry to hear that. Energy suckers are hard to be around, I used to live with one. I feel so much better since moving away. I’m also sorry to hear that you’re still not feeling ready to move on from your past relationship. I have been there myself, and I know how awful that feeling is. I really hope that the 21 day positivity challenge gives you the tools and the insight to help you to begin to move forward.
You have much in your life to be positive about. Relish in it.
Best of luck with the next 20 days.
-Eevie.
I rate myself as 8/10…I’m happy with whatever I have been blessed with &….there is always scope for improvement.
Primarily, I have a good & caring family. I have few good friends. I am now more socially connected than what it was a year ago. Pretty happy with my family’s financial status….although any improvement would be welcome :)
Over the past few months, I learnt few new things & read quite a few books & some good stuff on the net. This makes me feel happy as my knowledge in improving & I love reading.
I have become more religious & my interest in spirituality has improved my understanding of life & in some ways has changed the way I view life. I am more tolerant & understanding of others now than what I was earlier.
I just know that there is this ONE LIFE & I NEED TO LIVE IT WELL. I have few dreams that I need to work on….both professionally & personally. Needs to make few amends & yes life would be even more satisfying then.
One new positive thing that I have done today is the PE stuff!
I would give myself an 10/10
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1. An amazing husband who I love dearly.
2. Two wonderful daughters. I am so proud of them.
3. My grandson. I will never get enough of him.
4. All the rest of my Family & Friend ~ these are life’s greatest treasures
6. Good Health
7. My garden & all the birds that visit it. I love to work in my garden.
8. My brain & its ability to keep learning
9. Books . I love, love, love to read
10. God.
bless you :heart:
Lovely and very inspiring, thank you nancy for sharing!
hugs
Ugi
I would give myself 6/10.
Being the only child in my family, I have all the best given by my parents. But at the same time, I would also have much more responsibility and commitment towards them as they only have me.
anyway, I am still very happy on what I own for now. A lovely hubby, a good job, a few good friends, an OK body condition and also the parents the love me utmost.
To achieve 10/10, I wish I would lean how to let go. Not stubborn on the same things, not harsh on others people when they do not meet my expectation. Also, learn how to be positive, looking the same thing with different perspective. :)
My colleague told me that I may write down this as the positive things of the day, as I treated her and few of the others colleagues a lunch. Hahaha. I am happy that they are happy. :)
I’d say my happiness level is about a 6/10. I have a loving family, a few very close friends, the cutest little nephew, and a loving partner.
why i didn’t give myself a 10/10: work isn’t really going so well right now, and i’m still struggling with some psycological issues from my past. But it has been improving steadily for the past years, and if i try hard, i think i can reach a 7/10 this year.
One beautiful thing today: It’s quite early, but my iTunes alarm chose to wake me up with “Killer Queen” today. That made me happy :)
I’m really looking foward to this challenge! :D
I`d rate my level 8/10. I have wonderful friends and my family supporting me in everything I want to achieve in my life. I just found a new job which I will start in 3 weeks and this makes me happy, cause I dont have to worry about existential things (money, housing, work, food,…) anymore.
I don`t rate the level at 10, because although I`m really happy bout the job I`m anxious that it doesnt turn out as good as I imagine it to be. It seems to be pretty close to my dream-job so I set a lot of expectations in it and in myself. Which in turn puts a lot of pressure on myself. And I also have to leave my hometown and move to another city which makes me sad, cause I have to leave my friends and family.
But deep inside I know I will be happy with the job and with myself and that I can do it. I guess thats my personal secret for happiness: keep pursuing your dreams! dont let anyone hold you back, but trust in yourself and the support from the loved ones around you!
Haha, I guess these insights are the best positive things that happened to me today…so far…it`s only 8:30 am atm over here, so I`m sure there will be more good things to come today) :D
Hi ,on a scale of 10 i am a 7/10 , i have a good job , good friends,good health , great family , i am grateful for all that I have in my life . I wish to be more positive about the environment that i work in and the ppl i work with . I wish i was living my life’s purpose – i am still searching for my purpose.
Me too, still searching for my life purpose!!! Best wishes…..:)
Mm.. I would rate my happiness level as 4/10.. ( Below some threshold level)
Why because..??
I got a job interview call from a leading university and i successfully cleared my first round of interview.
But in the second round happened yesterday.. i just messed up with wat i’m really looking for..
A real bad communication and the way of expressing things badly, stopped me from moving further rounds..
I’m really not happy about wat i have done there.. Oops.. tats the end of the story..
Hi Chris, recently I had a similiar experience as well.
It was a very bad day for me, but my wife said this to me,
“although this is something you wanted very badly, at least you no need to face xxx since you are not going there after all.”
That kind of stick to my mind, every time I think back and feel sad, my mind automatically append the thought with my wife’s comment and strangely I feel better. :)
Maybe you could try something similiar? :D
Hi Chris,
I want to suggest to to think that an interview is not composed of only you, there is also the other side, and the way intervie goes is affected by both sides, so you are only forming 50% of the total event. So do not blame yrself totally. Also pls try to see the silver lining under the grey cloud- as celes mentions- if this went bad it may be becouse another super oppurtunity is waiting for you on the corner. So the story is not over, it is going on.. ;)
all the best
ugi
Chris, don’t let one “minor” thing to interfere with your positivity level. Remember, this is about positivity and NOT happiness, one can be very sad but still stay positive
hi celes, on a scale of 1-10 i give 9 to myself out of 10.i am happy because i have health,love,family,parents & siblings,& things that i love..actually all of us not want huge things to be happy.not noble prize nor oscar award.when you think deeply you realize that our happiness lies in our health, family,love, & sufficient money to buy things that make us happy.things make you happy if you already feel happy. why not i gave myself 10-10?because all of us have some dreams …so my dream is to move Australia where i got job & drive my own car & express my attachment with my community( here i m not free to express our true attachment to my community which i belong)so when i will move there i will be completly happy.
It’s great that you are happy and feel so positive! I’m not sure that I agree with you that ‘things make you happy’. I believe lasting happiness is a state of mind and comes from within but doesn’t come from material things. Might be something to ponder on!
hi sue,nice to see your comment, i like & also believe that lasting happiness comes from within.actually i said same like this if you read my comment again ..material things only give you satisfection when you already feel happiness from inside..i also believe that some how material things add happiness in your life.
I’d rate my happiness 7/10. It’s been a hard week, I’m not doing so well in school (well I am, just not up to my expectations). I see all my friends around me and I think, “Wow, they’re so much smarter than me, they’re going to be so much more successful in life. I’ll probably end up as a waitress at a restaurant or a hobo on the street.”
I’ve done the journaling entries a few months ago and I believe this was also one of the questions? I try to look on the positive side of things now, so it’s nice for me to say that my happiness isn’t something like 1/10 or even 0/10.
I’m trying, even today, to think and appreciate what I have right now. A home, food, violin, music, singing, books, my psp (haha), etc. I find it easier to be happy when you try to think positive thoughts and do the things you like. I’d say the song “My favorite things” from Sound of Music, would really suit the situation ;)
Now some things I did today? I helped out a classmate in choir class a measure of the song she wasn’t sure on.
Over all I’m gonna go with 4, been pretty overwhelmed lately, got a lot of court cases coming due….
Hi Trisha, what is one positive thing that happened to you today?
I would rate my happiness at this time a 8/10.
Why I rated myself an 8/10 is because I am pretty happy right now but as many people have mentioned there is always room for improvement. I am working in a job I love, am succeeding in my goals, and have great friends.
The reason I did not give myself a 10/10 is I do not have the best relationships with all of the members of my family, and I am having to make some difficult decisions regarding my education and health.
My positive thing for today was when I was coaching kids and seeing the look of pride on their faces when they succeeded.
On a Scale of 1-10, How Happy Are You? -I would rate my happiness level at a 6/7.
And Why? -My basic needs are taken care of (shelter, food, fairly steady income), I have a loving husband, a loving extended family, and a handful of excellent friends. However, I’m not happy with myself. I don’t love who I am, the way in which I can be judgemental and rigid, the way in which I’m not always as supportive as I could be towards my friends and family, the hundreds of little opportunities I miss daily to be a better person, my lack of discipline…The list could go on, I suppose! I’m working on these things, working on loving myself and being a better person with the people around me, and I think that participating in this challenge will help me. I want the positive energy I begin to generate in myself to flow outward, and flow into and around the circumstances I am in. I want to share the love!
Identify at least one positive thing about your day. -Today, I did a good deed for my husband, by making an important phone call that could have a positive effect on his, and our, future. Good deeds rule.
On a Scale of 1-10, How Happy Are You? And Why?
I would say 3.
I know! That is why I am so so excited about this challenge and looking forward to upping my score for happiness. I suspect my rating got alot to do with my upbringing, my character, my self image and most importantly my mindset!
I look forward to working on 21DPC, hearing everyone’s thoughts and contributing mine as well and helping everyone to always enhancing their P !! :dance:
Hi,
You will get a much high score on Happiness after this challenge. I can see that !
tks! I am already feeling the FORCE! :D
Identify at least one positive thing about your day.
I managed to create a tool which will help me in my work not just for today but for my entire process moving forward. Feel so happy and positive about it! :dance:
It gets me one step closer to one of my goals! :D
i rate my happiness a 5/10. I am my worst enemy and set extremly big standards for myself. I am very positive and encouraging to everyone but not to myself. Its my goal to begin to celebrate every good step that I take, and stop letting others tear me down.
An encouraging moment was compliments I received and someone going out of there way to help me.
6/10 I plan to change my job into a more fulfilling one. I wanted to become a much better designer or illustrator but this job did not allow me to have any creativity and is low-paid. I am struggling with my own ability to create and design. I am a bit stressed out and I am not that good with pressure handling.
But reason I am happy is because I did realize the job is not suitable for me and decide to take action to change my job to create a better furture.
Today I will go to a French Illustrator talk and get inspired. I can see myself become more motivated and joining this website is a prove. It just make my day when I take action to fulfill my dream.
(Not a native English speaker, but willing to practise my English :D)
I would give myself a 10 out of 10 on the happieness scale. I am fairly positive and optimistic at the best of times, and try to find the good in every situation.
I am fortunate enough to have amazing friends, family and career. Most days I wake up smiling excited for the day ahead and am grateful for all the blessings in my life.
There are so many great things that I love about today, my good health, the sandpaper kisses I recieved from my cat this morning, my family are all happy and I am successful in my career.
Today is a great…no…today is a blessing and I’m loving every minute of it!
I give myself 8 out of 10. I am very happy because I love life, enjoy family, friends and all that wonders of nature.
I am 2 points away from 10. One point if for sometimes not accepting the things the way they are and second one is for getting irritated for small things.
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Positive things about today: Going to the beach and: running up the sand dunes, then jumping back down, looking in rock pools, finding the best sticks, playing at the playground, sandcastles, eating fish and chips and doing all these things with my five year old daughter :) What a great day :)
Wow Heidi… That’s really cool..:) On seeing the comments.. i am really feeling excited.. Have a great and fun filled day ahead..:) Rock on.. :dance: :D
On a happiness scale of 1-10, I’d say I’m about a 6-7. I think this seems fair for where I’m at right now. It has been higher in past and lower as well—just like life. Am basing this score on knowing that I can contribute more in life, that there’s much I want to do.
Right now it’s 6-7 because I’d love to have more discipline and structure in my life (want to go walking, running, biking &/or do yoga at least 5x/wk). Want to work on my creative projects more often. Want to network more. Want to have more business coming my way. Want to travel more.
To me 6-7 is a good thing for now because life is about enjoying “life’s ups” and keeping your spirits up during “life’s lows/downs.”
Positive thing for me today: talking to my dad on phone (from personal perspective) and working on biz proposal (work /career perspective).
I made my own first stuff toy today.. yeah..!!
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How happy I am and why?
I am happy because my parents have given me good health, education and taught me values of life. Secondly I have been gifted with such a good husband who is fully emerged with positivity which helps me to guide through my tough times and he is also a humorous guy which comforts me to get rid of stress time
Reason for not giving 10/10
I can give a rating of 6.5 to 7 out of 10 to myself as I need to still work on few characters like Accepting the person as they are, Not complaining, Not blaming others.
Last but least I am currently looking for a job change which suits to my profession. Right now only this thing is bothering. Looking forward for worthy change in my career
One Positive thing about the day
Because of celes question I had an opportunity to think about the positive aspects in my life, because there is lot of people out there in the world without having even the basic amenities. This in turn motivated me stay positive thorough out the day and also made me to visualize how will I look if I consciously put more efforts to work on the positivity and the other characters which I have stated above which might in turn will help me to achieve the IDEAL VASUNDHARA !!!
Thank you So much Celes for the beautiful and thought provoking question on the first day of DPC itself. Looking forward for the coming POSITIVE days…..
Well, thank YOU Vasundhara for taking part in this challenge. You’re making such big waves in your life just by being a part of this community and being here with us. :hug:
Heh Celes,
Didn’t expect a reply from you. Thank you so much for the reply.
To be very frank, for your age (noticed from your FB profile – as i am also of that same year of birth) u look so matured. I feel sometimes that am matured in some areas, but after reading your PE blog there are lot more things to develop.. u inspired me a lotttt… :) Thank you so much once again…
You know, even though the the topic ‘Be Better Myself – BBM ‘ has got over i was going through the same and have developed the character board for myself… When ever i see that it keeps reminds and saty focused to develop the skills which i want to achieve..:) :D :)
I feel my happiness score below average level. I always feel I have not revealed my true nature, I always do things according to someone else not me because I have always been affected by someone else. I always locked myself in a cover because I’m afraid people will know my weaknesses. But more and more concealed it more clearly. I feel my life very tired. I always wished that one day I will be confident to express myself, regardless of others thoughts. I really want to live like that. I think it is my life. Now it seems like I’m living the life of another person.
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