- Check your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
- Check the screens in your windows and doors to make sure they are secure and don’t have any wholes (especially if you have a cat like mine who has been known to scratch his paws on the screens).
- Check your gutters.
- Clean the filters in your air conditioners.
- Check all of your power strips, outlets, and surge protectors to make sure none are over loaded.
- Brush up on your pool and swimming safety guidelines.
- Stock up on sunblock.
- Make sure you are up to date on your routine car maintenance especially if you see a summer road trip in your future.
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Getting Back to Making It Happen On Monday
This year I have tried to be more laid back, my zen more, at ease. Sometimes I am those things and some times I am not. The positives of being more laid back, zen and at ease is feeling less stressed, not trying to control everything, and having more faith that things will be alright. The negative is that I have gotten kind of lax with setting my goals each week.
One of the features of Chasing Joy that I really like is sharing my goals and hearing your goals on Make It Happen Monday. I have not been good about my Make It Happen Monday goals this year and I am changing that today.
Here are my goals for the week.
- Not stress over upcoming doctor’s appointments (mine and my mother’s)
- Do burpees and butt workout 2 times
- Housework
- Add to the #1000Gratitudes
- Drink more water
- Get more sleep
- Laugh more
- Listen to my mantras
- Cook instead of ordering or eating out
- Select the winners of the two $15 Starbucks Gift Cards from the Chasing Joy 5 year Blogaversary giveaway.
Not a bad list of goals if I don’t say so myself. I’ll be sharing my goals today on my social media accounts using the hashtag #MakeItHappenMonday. I’d love to hear about your goals. Tell me what you want to accomplish this week in the comments below or in response to me social media posts.
Now I can quickly cross one goal off my list. The two winners of the Starbucks Gift Cards are……..
Rosie and Theresa
These Joy Chasers have been contacted!
What’s on your Make It Happen Monday goal list for the week?
Get Your Mind Right For Joy
R is for Right, as in Right Frame of Mind.
I know you may think that I am A naturally happy person since I write about Chasing Joy, but i’m not. While I am careful about what I say and I tend to speak positively my thoughts usually fall more on the side of melancholy. I worry too much. I have too many anxieties. I am all too good at Always Thinking and Fortune Telling. I am Chasing Joy to combat these tendencies.
One of the downsides of having a more melancholy personality is that I rarely have the right frame of mind for whatever I am facing. I tend to be filled with worry and dread and all sorts of negative outcome What If scenarios. The good thing is, over these last four years of Chasing Joy, I have learned that with a little bit of focus I can have more positive thoughts and minimize some of my melancholy tendencies. So with a little effort I can head into new ventures, challenges, and the unknown in the right frame of mind.
Today I have a great opportunity to put this into practice. When I get to work I will have a new supervisor. There has been a lot of anxiety and worry amongst my co-workers as we do not know anything about our new leader. I have been very positive in my tone and in conversations with my co-workers. However, that does not mean that I have not had my own worrisome thoughts. But instead of focusing on the negative I am going to focus on getting in and staying in the right frame of mind as we adjust to the new boss man by doing the following:
- Understanding what is and is not within my control.
- Putting my efforts toward the things that are within my control
- Setting some personal goals that are measurable and achievable (#MakeitHappenMonday is a perfect time for that)
- Rely on my faith and prayer