Now that I have completed 40 days of this exercise, I am going to expand it slightly. At the end of each day, I will continue to enter the three highlights of my day, plus at least one thing in my life that I am grateful for - no matter how small.
1) Sitting on the rocks at the beach this morning looking out to sea while contemplating life.
2) Listening to the Football Weekly podcast while eating my tuna sandwich at lunchtime.
3) Talking to my boys on Skype about how their day went at soccer camp.
I am grateful for my level of fitness: I still play football several times a week - often against players half my age!
Neuro-psychology experiments have shown that if people journal highlights from their day every day, then new pathways will be created through the brain. This allows these daily highlights to be automatically generated from then on, resulting in long term benefits such as less symptoms of stress with greater mental health and happiness. After completing various versions of this exercise several times on this blog, I am now taking on a new exercise by answering five simple questions each day.
06/01/2012
05/01/2012
Day 40 - Thu 5 Jan 2012
1) Walking along Kioloa Beach in the sun before I started writing this morning.
2) Talking to the boys on Skype about their day at soccer camp.
3) Cooking and eating a wonderful prawn and vegetable curry in Balti sauce.
2) Talking to the boys on Skype about their day at soccer camp.
3) Cooking and eating a wonderful prawn and vegetable curry in Balti sauce.
Day 39 - Wed 4 Jan 2012
1) Lying in bed watching a live Premier League football match this morning.
2) Finally getting back into the swing of reading and editing my PhD thesis.
3) Staying up late and watching American Beauty in bed on my iPad.
2) Finally getting back into the swing of reading and editing my PhD thesis.
3) Staying up late and watching American Beauty in bed on my iPad.
03/01/2012
Day 38 - Tue 3 Jan 2012
1) Dropping the boys off at AIS, where they will be doing soccer camp all week.
2) Getting a Bowen therapy treatment for my back.
3) Settling into my room at the Kioloa ANU Coastal Campus, where I will be spending a week.
2) Getting a Bowen therapy treatment for my back.
3) Settling into my room at the Kioloa ANU Coastal Campus, where I will be spending a week.
02/01/2012
Day 37 - Mon 2 Jan 2012
1) Clearing stones from the back of the house with Oscar and Leanne.
2) Going to university and working on my thesis for the first time in 18 months!
3) Watching a DVD of the documentary 'Race to Dakar' with Charlie Boorman.
2) Going to university and working on my thesis for the first time in 18 months!
3) Watching a DVD of the documentary 'Race to Dakar' with Charlie Boorman.
01/01/2012
Day 36 - Sun 1 Jan 2012
1) Teaching the boys how to do card tricks.
2) Cutting down the hedge behind our house with a chain saw.
3) Paying for my return flight to South America - it is a reality now!
2) Cutting down the hedge behind our house with a chain saw.
3) Paying for my return flight to South America - it is a reality now!
Day 35 - Sat 31 Dec 2011
1) Visiting the train and war museum in Cowra with the boys.
2) Showing Oscar how to replace a flat tyre on my car.
3) Going to a New Year's Eve BBQ at my friend Simon's house.
2) Showing Oscar how to replace a flat tyre on my car.
3) Going to a New Year's Eve BBQ at my friend Simon's house.
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