#MondayThoughts: Today, I issue a challenge.
It’s a bit gray today after a clear sunny one for the Chicago Marathon, which went very smoothly. Amazing, considering our city is allegedly in so much turmoil the government thinks it needs to call in the military.
While no world records were set this year, an American broke the American record, so that’s cool. But it was typical Chicago, people out on the streets cheering on strangers they’ve never seen before and will never see again, people braving swaths of closed streets, section after section, to cheer on friends. Professionals running like running is the easiest thing in the world.
Yup, what a disaster.
I planned, since yesterday, the topic for today, and now that I’m here and typing away, I don’t feel like it and I suspect that, itself, is an issue.
You see, I had a conversation with a friend over on Spoutible who is finding everything pretty rough right now. I won’t name her because I don’t know if she’d like that, but I could see her normally vibrant world draining to shades of gray.
So I issued a challenge.
And I issue it to you as well. I suppose I have to issue it to me too, but we’ll see how that goes.
I know, I know, that’s not fair.
Every day this week, Monday-Friday (weekend too, if you’d like) I challenge you to do one nice thing for yourself.
It doesn’t have to be big or extravagant or expensive or cost anything at all. Just one thing that will make you happy, whether in a big way or a small way. A walk, a show or movie you’ve wanted to watch or one you love and want to return to, a craft, a hobby, a catch-up with someone, a small silence just for yourself, whatever it is, you do something nice every day.
I was going to say something different each day but I think that’s putting too much on it, if it’s the same thing, like eggs every day for a week fine. Just so long as whatever it is doesn’t actually hurt you, which I guess eggs every day for a week might do for some.
We can chat about your things, or you can keep them to yourself, it’s awesome either way.
The only task is to carve out a corner of the day to make yourself feel better, whatever form that takes.
And with that, I wish you a wonderful Monday and a great day one of being kind to yourself.
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