🌟 21 days of Happiness/Positive Mindset 🌟

[andyvine]

turned it into a bigger treat by listening to the shape of punk to come twice

[Slicky]

Hey up meow and all.

Walked around the plane museum at Filton so there’s that.

Going to do my Headspace in a bit

Grateful for super children who had great manners when we went put to lunch and grateful for the sun that came out today when it was looking properly grey.

Sent a proactive email when normally I wouldn’t have bothered. Bad news, football is cancelled, good news is I don’t have to check emails all day tomorrow to find that out.

Opened a lot of doors. Took my f in law out with us who is in a wheelchair when not in his flat, he struggles with being out and about so took a lot of jollity to keep everyone nice and kind.

[he_2]

I gave my eldest a letter that I’d written her last night. She’d had a rough start to the half term and was having meltdowns at school and getting in trouble. So I wrote her a letter telling her how amazing I thought she was and how proud I was of her. Not sure if she read it or not but she can hang on to it, I hope.

Fuck, this is so lovely! Welled up a little reading this. Amazing work, man.

[he_2]

This is really cool too, Slicky, especially after what you alluded to in the morning thread. Hope you felt the benefit of your hard work.

Really interested in what the Filton Aircraft museum might have to offer on a purely selfish slant.

[Scout]

I’m in if I can start on 3rd after I’ve submitted some uni work as there’s no way I’ve got time to do anything today or tomorrow. Great idea @meowington

[meowington]

Definitely join in on the 3rd!

[jordan_229]

1. Some kind of physical exercise
   Walking to/from work (8km in total), 250
   Press ups and sit ups at home.
2. Some form of meditation
   Gonna do this now
3. Journal about 2 new things you’re grateful for
   Nothing really specific here unless this thread counts?
4. Journal about 1 positive experience you had today
   Walked part way back home with a colleague I really like.
5. Perform Conscious Acts of Kindness
   Personal but performed

[froglet]

thanks for doing this @meowington

i think i’m going to find the positive experience and act of kindness the most difficult. or maybe the meditation as i’m not good at being left alone with my own thoughts!

exercise - yoga class
meditation - see above
grateful for -
1 having a flexible job and a good team
2 being part of this community, where so much support is given to others
positive experience - had a productive meeting.
act of kindness - commiserated with a colleague who’d been unsuccessful with an application

[he_2]

Really love this thread, thanks @meowington.

Thought I would find it hard to find things for each part, but actually, it really forced me to reflect on my day in a way I haven’t done in far too long. Can’t bring myself to look at myself in the mirror though, sorry.

1. A power walk from the office to the station this afternoon rather than the usual daydreamy aimless meander

2. That’s going to happen just before I go to sleep. Five minutes, eyes closed, peace and quiet and concentrate on breathing.

3. Having @colinzealuk (and my elder brother) as such amazing siblings. We’re arguably closer than we were growing up now but I certainly don’t spend enough time telling them how much they’re appreciated. Spending five hours with czuk this evening has done my MH the world of good.

Being able to have a degree of flexibility work wise. Really need tomorrow to be WFH.

4. Finally spending time to explore The Go! Team. What a joyous band - every track is like the theme to a 70s US sitcom. Jeez, The Semicircle Song is just a work of raw and pure magnificence. I just want to listen to it again and again and again and again.

5. Checking up on my friend who has had to take the last two days off because of his MH.

Helping a lady who slipped down the stairs at Milton Keynes station this afternoon, making sure she was okay.

[breakfast_t_england]

OK here goes:

1. walked from the station to work in the morning and back again - nearly got the bus home but decided not to. my ankle is a bit screwed though so might not be able to do that every day
2. didn’t really do anything proper on this tbh, but there were a couple of occasions where I stopped to just take a few breaths during the day as I was getting super super stressed
3. struggling with this one tbh, everything seems a bit same old at the moment. Will do better tomorrow.
4. had a chat with someone at work about some of the stuff that’s been stressing me out at the moment, which I think helped a little bit.
5. made a specific point of thanking the person from point 4 for some work she did for me - I think I did when she told me what she’d done, but send her a message afterwards thanking her again. she shrugged it off a bit and said “np, it’s my job” but still.

went better than I thought it would before I wrote it down!

[colinzealuk]

I’ll try and remember to hit you up next time The Go! Team tour. They’re one of the few band that I alluded to in the depression thread the other day - absolutely infectiously joyous and i’ve deeply needed that at times in the last couple of years.

[pervo]

1. Did 10,000 steps today because of walking to/from work, then walking to the station (normally do 7000 steps)
2. Did have a deep breath/exhale to calm earlier although not had a chance to do anything more substantial
3. That my friend gave me a free ticket to see First Aid Kit with her tonight, and that my boss was really complimentary of my work and understanding when I said that I have cyclical depression every 3 years as a heads up.
4. FAK were awesome - lovely harmonies, and watching them perform You Are The Problem Here (and rail against sexual assault afterwards) was really quite special and powerful especially after the last 2 days on the forum.
5. Oops, don’t think I really did this one today

[Slicky]

Aw thank you! Filton has an aerospace museum which is about the history of aircraft building there, lots of aircraft to look at and exhibits about the process etc from the first filghts you to satellites and dspace stuff of today. Then they have Concorde which you can go on and speak to the people about …I would recommend it as a trip if you are in the area and interested in that sort of thing! Also if you go once you can go again for free in the next year which is good.

[bugduv]

Just been to a meditation class for the first time. Nice little 25-minute walk each way as well. Surprised at how good i feel after just one hour.

The talk was about how we automatically judge people and how that comes from an instinct to protect ourselves but it just wastes energy and by trying to spot positive qualities in people we can find our own peace of mind, sort of thing.

More than that, though, the two sets of meditation were really good. I worry 24 hours a day so i’m pretty cynical about how or if you can improve that, but just by concentrating on my breathing and posture i found myself getting to a more clear headpace pretty quickly.

It was a buddhist centre and seems like a really judgement-free, positive environment as well, so think i’ll go again.

[BobRickerton]

Weather is chilly, but gloriously sunny here in old London Town, so walked across Waterloo Bridge in between meetings listening to some tunes. Unbelievably good feeling, love a crisp Autumnal day.

Also exercised the ghosts of yesterday by walking up the five flights of stairs to my office. Managed to crack on with two tasks (one work, one personal) that I’ve been putting off for ages too.

Feeling good, basically. Great idea @meowington, feels good documenting it sometimes.

[anon19035908]

This is a really great thread. Having a not so great few days but the weather is really nice and the man from one of my cider suppliers have me some free ciders earlier to try. Also I’m off work Monday-Friday next week and got a nice few days planned. Sorry for not sticking to the formula @meowington but I might just do a post like this every other day or so.

[meowington]

Whatever works for you! No rules really, just everyone do their best

[colon_closed_bracket]

1. and

2. are the same as yesterday. Actually felt a bit more awake this morning and chose a comfier chair. Felt like I slept a bit better last night.

3. Stuff I’m grateful for: I’ve actually managed to catch the early train tonight! Which means getting home at a reasonable time. And I’ve got a seat. Second thing: I feel pretty alright today. I should remember that I don’t always feel a sense of dread… The times of calm are a bit of a relief.

4. My youngest has started waving goodbye to me from the landing window. It’s a cute sight to have when leaving the house. She seems really delighted when I wave back, bless.

5. One of my team came up with a load of great ideas for a project so I told him so. And I thanked my boss for letting me go early today

[andyvine]

feeling really good after this wk. my first wk of work having someone to manage, think i was prob a bit worried about it on the quiet even tho ive worked with her and trained her before. i asked her to apply for the job coz i knew she’d be good at it, dunno why i was fretting. good old anxiety eh. anyway, changed my meds about 3 wks ago and i guess a combination of them settling down, trying to spend less time on my phone in the evenings, her starting and it going really well, general mindfulness stuff that ive been working on, ive been feeling really cheerful and relaxed in the evenings. things im grateful for: mirtazepine

[froglet]

1. Lunchtime walk
2. I will do this after i finish this post
3. I’m grateful that my bf, who was ill last weekend, is now better, and that today was a nice sunny day
4. Had to ask someone I find a bit intimidating to do something in person as he hadn’t replied to emails. Had been putting it off but it was ok
5. Oh god I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel here. A member of staff posted something on a site I manage for work and asked how to delete it after I and someone else pointed out some flaws in what she’d posted (I wasn’t being mean, it’s what the site is for and it’s my job). When I replied I tried to be sympathetic and gave her credit for being brave enough in the first place