When I was in Boston last week, I tried something new. While walking, and this sounds silly I know, I would stop and look up. People in windows, staircases, cranes, flashing tall lights, birds and squirrels , shoes, moon, stars, planes, lanterns, animals in the clouds.
When I have the fun of taking photos, I photo a different perspective rather than only what is right in front of me with the object.
In my morning support group of transitions, we made a list of what we are going to do differently this week.
1. Not start the day on the computer. Start it with a glass of water.
2. Write a poem, even a bad one.
3. Hit golf balls on the weekend.
4. Eat fish.
5. Sing at home.
6. Plant something in the house or outside and you give it its name. You could plant a stick with ribbons on it.
7. Light an evening candle and sit with its flame looking at you.
8. Take a new exercise class.
9. Think of someone you adore and enjoy that moment.
10. Move five things around to new places in your home.
I miss seeing the night sky since I live in the city. I am going to sit in the dark back yard in the evening, and look up. I have been none to dash out to see the moon light in both my front and back yard. I don’t sit. I want a new perspective. I could sit a while, don’t you think? What might you do this week to change it up?
Take good care,
Natalie
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I love this post Natalie. I’m a new empty nester and I need to put suggestion #1 as number one on my list (she said while sitting at the computer typing). When I start the day on the computer, I find that some of the other morning rituals I had in mind (sitting in the patio looking for hummingbirds, reading a passage from an inspirational book, stretching or meditating) never happen. I love many of the other suggestions as well. I’m going to borrow a few. Thanks for sharing.