Put a little fun in your heart each and everyday.

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Back in the day when food was my entertainment, I’d tell myself, “I’m SO BORED” and with that, I’d raid the kitchen for some “deserved” nothing-to-do-eating.

Today I deal with boredom differently, here’s what I finally figured out:

The feeling of boredom was never meant to signal us to locate and eat handfuls of M&M’s. Actually feeling bored is a challenge from the best part of ourselves to bring new exciting plans and ideas to life.

And excitement is different for everyone. It might be exciting travel like seeing the castles in Europer, while I want to fulfill a lifelong dream of learning Spanish. A friend might want to hike every waterfall in her state. Someone else might be ready to adopt a rescue-dog.

Before I go any further, I have to add an important caveat: I’m not suggesting that if we simply embrace a new passion that the extra pounds will melt off.

You will never hear such nonsense from me.

But what I am saying is that when you coax your own dream-projects to life it’s a bit easier to stay happily distracted until your new eating habits are fully in place.

How I Upleveled My World.

In a nutshell, I began adding fun experiences to my life in several ways, intentionally adding excitement to my life slowly so that I wouldn’t burn out:

• One year I joined a Toastmaster’s club (to develop stronger public speaking muscles within a super supportive environment).
• Every so often I rearrange our home’s furniture into a new style that I love ( and even more fun: I go to garage sales on the weekend to find treasures that I can paint.).

• I’m diligent about keeping an absorbing list of good books at the ready. My favorite books listed here.

• In 2016, I had the back surgery that I’d long needed. (Not all uplevels are glitzy at first, but long term I was sooo happy I’d had this surgery. If you live near Georgia: Dr. Heller, Emory.)

The Secret Sauce to Upping Our Game.

The secret? For a more exciting life: scare yourself a bit. Like, you want butterflies in your stomach. If your plan to uplevel (big or small) is not a bit frightening, you might be wasting your time. (Include at least one ahhh!! idea in your excitement plan.) Here’s what friends put into their plan to uplevel their lives:

• My IT friend takes two to three courses a year to keep his skills fresh.
• After a divorce, a friend is allowing a new man into her life and pinteresting her home in ways that she’ll eventually (we think) share with him.
• A super active friend became certified in SCUBA diving. I’m betting that it’s hard to be bored when learning to stay calm and breathe underwater.

Best Therapy.

Journal-write about these three questions. Challenge yourself to give at least three examples to each question. Our human brains will spill forth jewels almost every time. Journal-write about:

• a dream-project that has called to you for years.
• a topic you’ve long wished you knew more about.
• the last thing you did that was scary, but fun!
• Answer this question: In my life if I’m bored it means. . .
• Or, If I’m bored, my first thought is. . .my second thought is. . . my third thought is. . .

Have a wonderful weekend!!

And remember, it’s not just you. Health is hard. But thankfully we can do hard things.

♥, Wendy