Discovery; Mindfulness in Visionpursue

For Review #MyHappinessProject Resolutions already executed to continue to build on

NOV
1. Be Healthy  I am putting into action no snacking.   Drink my shakes for meals. Move everyday. 

DEC
2. Family History

4 years one month at a time and continue the search.

JAN
3. Civility

Mostly I am "working" at Keeping it together this month. "KeepItTogether""KeepItTogether""KeepItTogether"!

3b. Scripture study His Words Keep reading everyday everyday everyday.  I can only ___________ Me! (Insert word control, save, etc etc etc!)

4 books and the parables

FEB
4. Joy

I don't know what to do here. Throw it all away, give it all away or garage sell it all?   Keep it or move it? because of my lack of ability to make a choice on this I have only reorganized and re labeled.

The life changing magic of tidying up.  

4b. Repentance

I do need this everyday. 

MAR
5. Mindfulness  BE mindful of what I am "certain of"...  Back to my basic question of yester year "What is the One thing today that I stand for, would fight for, believe in?"  Be Certain what kind of Character I have, portray and want to build on. 
Very excited to report that thru Richards work I have discovered a new app and way to be accountable for mindfulness.  In March I was discouraged with my choice of mindfulness because it didn't really lead me anywhere except to over analyze everything!  The app is called #visionpursue and for the next month I will be doing dailys to further expand #Mindfulness.

5b. Procrastination set some goals.  achieve them.  I got my pocket watch to wear around my neck, like Emmaline!!!  It will remind me of the words "but for a very short time."  Make Time count!

April My Happiness Project Phase 1

April MyHappinessProject

Finances

Interestingly enough taxation and #MyHappinessProject align in the month of April!!!  As I have considered this topic I have arrived at the word Budget which leads me to columns which leads to pluses and minuses or debits and credit or gains and losses.  As I ponder this I am led to all the things that go under these sub headings and into the said columns!  death and taxes, Money and calories, credit cards and cash, weight and self image, sit ups and push ups, walking and running, screen time and what I eat - the columns can go on and on... do you see where I am going with this?

Last month I got lost in the big world of "thinking and considering", without the specific task to do, although I did learn things and I will apply them to my lifestyle and resolutions I continueing to work on them.  I need actual, specific things to budget and account for.  There it is  - the word, the other word I ran into in my pondering - Accountability. Without kids, without a job, without a real schedule to keep, without a chur  ch responsibility well,  I have no accountability!  This silly blog has proven to be my accountability this year giving me the checks and balances of my present circumstance.  And so as I like to say; Thus we see...   I need to get real here and actually be accountable for my columns in life. set some real goals / #resolutions....  her is how I'm going to approach that.

Phase 1 is 21 days  (remember my old blog enteries 21 days 21 days at a time. #Endure

1. track money spent

2. track what I eat   

3. track how much I move 

that is it!   no more than that or I won't do any of it them.  I also realize I am pretty good at tracking.  The next step will be writing down what I AM GOING TO DO and then doing it!  this is where my Sub (spiritual) Happiness Project topic comes in Humility and why I have to track these things first,  because I can't say I'm going to this or that - since I have no accountability. I don't know where to start. I am giving myself 21 days to find a starting point and then to re-evaluate and do the hard thing that is to set the limits and then be accountable. 

Personal side note; I dated a few guys in my time as they fell away no one ever REALLY said why (and thus we see I have a few attachment issues) anyway One young man did say. His name was Glenn and he told me he couldn't marry me because "I wouldn't endure".  Isn't it funny such a small thing would stick with me and echo in my head constantly for all these years.  OR IS IT!        I have always applied it to church, and I hate to admit that ya, maybe I had my non enduring moments, but 98% of the time I always WANTED to ENDURE and that really does help, the "want to", the "desire to".  But this is the other thing I learned in the early month MyHappinessProject research, I don't endure in finances for sure, but I may have other issues I'm not enduring in too, like; diet and exercise.  For instance because of my tracking (Phase 1) I noticed I drink alot of Coke Zero.  Too much soda for me. I came to the conclusion that I needed to STOP.  So I haven't had a soda for a week when I weighed in this morning I had gained 3 pounds.  My thinking is with no soda I should have had a loss in that column not a gain!!! Now I just want to go have a soda, and thus we see my lack of endurance. 
In Phase 2 I will make the accountability happen, after the initial 21 days of tracking and enduring with said topics, I have to evaluate and set reasonable achievable new goals /#resolutions to be accountable for in my ledger of columns with the headings of; budgeting money, calories, movement and time.  

Here we go !!!!  Who knew Finances and humility would lead me here?!!!!

For Review #MyHappinessProject Resolutions already executed to continue to build on

NOV
1. Be Healthy  I am putting into action no snacking.   Drink my shakes for meals. Move everyday. 

DEC
2. Family History

4 years one month at a time and continue the search.

JAN
3. Civility

Mostly I am "working" at Keeping it together this month. "KeepItTogether""KeepItTogether""KeepItTogether"!

3b. Scripture study His Words Keep reading everyday everyday everyday.  I can only ___________ Me! (Insert word control, save, etc etc etc!)

4 books and the parables

FEB
4. Joy

I don't know what to do here. Throw it all away, give it all away or garage sell it all?   Keep it or move it? because of my lack of ability to make a choice on this I have only reorganized and re labeled.

The life changing magic of tidying up.  

4b. Repentance

I do need this everyday. 

MAR
5. Mindfulness  BE mindful of what I am "certain of"...  Back to my basic question of yester year "What is the One thing today that I stand for, would fight for, believe in?"  Be Certain what kind of Character I have, portray and want to build on. 

5b. Procrastination set some goals.  achieve them.  I got my pocket watch to wear around my neck, like Emmaline!!!  It will remind me of the words "but for a very short time."  Make Time count!

My Happiness Project March R&R (Return and Report)

Mindfulness/Procrastionation

And thus we see...

I feel like March went down the drain with all the rain we've had this month!  Between being sick, traveling and Apryls visit I'm afraid I felt tons of Happiness but didn't track it very well!

A Certain Woman

I was very inspired by the talk given this month from Sister Linda Burton here is the link https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/04/certain-women?lang=eng 

“The New Testament includes accounts of [certain] women, named and unnamed, who exercised faith in Jesus Christ [and in His Atonement], learned and lived His teachings, and testified of His ministry, miracles, and majesty. These women became exemplary disciples and important witnesses in the work of salvation.”1 

I very much loved her reference to "certain women"  she defined - "certain women who bore positive, confident, firm, assured testimonies of the Savior. Though they, like us, were imperfect women, their witness is inspiring ."  I want to be a mindful, certain woman!

"As a certain woman, she testified: “Not only are we here to save others but to save ourselves. And that salvation comes from partnering with Jesus Christ, from understanding His grace and His Atonement and His feelings of love for the women of the Church. That happens through things as simple as brushing someone’s hair; sending a note with an inspired, clear, revelatory message of hope and grace; or allowing women to serve us.9

...we have become distracted, doubtful, discouraged, sinful, sorrowful, or soul-stretched, may we accept the Lord’s invitation to drink of His living water, as did the certain woman at the well, inviting others to do the same as we bear our own certain witness: “Is not this the Christ?”

This is a wonderful reminder to me, I was deeply touched and inspired to be more mindful of others needs, to not be prideful of my own needs and to rekindle what is certainly most important in my day to day life.  This mindfulness project might have turned on me in a way. For instance I was mindful that when we go out to eat I "think" which chair does he want to sit in and I mindfully leave it for him, I recognized that I am constantly thinking about ways to accomplish the goals he talks about after work, and I felt the pain when he adopted out his Winston because he is traveling so much, I was humbled that he was mindful of me, that I don't really want a dog, (video included because it humbled me to watch a man love both the dog and the wife so much) https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=dmwY15ATqsc  and mindful of Winston that poor dog was so bored!!!  What I learned is this; being mindful can be like a strength it can turn on you and become a weakness or it can ripple into a wave a gratitude and love.  And thus we see ... the need of everyday everyday everyday positive affirmation, thoughtful communion and constant need to not procrastinate repenting.

I bought a couple of books (52 lists for Happiness) because I learned last month that I needed lists. We are striving to write in them but it may have been one more thing and have become a distraction to my reading and previously set goals.  I, in the past was always frustrated with my husband accusing him of having  tunnel vision.  Thinking that I could and was the best multi-tasker! These days, in my humble learning, I am not that good at multi tasking realizing I need lists, direction and spiritual motivation to stay on the road that I have mapped out for myself in this the year of 2017!