The last few months since the corona government shut downs, feeling positive has been challenging. I turn on the news and there are so many bad things happening in the world. I look at social media and not much different there...
There have been many times I have felt like the world might come crashing around me. I have felt suffocated by everything happening in the world. There are some terms and words I never want to hear again but I hear them daily....they make me want to scream at the top of my lungs.
I feel stressed a lot of the time and sad even more....it was getting almost unbearable. Something had to change to remove this hopelessness I felt.
Then one day I heard about a positivity jar, a jar in which you put one positive thing that happens to you each day...
I decided this was my way of coping and maybe briing back some of the positives in my heart so, I have created my positivity jar.
My jar is simple, is just an old mug in my room where I place a positive event each day for work and a personal positive event into my jar. Then are the end of the week I look at my positives.
This jar has helped me to see that the world is not as dark and dreary as it sometimes feels, that I can find something good in each of my days....now mind you sometimes I have to dig deep for my positive.... but I find one.
I am not using things like "I got out of bed today" just because that is a standard go to, I want to dig a bit deeper than that.
I plan to share my positives in this blog..It is helpful for me and might help someone else find hope during these dark times.
I would also love to hear others positives. So please share with me! Lets pull out of the gloom in the world and find what is bright and makes us smile even if it is something as small as "I made it through the day."
Week 1 Positives
July 28, 2020 Personal positive: I found a neat Mickey Mouse mug at HomeGoods.
Work positive: I got some furniture for my classroom.
July 29, 2020 Personal positive: My grandson, son and daughter in law came to stay all night with me.
Work positive: I was able to work with one of my team members.
July 30, 2020 Personal positive: Got to spend the evening with my adorable grandson.
Work positive: District "pranked" us all and it was funny.
July 31, 2020 Personal positive: We took Noah bowling and he got a strike. He loved it so much and didn't care that he didn't get but one strike.
Work positive: I didn't have one today.
August 1, 2020 Personal positive: I got hugs from my grandson Noah in the morning.
No work today
August 2, 2020 Personal positive: Talked to Noah on the phone.
August 3, 2020 Personal positive: Talked to Noah on the phone for his birthday. I miss him but am glad he is happy.
Work positive: I got my space set up.
August 4, 2020 Work positive: I made someone smile.
Personal positive: It was cooler outside.
August 5, 2020 Personal positive: I talked to Blake, my oldest son, today.
Work positive: I completed some lesson plans.
August 6, 2020 Work positive: I had a nice visit with a co-worker.
Personal positive: I went to the chiropractor.
August 7, 2020 Work positive: I learned a new google slide trick.
Personal positive: I found some neat Disney dishes at HomeGoods.
Nothing monumental but still positives! It was a little more than a week but that is ok....
I hope that I hear from some of you....
