After the wonder of the world cup celebrations why not keep the momentum going. It’s so easy to get on with the mundane and forget to stop and smile and enjoy! Do some things to keep that celebratory feeling and acknowledgment of self and others. Here are some ideas:
1. Every day make sure you acknowledge one person, maybe a trait you like in them, something they did which deserves praise or how they look.
2. If someone has a birthday think of new ways to make them feel special.
3. Celebrate the little things. For instance your teenager took out the rubbish without asking – go over the top in acknowledging them, dance around them, try to hug them and tell them how wonderful they are!
4. Ring someone out of the blue and tell them just how much you admire them.
5. And remember celebrate your own successes everyday! And how would you like to do that? A quiet glass of wine at night acknowledging the good things you did that day, a walk on the beach, taking yourself off for a beauty treatment? Maybe it’s actually telling someone what you achieved and feel proud of. I think we don’t do this enough we tend to keep these things to ourselves and not share to our good mates.
So think up your own ideas to keep up the celebration as there is much to celebrate in our wonderful country New Zealand.