Potpourri - 07/12/07

One of my goals when I started writing my journal is to make sure that I write an entry every day.  So far, I have been able to have one subject to write about.  I have been sitting here trying to decide what to write about and many different ideas come to mind, but when I try to expand on them, I am having a difficult time thinking of what to write about.  Therefore, I thought I would just write about each of the things that I have been thinking about today.

Laughter is the Best Medicine

This morning, we had an "All Hands Meeting".  This is a meeting  in which the senior leaders of our department go through our accomplishments so far this year and then talked about some of our future plans.  After the meeting, I sent out an e-mail to some of my co-workers giving them a "recap" of the meeting.  In this "recap" was actually a Dilbert cartoon of an "All Hands Meeting".  The Dilbert cartoon shows a picture of Dilbert sitting in a room with just hands.  Then later Wally asks Dilbert how the "All Hands Meeting" went.  Dilbert answered "Creepy".  Work can sometimes get very stressful, so I like to add a little humor into it.

Home From Camp

My son came home from camp today.  He didn't want to go to camp in the first place, so his attitude about camp was negative when he went.  I told him that if I saw an improvement in his attitude when he came home, I would take him to the store and buy him a video game.  Unfortunately, he was still complaining about camp when he got home.  When I told him that he wasn't getting his video game, he started complaining that it was his cousin's fault that his attitude was negative.  This reminded me of a statement that Dr. Zimmerman made in PIVOT.  "Every  morning you get to choose to rise and shine or rise and whine.  That's right:  You are responsible for your attitude."  He is only 12 years old.  I can understand why it is difficult for him to understand because there are many adults that have a difficult time understanding this.

Lack of Preparation

In yesterday's journal, I mentioned that I was planning to do one of the strategies on the mental diet each day.  I found out that I need to actually prepare the night before if I am going to actually achieve one of the strategies.  Because I didn't adequately prepare last night, I didn't really achieve any of the strategies today.  I did a few things from a few of the strategies.  I was more conscious about giving gratitude.  I did think more positive thoughts.  However, I didn't really do everything I needed to do.