Day 6: 30 Days of Happiness

So I wasn't at work today! I'm sure that makes you guys excited. But on the flipside the days where I have nothing to do and want to go out and grab the world by the balls are paradoxically the days I'm least productive. Sometimes it takes me a long time to put on pants. Today was different though because  I wasn't working out on my own. My trainer got back from his ski trip so I went back to the gym today! We swapped stories about our trips I told him how cool it was that in bars up north the bartenders are always ready to buy you drinks. This got him on a tangent about all kinds of shit, talking about how when he was  younger a bouncer threw a brick at him after he tried to dance at a bar. Working out at the gym is great you always get a nice dose of lief experience and people skills.

The day was otherwise successful. I still needed to do my artist date and on more than one occasion, I've headed to the mall for my date. I went there today and was rather disappointed that I was so uncreative. I headed right for Barnes & Noble but this time I did something different. I went right to the children's section. That's actually not that weird since the store removed most of their chairs as it discourage people from  buying books when they can read comfortably in the store. The kid's section is one of the only areas with seating, so you'll see plenty of adults trying to read sitting at child sized tables. Anyway, what's important is the happiness mechanism kicked in right away as I started cycling through all the children's books on display for Valentine's day. I couldn't believe how endearing some of the books were. There was one called 'The Love Monster' about this little creature who live in a land of cute and cuddly things and didn't quite fit in. He looks all over and just when he wants to give up looking, he meets a female monster driving a bus. The morale is just when you stop looking love will find you.

Meditation: I went without music today, and that's always more of a challenge but all the moments where I can really step back have a tremendous lightness. When you start to feel the contrast between your mind working and your mind resting. Than you know you're doing something right.

Act of Kindness:  I friend requested one of my high school teachers. Which I'd always been hesitant about since I'm always posting such stupid shit. Point is after I friend requested her, I found out it just happened to be her birthday (that's like three birthdays in a row) I wrote her an affectionate post telling her she was one of the most inspiring teachers I've ever had.

Highlights: 1) Oddly enough this exercise has made me tougher just like Gilbert talks about. I received bad news but I no longer go into a death spiral and let it fuck up my whole day. I'm more resilient to sadness and I think that's an accomplishment. 2) I ate Tacos with the family. I know this shit sounds corny but in this exercise I realize how many of my positive memories my family is responsible for on a day by day basis. Of course I could list the negatives...nah I wont do that.. 3) I had a meeting with my new supervisor and we talked about my attendance points, I can sometimes be a real dick with authority but that didn't happen. The printer wasn't working and we kept sharing stories about how it was just one of those days and talking about technology being shitty. I forged a new friendship just by being goofy and joking about a printer.