sparkly boots syndrome? 🦄
“I feel happy when…. [insert here]..
“I want the sparkly shoes”” << gets sparkly boots on
^^ my daughter says
“I don’t want sparkly boots on” <<< takes sparkly boots off
“I want sparkly boots on” <<< And the cycle continues 😂😂
Funny thing is…
All we needed was a good play at the park and jump on the trampoline…
To instantly change her mood…
Which I guess isn’t surprising
I mean, how do you feel when you have fun?
And do more things that make you feel good?
Which begs the question:
when was the last thing you did something that makes you happy?
Here’s something I haven’t gone back to in a while, and something I used to do a lot more and keep handy to make myself feel better
It’s a “I feel happy when….” List.
”I feel happy when:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Here’s what mine looked like:
1. Make myself laugh by trying to make someone else laugh
2. write a blog
3. cook
4.read / listen to a book
5. go for a walk / workout / move
6. ring a friend
7. See friends / family
8. play with my kids
9. Dance with my daughters listening to baby shark and pink, fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows (video footage will never be released haha)
10. meditate
11. Date night
Because – believe it or not – we can’t decide whether we want sparkly boots on or not either…
We go around in circles
Beating ourselves up…
“Why do I feel a bit low…”
“Why do I have no energy”
“Why am I not motivated”
knowing what to do but still not doing it…
^^^ Which makes you even more annoyed
And probably the worst of all?
Wishing that you didn’t feel so low…
Which is interesting
Because you get what you focus on
So if you focus on the thing you don’t want?
You’ll probably get more of it…
So why not do something TODAY
For YOU
that you get to do
That makes you happy?
Not sure what makes you happy?
Great..
Try something new and see..
You have a blank canvas.
But you’ll never know unless you stop procrastinating about whether you want sparkly boots on or not.
the only way to find out..
Is by doing
Matt ‘pink, fluffy unicorn dancing on rainbows’ Fruci
