Day 36

I'm back from my Christmas break - half of which I spent in bed killing a flu! Ah well, c'est la vie as they say!

My three positives for today are:

• The beauty of the Lake District swathed in snow and the early morning sun.
• Getting home and seeing my housemate and his cats again.
• Exchanging presents with my housemate - and the huge pile of books that's resulted!

Andrew

30

This may be my last post for a few days, as I'm going home for Christmas and leaving my laptop behind. I will have computer access when away, but whether I'll get much chance to post is debatable!

So, todays postives:

• I finished my Christmas shopping and got all the gifts wrapped
• After last night's night out, I had a pleasant evening in with tellybox
• I got some chores done for going away - tyres pumped up, car washed etc...

See you on the other side!


Andrew

Day 29

My last day at work this year! Hurrah! The 3 chosen positives for today:

• I got the key items of work done and out of the way
• Had lovely lunch out with colleagues, and we got our Christmas gifts from the boss
• Had an evening of Cranium with friends - very enjoyable!

Andrew

Day 27

A relaxing Saturday, with not a lot to report! Read, watched telly, went to town, chilled!

• Got a fair bit of book (The Subtle Knife) read after a few days of limited progress
• Posted on main blog and composed two (2!) entries being published tomorrow
• Did more exporing of Apple's iStore and found more podcasts to listen too!

Andrew

Day 26

A VERY good day, for reasons that will become clear in future positives in this column... For now, content yourself with the following:

• Went to Bristol and got some Christmas Shopping done
• Spent 4 year old John Lewis vouchers on an iPod Shuffle
• Paid a pre-Christmas visit to see my cousin at work

Andrew

Day 25

I've just realised that I never posted last night! So here goes:

• Had lovely evening in pub with housemate and friend.
• I managed to clear my desk of a few chores - leaving just two must do pieces of work for Monday - my last day before Christmas.
• Housemate returned home from a couple of days away with work with news that he had won a prize of airline flights... so potentially a nice holiday in the works for next year!

Andrew

Day 23

A bit of a non-day at work, and an early start too, so no sunrise to cheer my journey! There were positives, though:

• I've finished Northern Lights by Philip Pullman - now on to the next one.
• I had a nice lunch courtesy of one of the product providers we use.
• Arranged accommodation at one of my bestest friends' for the first night of my Christmas break.

Andrew

Day 22

A frustrating day at work, and a busy evening, at least initially. In amongst it all, some positives:

• I've mentioned this a few times, but it's that time of year - there was a lovely wintery sunrise as I drove to work today.
• I've written and scheduled posts for my main blog for tomorrow and the next day - it's nice to be ahead!
• I had an errand which meant visiting a former colleague - cue a catch up and a bit of a natter - which ate up my lunchtime and held her back from work!

Anyway, all this blogging is holding me back from sleep - early start tomorrow too - joy!

Day 21 - 3 weeks!

So, another weekend comes to an end and after 4 days off, it's back to work tomorrow! Joy! But enough of that, I'm feeling positive!

• Managed to get Christmas cards today and therefore feel organised...
• Had lovely time this evening with guests round for part 2 X Factor Final
• Am now getting to the climax of my book, which is fantastic!

Andrew

Day 20

I can barely believe I've reached 20 days of this blog but here we are.

Today was spent looking at various catteries for my housemate's puddys to go to over Christmas. Here's the three positives:

• Had neighbours round for lovely evening of X-Factor and Wii.
• Although busy with other stuff, still managed to make progress with book, which is getting rather gripping.
• Took the littlest puddy out for a run in car to see how she coped - well, as it happened.

Andrew

Day 14

It's been a lovely social day spent with housemate and our visiting friend. Here's the designated positives:

• I managed to take 5 pictures for this month's "5 on the 5th".
• Dinner was lovely - all the better for being reduced and paid for by housemate!
• It was really good to have catch up against a backdrop of Telly and Wii games.

Andrew

Day 13

Have had a lovely chilled day which fell broadly into 3 parts, as follows:

• Had lovely morning with friends I had stayed at last night - watched some telly and had cooked breakfast.
• Spent afternoon and evening catching up with housemate.
• Ended the day with the arrival of our houseguest and receipt of some belated birthday presents.

Even the drive home was quite pleasant! It really was an ideal Saturday!


Andrew

Day 12

There is no post today, as I'm away for a night, staying with friends... Good times!

Day 10...

Well, today's been a good day. Work was relatively relaxed, and I'm not back in 'til Friday! The chosen nuggets today are:

• The journey across the Somerset Levels was extremely pleasent this morning. The sky was clear as the sun rose across the water-logged fields. It was very picturesque.
• I got home early and had a chance to read before settling down to telly - a lovely relaxing evening.
• A friend asked me to dinner on Friday, which is something to very much look forward to.

This selection was easy to make, in that I had a choice of a few things, always a good sign!

Andrew

Day 8

Well it was back to work today, and it turned out to be fair-to-middling. Picking over the entrails of the day, I am going to draw encouragment from the following:

• I finished my book, and am about to start next.
• I got a work colleague, who was suffering from a severe cold, a Starbucks' Gingerbread Latte - I think she was genuinely surprised by the gesture too.
• I kept calm despite the various pressures and got through the key items requried.

So, not a lot to report but a good enough day all round. On reflection there are other things I could have included above, which must be a good thing!

Andrew

Day 7

Well, it's the end of week one of this blog. Although some of the things I've picked as positives from my life appear trivial, I'm pleased I can pick things out at all!

I'm also pleased that the days that it's been hard to pick anything aren't the days when I've been late and frustrated at work but rather the days I've done precious little. This suggests that things aren't really as bad as I sometimes make out!

Today, though, was a lazy day and I've ended up picking these three things:

• I managed to get some rubbish taken to the tip (or cowp, as we'd say in Fife), after some weeks of meaning to.
• I almost finished my book (of which more will probably be said on my main blog once completed).
• I went to cinema and saw 2012 (not overly impressive) and Paranormal Activity (quite good).

I'm back to work tomorrow, which should throw up more positives (and negatives!). I hope to be able to blog more about other Positive Psychology techniques over the coming week.

Andrew

Day 2...

Well, it's a late post today, but here they are:

• I got through everything I wanted to get through at work
• I had a lovely pint and catch-up with my housemate and one of his friends, followed by a Papa Johns pizza
• I started my break... no work 'til Monday!

Goodnight, all...

Andrew