The importance of Direction
We have a slightly longer gap between meetings in my Happiness Club this month and so I thought I'd blog a quick, mid-meet up update on why I think Direction is important to be happier in life.
About Kirsty Morgan
I am a Chartered Accountant for a Housing Association, who is a mum to 2 small children. I discovered Mindfulness in 2013 and this was a turning point for me to really be committed and present wherever I am. Life isn't as worrying as I used to think when I used to listen to all my 'what if' thoughts and I now feel braver and more confident. I set up a Happiness Club in 2015 in conjunction with Psychologies magazine and as with Mindfulness am already loving the difference it's making to my life and those around me.
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Happiness Club meet up – month 6
We’re over halfway now in our Happiness Club journey, entering into the DREAM of GREAT DREAM! What has been lovely is that we’ve all noticed how the things we started our experiment committing too (e.g. giving, relating etc) have dripped through to the subsequent months. So now we’re still giving more, exercising more and so on because they’ve really become part of our daily lives, of who we are. But now we’re starting to try new things and look forward with direction.
In this blog I’m going to review our month of Appreciation and Trying Out as well as have a quick chat around the forthcoming month of Direction.
Embracing acceptance and engaging with the purpose of our lives
For the past month, we’ve been practicing accepting ourselves – unconditionally. Personally, I found this hard to do. Too often I was drawn into the high pressure, high stress reality of trying to do everything perfectly, so that I could feel good about myself. Frequently, maybe not frequently enough, I recognised this and offered myself kindness and compassion and fought against the urge of perfectionism. I accepted myself with lower standards and it felt liberating. I will be focusing on this unconditional acceptance going forward, I have only just scratched the surface, and need to commit to this each day in the future. I can almost touch the freedom that unconditional acceptance brings! I’m thankful that my happiness club friend has really inspired me. I have some great ideas of how I can take this forward into my life from her.
We also talked about the month of meaning and how to be part of something bigger in the next month
A moving story of true Resilience. The winner doesn’t always take it all!
This month’s blog is going to be focused on one Happiness Club member’s past month. It feels only right, as this month she opened her home, and heart, to a Kenyan runner. The experiences they shared show what true resilience is.
Saying goodbye to the year of the GREAT DREAM. Saying hello to a more uplifting and happy life.
I set up a Happiness Club almost a year ago, we have all committed to each of the GREAT DREAM messages over the months. Together we've shared a journey discovering what really makes us happy.
Happiness Club - Giving
I read about the Happiness Club idea in Psychologies magazine when I was on the train home from an overnight Spa break with my sister. I knew instantly that it was something I wanted to do and felt excited straight away. I didn’t have the comedown from the Spa break I expected! I emailed to be one of the Club Founders from the train station waiting for my connecting train home and it made me feel so energised. The feeling I get whenever I do anything to take control of my own happiness is so empowering and exhilarating that I knew I’d love to be in a Happiness Club, committing to each Key to Happiness and discovering along the way how that made me feel.
I wanted to find friends to join me as soon as I could and I was delighted that I had 6 friends who said yes. I was ready to plan in the first date when I had an email congratulating me on being a Club Founder! I couldn’t wait to share it with the Club. We set about organising a good day for everyone to meet, which was no mean feat! Eventually we found a date most could commit to – Wednesday 25th February.
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Thank you Amanda. Yes it did get sorted and I heard only last week that when the money he did win from the race came through Jackson bought 150 chickens and is making money selling their eggs. So a...
Of course, trying something new could actually be to stop for some people, to meditate, to notice the world around. Not necessarily try art, running a marathon or starting your own website etc etc....
Thank you Michael. I totally agree with you about stopping first, that's so important. I've been practicing Mindfulness for the last couple of years and it has helped me to feel more able to try ne...
Thank you so much Suzy!! That means a lot to me. I was unsure whether to share this video but I'm pleased I did now. x
Thank you Agatha! I really appreciate your positive feedback and it's great to know that there's further back up to the things I'm discovering :-D
Fantastic, I'm really pleased you think so. Thanks Suzy x
Fantastic, I'm really pleased you think so. Thanks Suzy x
Thank you Donna. I've noticed the same with other blogs, it makes you feel part of something bigger doesn't it? x