Yesterday
was an amazing day for me. Nothing really special happened but when I look back
at the event over the last 24 hours I can name a bunch of really cool things
that happened. When most people say they had an amazing day, it means that something
crazy happened: they won the lottery, had a baby, got married or went to space;
but amazing can be so much more.
Minnesota is
cold in February. It’s not the tundra as
some may believe but it is cold. When I woke
up yesterday I heard birds chirping for the first time this year. This is amazing because I forgot how much I love
the sounds of summer and once you hear the birds it means that the warm weather
is coming.
After lying
in bed for a bit listening to the sounds of spring (mind you it snowed here
last night); I got out of bed and went to work.
I had worked a ten hour day the day before, but I got up and was there
on time and with a smile on my face. Was
going to work what I wanted to do yesterday, not really, but I am happy to have
a job that pays my bills.
While at
work I got to meet some really cool people and enjoy my ability to laugh and
things that happen around me. Sometimes
it is the little things that add up to make an experience enjoyable. Yesterday I heard two little girls pretending
to be dogs and they just started barking; a little girl was running around in a
frog hat and Mardi gras mask. You have
to be able to laugh at the crazy or you may just miss it.
Live
entertainment always makes that day go faster, as well as being able to leave
work early; awesome event number 14! After work I ran some errands including
going to the bank and paying off one of my loans. It may not sound like the most amazing thing
to do, but I can’t even explain to you how it feels to know that I no longer
have that payment every month. To celebrate I bought myself a cookie, with a
LOT of frosting.
Nothing
really compares to the sugar rush you get from butter cream. After eating my cooking I went to help a
friend with one of the groups that she runs.
I stayed there for four hours volunteering with kids who have been in
out of home placement. I truly enjoy
this experience because I get to help kids just by having conversations with
them and being a role model for them. We
made vision boards, and it was interesting to see what the kids placed on their
boards. My board had a wedding ring on
it, and babies, and traveling and clothes that I would wear when I got my
business to its highest level. The kids
had pictures of cars, and professional athletes; I spent a lot of time asking
the kids where they wanted to live, what they wanted to be when they grow
up. I found it so interesting that some
of these kids haven’t ever thought about what is in their future. It is truly amazing when you see the light
bulb turn on when they start to believe that they can accomplish their dreams.
After
working with these kids, I went and did some filming for the organization that provides
funding for the program I had just volunteered at. One of the great things about living in small
town is the ability to work with one group, and go to another group that funded
it, has employees that used to work there, or may have a kid in the
program. I volunteer for five hours yesterday
and enjoyed it all. When I told a
co-worker that I would be doing my volunteer work yesterday, she said she was
sorry for me – but how can you feel sorry for someone who is making a difference?
None of
these things alone seem that amazing, but when you put them all together it
become a truly awesome day. Take a look
at what you have accomplished in the last 24 hours, I am sure it is more that
you could imagine. I rarely take a look
at the really cool things I actually do every day that come as second nature to
me. Look at everything you do, and how amazing
you really are.
You have it all & Confidence,
Lyndsay
follow me on twitter @andconfidence
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