Support4Change Blog

December 20, 2006

Category: Commentary on Life Today

By Arlene Harder, MA, MFT
 

In addition to the Sydney Opera House, which any visitor to Sydney is required to see, by this day, Dec. 20, we will have gotten a good idea of what this famous town has to offer. Too few days, but it’s the best we can squeeze in when we have so much territory to see and so little.

And now we’re heading to Cairns for the Great Barrier Reef. Looking forward to a boat trip tomorrow out in the reef. Wish we had more time to spend and snorkel. Maybe next time. [If you’re a new visitor to this blog, you can read an explanation of what is happening by reading the blog entry of It Pays to Check the Weather.]

The journal entry today comes from a Take-a-Break called Capturing Moments for Memories. It is based on the idea that too often we dash through our days (as we tend to do especially over the holidays) without really experiencing whatever it is that we’re doing.

Look around and see something that brings you pleasure.

Later today, retrieve this memory

Continue using this technique in the days ahead

Read the whole article for an explanation of why this is a particularly good idea when you’re running around with too much to do.