#100Happy days - Thought Diaries

I have come to the realisation that I suffer from FOMO….Fear Of Missing Out, or maybe I am just a liker of things, I choose the latter. Being the social networker that I am, I recently came across the hashtag #100Happydays and being the curious one I decided to find out what it was all about.

I soon discovered that it was basically a photo journal (on Instagram) for a hundred days showing what makes you happy or what keeps you going on a daily basis. I even discovered that there is website dedicated to this #100happy days phenomena http://100happydays.com/  I guess in my mind I’m like better this than the Nek Nominations that did the rounds the other month.

Going through the hashtag goes to show how much we as human beings seek happiness, through other people, through things and through life experiences. The ultimate goal is to be happy and stay happy but is this really possible in the world we live in? I started this challenge a couple of days ago and I must say it is a challenge indeed to be happy all day with so many daily pressures.

What is this hashtag teaching me? (yes, there’s a lesson to everything, well that’s what I think anyway…). Despite all that happens in a day there will always be at least one thing in a day that makes a person smile and have at least one happy moment and for that one moment we need to be grateful.

In today’s fast paced world, it is so easy to overlook the little things that keep us happy. Many times we are not grateful for the basics that we have and we are constantly looking out for more other than appreciating what is there, call it human nature if you like. We even need a hashtag to prove we can be happy for so long…..

So, what is my point…be grateful on a daily basis because there always will be something to be grateful for, be happy in the moment, live in the now and appreciate each day with its joys and challenges, for tomorrow is not always guaranteed J

 

Mind Games

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you;

you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

― James Allen

I am of the firm belief of that quote above. Just as the saying goes, you are what you eat, you are what you think. Such a coincidence that I was talking about my love for all things African in an earlier blog post…….The Universe as it seems was conspiring to send me out to discover the African continent. My line of work as it seems, has allowed me to start discovering Africa, more so doing business in Africa. On a recent trip, I found myself in the city of Lusaka in Zambia. I found myself in awe of the level of development that has taken place in our beloved neighbour. Long gone are the days of the notorious hyperinflation that once plagued this nation. Instead, there is a steady flow of investments and things are generally moving upwards for this great nation. I was truly humbled by the warmth and the level of respect I received from the warm, beautiful people of Zambia. My point being…I spoke about and thought about my appreciation for all things African and now this opportunity of seeing the continent seems to be falling into my lap…….

The same line of thought can apply to anything you want to achieve…If you think about it and put your mind to it, it can happen, even Lupita Nyongo can attest to that with her Oscar! So going back to the fitness journey, February was a really tough fitness journey month in the sense that I hardly had time to put as much effort  into it as I thought I would. I didn’t make my running challenge or 50% of my classes, the truth is I could have made the time but I didn’t why?….because the mind was not in it, instead I chose to chill instead and wish myself fit….but alas that doesn’t work. To get anything done or put a plan together, one needs to have a positive frame of mind and positive thoughts, which alone can do wonders (Please note that ‘thinking’ with no action = zero result or worse result).

For the month of March, I have decided to channel my energy into positive thoughts with regards to my fitness journey and practice the discipline I need to get me where I need to go and of course do more as that will ultimately change my tomorrow. My message to you (without sounding or trying to sound like a self- help guru)……think and do positive thoughts and actions today as that will most likely shape your future, practice discipline when you have set out to do something so that you can achieve this particularly if you are on a continuous fitness journey like meJ  (Insanity work out…..I see you!!!!)