Motivation Monday: Making your day extraordinary
Ever thought about making your day extraordinary? It’s so very easy to sink into the daily grind no matter which country you live in; alarm goes off, snooze too much, jump out of bed in a panic, breakfast, shower, brush teeth, pick something to wear, get stuck under an armpit on the tube, debate whether to salad or not to salad for lunch, gossip by the water cooler, catch up on your favourite blogs, dream of holidays, get stuck under a sweatier armpit on your commute, feel gym guilt & promise to go tomorrow, eat dinner, watch the box and moan about how rubbish it is, go to bed too late.
It’s even boring reading about it – basically sleep, eat, rinse, repeat. Sadly, most of the above needs to be done anyway, so why not do it with a bit of verve?
- Eat a luxurious breakfast once in a while. Eggs benedict can be really quick: buy some hollandaise, poach the eggs for 5 minutes, toast the muffin, and assemble with ham.
- The showering and brushing of teeth isn’t something easily spiced up, unless you get a singing toothbrush – in which case personal hygiene has just become cool, that’s making your day extraordinary.
- Wear your highest heels (this is for both boys and girls—have you seen the new internal heels for men?) and something eye-catching, even if it’s under your clothes (in fact, even better!).
- Download the apps that tell you which carriage to get on the tube. Catch the tube one stop out to get a seat coming in on your original train.
- Commit a random act of kindness. Buy the homeless dude a latte, pick up some litter or send a friend flowers just to say I’m thinking of you.
- Have lunch away from your desk—walk to the nearest park with a picnic with someone you like, take an exotic salad like Rocket, Parmesan, Goji Berries, Tomatoes, and Chicken, and remember that the walk will cancel out the extra calories if you take a treat.
- Make up some non-malicious gossip about yourself and see how far it gets around the office.
- Write a guest blog post, comment on someone elses or pick up a challenge to complete.
- Plan and book something fun way ahead in the future so you have something to look forward to.
- You don’t need to have gym guilt because you walked to the park at lunchtime.
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Learn some random tube trivia – Did you know Baker Street station was used in the World Wars as a bomb shelter, and in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the Headmaster at Hogwarts has a scar shaped just like the London Underground map on his knee?
- Take advantage of London’s current good weather, buy some good-quality meat or vegetables, and grill ‘em up with your favourite vegetables and sauces.
- Arrange to go for a coffee or sparkling mineral water with someone you really love or someone you really dislike so you can feel like you’ve done a good deed.
- Who needs more sleep, really? Organise a Twilight-watching marathon finishing with a gourmet breakfast…
Basically, making your day extraordinary is easy. Try snatching moments in your everyday life that you have to dedicate to chores and add some panache. No one else needs to know that you’re doing it, and it’s always fun to have a guilty secret that no one else knows about…
