Week #222 – Three Weeks to Happyness: Permission to “Take a Pass.”
Greetings Happyness Tribe!
I was going to re-post one of my favorite Happyness Spreader posts this week — encouraging you to open your door to a neighbor this holiday and “love those to the right and left of you.”
(You can re-visit that post here, where I talk with Sarah Harmeyer about her Neighbor’s Table project.)
But you know what? It dawned on me that that there are a whole lot of you right now who couldn’t possibly add one more thing to your list this week.
And so, I want to encourage you to take a pass. Cross something off your list — not because it’s done, but because it’s not going to get done. (Or maybe because you didn’t really want to do it anyway.)
This is a big act of rebellion — especially for us “old reliables” who always seem to meet the deadline, show up, or fulfill the obligation even when we don’t want to.
It can be scary — because if we aren’t someone that people can count on, then who are we?
The answer: Big-Hearted, Well-Intended, Happyness Spreaders — who need to take a pass this week! đ
Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: TAKE A PASS! Consider this permission to say no, play hookie, skip that thing, call and cancel (well ahead of time of course, with regrets). Bonus points for being okay with someone else who is doing the same!!! As I heard someone say recently, “disappointment isn’t deadly.” It’s uncomfortable — yes. But so is over-extending ourselves to the point of exhaustion.
(I’ll be joining you by NOT writing a long post this week!)
Spread Happyness — “Take a Pass” this week! (And let me know how you do!)
12/14/18 by Grace Church
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