{"id":676,"date":"2015-10-16T06:50:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T10:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=676"},"modified":"2015-10-16T00:09:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T04:09:38","slug":"week-57-are-you-loving-life-in-2015-ten-weeks-left-to-make-it-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=676","title":{"rendered":"Week #57 &#8211; Are you &#8220;Loving Life&#8221; in 2015?  (Ten weeks left to make it happen!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_679\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Lovin-Life-a.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-679\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-679\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Lovin-Life-a-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"&quot;Loving Life!&quot; (photo credit: Grace Church)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Lovin-Life-a.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Lovin-Life-a.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Loving Life!&#8221; (photo credit: Grace Church)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Week #57 &#8211; Are you &#8220;Loving Life&#8221; in 2015? \u00a0(Ten weeks left to make it happen!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On January 2nd I challenged you to &#8220;Love Your Life&#8221; in 2015. \u00a0Do you remember?<\/p>\n<p>(If not, you can revisit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=283\">Week #16<\/a>\u00a0here&#8230;or just keep reading!)<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t remember&#8230;don&#8217;t worry! \u00a0I warned you that might happen. \u00a0That&#8217;s why I encouraged you at that time to start tracking your accomplishments. \u00a0We talked about a daily list, a gratitude tree, a photo journal, and a Happyness Jar&#8230;any\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">system for recording your achievements, successes, highlights, and otherwise happy times THROUGHOUT\u00a0the year\u00a0ahead!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you been keeping up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(To be honest&#8230;I&#8217;ve struggled to keep mine up-to-date as well! \u00a0That&#8217;s actually why I&#8217;m writing this post this week!)<\/p>\n<p>The turn into October is usually a checkered-flag moment for me&#8230;a time to stop, take stock, and set a course for Q4: the finish line of the calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>Because I was traveling, I overlooked it.<\/p>\n<p>And then I looked up&#8230;and now we&#8217;re just ten weeks away!<\/p>\n<p>So\u00a0I&#8217;ll ask you the same question I asked you on January 2nd of this year:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><strong>Are you on track\u00a0to yell, &#8220;I LOVE MY LIFE!&#8221; on December 31st? \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Happyness Challenge for the week ahead: <\/strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Have you been keeping track of your highlights? \u00a0If so, GREAT WORK! \u00a0(And please share your methods in the comments!) \u00a0But if not, don&#8217;t worry. \u00a0Take some time this weekend to look back over your calendar, your emails, your texts, your tweets, and your Facebook wall and make a note of any special or significant moments. \u00a0I, myself, have lapsed in my daily rundown &#8212; missing several significant moments like career milestones, projects completed, and payments received! \u00a0The holidays are a slippery slope&#8230;don&#8217;t let your Happyness get caught in the landslide! \u00a0Take time to REFLECT now and set yourself up for a satisfying end to 2015!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><strong>BONUS CHALLENGE:<\/strong> Is there something you still need to do that is nagging at you? \u00a0If so&#8230;you&#8217;ve got TEN WEEKS to do it! \u00a0Break it down into ten steps&#8230;share it with a friend&#8230;find yourself a buddy&#8230;and then get to work!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most important&#8230;keep collecting the good stuff!<\/strong> \u00a0Because we need more of that. \u00a0More focus on the wins. \u00a0More focus on what&#8217;s right. \u00a0More focus on loving our lives &#8212; so that we can live our lives more fully.<\/p>\n<p>I still want us to yell &#8220;I LOVE MY LIFE!&#8221; &#8212; from wherever we are &#8212; at midnight this New Year&#8217;s Eve! \u00a0Are you still with me?!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spread Happyness &#8212; share your\u00a0thoughts and plans to &#8220;LOVE YOUR LIFE! in 2015 &#8212; and encourage others to do the same!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><em>10\/16\/15 by Grace Church<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00a9 Grace Church<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week #57 &#8211; Are you &#8220;Loving Life&#8221; in 2015? \u00a0(Ten weeks left to make it happen!) 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