Me & My Quite Contrary Life

NUDGED: "Go to a park for 30 minutes; sit, breathe, do nothing" BACKSTORY: The idea for this nudge came from the creator of the nudges challenge, who completed this nudge as part of her project. I liked the idea of incorporating intentional quietness into my (somewhat) busy schedule, but I knew it would be a challenge for me too! Sitting still without anything for 30 minutes?! I honestly didn't know if I could do it! QUOTES: "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," said Blaise Pascal.   /   "When we have learned to sit quietly in a room alone, we can maintain that inner connection that allows life to proceed from the inside out, whether we are alone or in a crowd of screaming people," said Arianna Huffington in "Thrive". HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: It took me two weeks to complete this nudge, double the normal time. I was at a conference for part of one week and had a busy schedule on...

NUDGED: "Forgive 5 people" BACKSTORY:  The first word out of my mouth when I saw this week's nudge was "no". Forgiveness is very hard for me as I usually hold on to a grudge until it starts to rot my soul and I have to deal with it (ha!). I felt lots of resistance in completing this week's nudge, so I put out the call for prayers. They were felt and much appreciated! This nudge has been a long-time goal to work on, but something I never get around to doing. It has been on my radar for some time though, as evidenced by numerous saved sermon notes, magazine articles, lists of situations/people to forgive, and book notes on forgiveness, as well as a prayer book bookmarked on the forgiveness section. Good information is everywhere yet I refuse to go through the process that I know will make me feel better. Why? It's hard. It's uncomfortable. I would rather ignore it than go through the hard work. Why 5 people? It seemed like a do-able number to c...