Me & My Quite Contrary Life

NUDGED: "Be present and enjoy the moment" BACKSTORY: This was vacation week for us! My husband and I went on a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean last week that we had been planning and preparing for for months. We left winter and all our responsibilities behind, and embraced adventure and quality time together. It was amazing! I decided ahead of time that I would work on a special nudge during our trip. I challenged myself to stay in the present moment throughout our travels. I didn't want to be worrying about what was happening next or rehashing the past. I wanted to be flexible and open-minded. My nudge for this week was to "be present and enjoy". QUOTES: "With enlightenment comes the realization that the natural foe to life is not a distant death, but a detachment from living... Reality is only here, now, and we must learn to face it, feel it, and form it." - Brendon Burchard in "The Motivation Manifesto" and "Therefore, do n...

NUDGED: "Connect with someone I haven't talked to in over 6 months" BACKSTORY: Last year, I reached out to a childhood friend that I hadn't seen in over a decade, and we went out for breakfast and caught up. It was a little uncomfortable at first going through the "what happened to you after high school?" questions but the more we talked, the more we found familiar ground. We reminisced on the "good old days" (ha!) and how life was turning out, and encouraged each other on our journeys. It was so awesome to see the girl I played dolls with as a child turned out to be an incredible, confident woman who is changing the world. I am so proud of her! I added this nudge to my list as a way to connect to other people who have impacted my life, who I lost touch with for whatever reason. Throughout my life, my path has been crossed with special people and they have shaped who I am today, although some people were in my life for just a short time. I am ...