I had a wonderful phone call this week that brought a 'laugh out loud' moment into my day. Laughing - that really full body laugh - is a great source of joy. Let me share this crazy moment.
I spent nearly 20 years as a private practice counselor licensed to practice in Ohio. I closed my practice at the end of 2013. Now I spend my time doing some private life coaching and enjoying the creative part of my life.
The call came from a past client who had been trying to locate me and was excited to find me on the Internet. When she called I could hear hesitancy in her voice. The hesitancy was generated by the Internet. After chatting for a while, she told me how she found me. Google gave her several listings for me. The site she found had gotten two things correct - my name and my phone number. Everything else was wrong. Hilariously wrong.
I decided that I would do the same search she had done. Oh my! I am listed as a chiropractor. No, I don't think so. I really like my chiropractor (http://www.myclevelandchiropractor.com). Dr. Nicholas Cambouris is wonderful. But I have never had a desire to do what he does.
I am also listed as running a business management firm. Oh no! That would be a really bad idea. I enjoyed having my own counseling business but managing businesses for other people - not so much!
I laughed out loud as I read my business descriptions on the Internet. Most were so very wrong. I had a choice to make as I read. I could be annoyed that so much was published erroneously or I could take the moment of joy that a good laugh gave me. Who knows, maybe an Internet search for your name might give you a moment of unexpected laughter!
Enjoy a good laugh when you can. It can bring a moment of joy into your day.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Journey to Joy
June 23, 2015
Do you have a planner? Do you love it? When you see it, does your heart give a little sigh of joy? Or does your planner nag at you?
Planners have changed so much over the years. In the beginning, as I recall, no one had planners. You knew pretty much what each day held. Everyone knew. There was work or school, there was family, there was church or synagogue. And there was laughter and joy! Life was simple and good.
Somewhere along the way it was decided that a way to plan would make life better. Places like the local drug store or the hair salon gave out little date books as an early Christmas gift - and a reminder to bring your business their way.
Notebook planners became the thing next. This gave a person a way to track every moment of the day and week so that no time was lost. These were often dated so that you needed to replace it each year and manufacturers started to understand what their customers needed and wanted. Planners for school years came in. Finally you could get the planner ring bound so you could replace the years pages as time went by.
The digital age hit and then there were palm pilots and digital planners of various sorts. Today an app for your smart phone can help you do the planning.
I believe somewhere along the way something had been lost. The planner now can be a tool that so controls our lives that the joy of living the life we have may be lost.
This blog is about finding the joy again. As a life coach and retired clinical counselor, and yes, as someone who creates planners and planner inserts, I want to speak to the wonder of finding the joy again.
I invite you to come along on the journey with me as I seek to live a life filled with joy. Join me as I share with you some tips to help you live your life planning4joy. Welcome!
Do you have a planner? Do you love it? When you see it, does your heart give a little sigh of joy? Or does your planner nag at you?
Planners have changed so much over the years. In the beginning, as I recall, no one had planners. You knew pretty much what each day held. Everyone knew. There was work or school, there was family, there was church or synagogue. And there was laughter and joy! Life was simple and good.
Somewhere along the way it was decided that a way to plan would make life better. Places like the local drug store or the hair salon gave out little date books as an early Christmas gift - and a reminder to bring your business their way.
Notebook planners became the thing next. This gave a person a way to track every moment of the day and week so that no time was lost. These were often dated so that you needed to replace it each year and manufacturers started to understand what their customers needed and wanted. Planners for school years came in. Finally you could get the planner ring bound so you could replace the years pages as time went by.
The digital age hit and then there were palm pilots and digital planners of various sorts. Today an app for your smart phone can help you do the planning.
I believe somewhere along the way something had been lost. The planner now can be a tool that so controls our lives that the joy of living the life we have may be lost.
This blog is about finding the joy again. As a life coach and retired clinical counselor, and yes, as someone who creates planners and planner inserts, I want to speak to the wonder of finding the joy again.
I invite you to come along on the journey with me as I seek to live a life filled with joy. Join me as I share with you some tips to help you live your life planning4joy. Welcome!
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