I am a strong believer in having a WOTY (Word of the Year) to help drive a yearly personal growth intention. I’ve added this tool into my Retirement Transition Toolbox. Some of my past year's picks have been very helpful (see my previous post on Joy, Soar – link here). As I look ahead to … Continue reading 2020 WOTY – A Review
Often, “Finding Flow” is touted to be the holy grail of finding life happiness. It's claimed that when you engage in your passion or utilize your signature strengths, you find a sense of flow - you lose track of time and get into the “zone”. It’s a highly positive feeling and one I’ve been wondering … Continue reading Is it Flow or a Rabbit Hole?
Continuing my insights from the series of Coursera classes on Positive Psychology (link here), this blog post will share more tools beyond Savoring (link here) and Cultivating Positive Emotions (link here). Positive Practice Tool: Utilizing your Character Strengths Utilizing your Character Strengths is a significant part of putting Positive Psychology into practice. By focusing on … Continue reading More Tools for Putting Positive Psychology into Practice
Like many, this year’s Thanksgiving will be different. I’m planning a full Thanksgiving turkey dinner for two. And that stark reality brought to me a realization that I need to give up on a dream, finally. A blogging buddy (Linda - blog link) posted recently about letting go of dreams. I need to let go of … Continue reading Thanksgiving Remembrance & Letting Go
Learned optimism is one of the most important aspects of my retirement transition. For most of my career, I was a critical-thinking pessimist. I was excellent at looking at worse case scenarios and planning to avoid pitfalls on any project or change we were doing. I had a boss once tell me “you’ll never be … Continue reading Another Tool for Putting Positive Psychology into Practice
As I continue to put Positive Psychology into Practice (blog link) , here's some more reminiscing - experience reminiscing this time. One of my pandemic projects was dealing with all of our photos. From the pre-digital world, we had boxes and boxes of photos. I spent hours sorting and discarding, before sending them off to … Continue reading More Reminiscing
As I continue to actively put Positive Psychology into practice, I am exploring some of the practices in more depth. Today I wanted to think/write more about Savoring to see if it stimulated some new activity ideas. Savoring is the #1 Positive Practice in my list of 11 (see blog link here). When I first … Continue reading Putting Positive Psychology into Practice – Savoring
For this update, I focused on the positive. Reminiscing about fun/good experiences is an element of putting Positive Psychology into practice. (see post link here) As part of the Investing in Experiences practice, when planning activities, it’s about the pleasurable Anticipation, being Attentive in the present, and Reminiscing about positive past. Beyond boosting my positivity, I … Continue reading Fall in Florida Update – Reminisce
I’m trying to talk myself into enjoying being a homebody. Obviously Covid-19 has made me one with our self-isolation beginning in early March. Seven months in and I really miss my “out & about” activities and connections with others. But I am trying to focus on the positive (putting Positive Psychology into practice), so embrace … Continue reading Embrace Being a Homebody
This blog captures my recent synthesis of Positive Psychology explorations. It’s my list of Positivity Practices /Positivity Skills Development where I’m capturing possible How-to’s not just on the absence of negative (the bad things to “stop”), but also on the cultivation & nurturing of the positive. Why am I doing this? Research continues to support … Continue reading Putting Positive Psychology Into Practice – Part 2
