Announcing the 30-Day Project for November (Participate or Observe on Facebook)

The November 30 Day project is going to be 30 days of – Savoring one thing per day. I’ll be posting my daily update on Facebook (most days, I usually don’t post on weekends), and I invite you to join in.

Each day I’ll do one of two types of savoring once a day:

1. paying greater attention while having a positive experience

or

2. reflecting on something positive that has happened in the day (e.g., reflecting on the feeling of satisfaction at finishing a task).

Why You Might Want to Participate: The Rationale

This is a great first 30 Day project for people who want to:

1. Increase willpower by picking something small and sticking to it consistently (especially good if you are stuck in boom and bust cycles of activity)

2. Increase positive emotions. Increasing positive emotions is not just hedonistic, pointless or selfish. Research shows that increasing positive emotions increases flexibility of thinking, increases creativity, improves cooperative problem solving, enhances realationships, and even improves physical health. Cultivating good mental habits also helps protect against depression and anxiety (especially if you have a tendency to get depressed).

Start date is Nov 1.

Observers welcome too but if you’re curious about participating, hopefully you will. It took me ages of following other people’s projects before I started doing my own because I was worried I wouldn’t stick at them, but I have found that I get so much out of them that I do stick at them. I’m also getting better at setting more reasonable daily goals for myself, which is leading to increased success.

You’ll need to “like” the Facebook page to post on the page. The idea is that I write my update and other people write their update as a comment to mine. You’re likely to find that posting your update each day helps you stay on track with the project. Latecomers also welcome, so you really have no excuses if you are curious about trying this ;-)

Link below – Join the “Savoring One Thing a Day” 30-Day Project

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Alice-Boyes-Psychologist/146054325428624