I am working on a post for my Summer Blog Challenge buddies and with each “life tip” I write, I think, “This would make a fantastic mini-blog post” so here goes a quicky before I make Samuel his breakfast.
- Life Tip #7: Make time for friends at least a couple times a week.
There was a time when I sat in a business women’s conference listening to Jack Canfield speak. He is one of the masterminds behind the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, among other things.
He was talking about the importance of setting life goals. I can completely buy into that since I enjoy the process of goal making and then I especially love goal reaching.
He told us if we made a list of 100 Life Goals our life would change dramatically. He even told us to buddy up with someone to share our goals. I agreed to do that with my secretary. The next day I went into her office with my list.
She laughed and said she hadn’t written her list but her 100 goals would be something like this: Number 1: Get out of bed every morning and proceed. Make time for friends at least a couple times a week with number 2 being identical to number 1 and number 3 being identical and #27 and number 48 and number 73 and number 99: Get out of bed every morning and proceed.
I remember not understanding at all, she didn’t follow Jack Canfield’s assignment.
My earnest-younger self makes me laugh now. I actually have a certain appreciation for the simplicity of her goal: Get out of bed every morning and proceed.
One of the goals I made that still stands out to me is this: “Have lunch with a friend at least once a week.”
I am slightly embarrassed to admit this took me years to achieve. It isn’t always lunch, though, sometimes it is just hanging out, sometime it is going for a walk, sometime it is writing together or reading together. Now I spend time almost daily with a friend or two.
A friend of mine asked me recently how I was getting through the aftermath of a severe depressive episode. One of the tips I shared was, “Leave time open for friends and then, intentionally spend time with them.”
It is a goal, a plan, an intention that will serve you perhaps more than you know.
- Life Tip #7: Make time for friends at least a couple times a week.
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Julie Jordan Scott has been a Life & Creativity Coach, Writer, Facilitator and Teleclass Leader since 1999. She is also an award winning Actor, Director, Artist and Mother Extraordinaire. She was twice the StoryTelling Slam champion in Bakersfield. She facilitates Virtual Writing Camp & will be hosting the final session of the 2011/12 season next week. Register before it is too late: Writing the Journey: Memoir, Life Writing & Travel Writing Intensive.
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