OnTheBeach – Coming To Play?

Something to play with

For everything you are doing this week, tell yourself or your partner that you are ‘going out to play’, and see how much of a difference this makes to each task.

Coming to play?

I read something brilliant recently about a little girl who says to her auntie ‘I’m going to play’ when she’s on her way to school. Isn’t that just a fabulous attitude to have? Picture it: Monday morning 8am ‘I am going to play’. I am guessing that this is not what you normally say or think on a Monday morning?

So I thought, I wonder what difference this attitude would make to my life. Bearing in mind that I already largely love what I do…except the accounts…and the admin… It was a revelation. It reminded me of being on holiday – you know when you are excited about everything you are going to do, from shopping to lounging on the beach to sight-seeing.

It was like that. For the tasks that I enjoy, it gave me an even greater sense of pleasure to realise that this was play – what I do is FUN! And for the tasks I don’t enjoy, it gave me a different framework…and made the tasks more fun. Yes, even my accounts took on a whole new light.

I said to myself, ‘for the next hour I’m going to play with my accounts’ – and I really did play and enjoy the time I spent on it. Then I said to myself ‘for as long as it takes, I’m going to play with my filing’, cranked up the stereo and thoroughly enjoyed myself for the next 45 minutes. Both things would normally take twice as long as I moaned my way through them!

You may be looking at me with a bit of scepticism right now, but before you dismiss me as a crank, give it a go. You will find that just approaching something from such a radically different angle will make it a different experience. Now, I’m off to play…anyone going to join me?

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A note from Donna

Well, it doesn’t take long to get back into the swing of things does it? Christmas now seems like a dim and distant dream. As does summer at the moment – my desire for warm weather and sunshine is sky-high. For a winter baby, I really don’t like winter! Anyone know a good sundance I can try?

My theme for 2009 is service, so I’ve been asking how I can help you guys more – one idea that I have really liked is ‘access to coaching when I have no time or money’! I can sympathise with that. So, for January only, I am offering a week of e-mail coaching for just £25 – you can do this when you have spare time in your day rather than booking a session, it’s easier for those of you in different time zones, and it is a low cost way to get some quality coaching. To find out more, get in touch here.

And if you have any other ideas about how I can help you, get in touch to let me know what I can do to serve.

Love

Donna.x