Happiness Project Toolbox

meet with people who inspire me, I feel safe with and who encourage me to leave this job and go for my new adventure.

cooking frenzy: dog food and office lunch + cleaned shoes. action brings satisfaction. my favourite TV show brings fun, too.

had friends over in my garden, nice evening, but really too much work and now hangover, 2 days gone. but simething off my list.

try to make time at work to type dog food recipes.

almost impossible these days, extremely worried due to being bullied by boss. evenings: veg out in front of tv. plan for weekend: invite friends over.

reading the "power of Now" every morning a small paragraph. Eckehard Tolle. Recommended!

life is difficult. I feel lonely and deflated.

this week was all about work and worry, try to relax w movies to be ready for the next day... drained! today Friday, will meet Ali.

the whole weekend is so not about work, love it, can't wait to quit and have more time for things fun. cooking for friends, meeting Hildegard, dog activities.

meeting with colleagues, although the bond is through work, was really nice evening chatting and having things in common.

watching a movie is one of my favourite past times: A Separation. struggle to enjoy the little time left besides the job and keep my mind off it.

Tuesday still has residue energy, mostly from sticking to resolution yesterday, doing pilates and the new insight that I AM FREE. This job will end for sure :-)

Monday is full of energy and & motivation to stick to my resolutions; did a lot of dog food cooking during the weekend & jummy ice cream for next weeks diners. I have to be my number one priority every day.

Sunday is easy, coffees & talsk with Rudi and Anne.

making dog food is a fun activity. Have to re-inforce to be nr. 1 each day, not the *** job.

Today, I will not discover a new thing, but stick to one of the resolutions: create 5 min fun for my dog.

great yoga retreat weekend that showed again the right perspective: make more time for things that inspire me and to spend with people that inspire me.

one week full on, but yesterday great meeting with Marc and very good discussion, other people are the key to my own contentment. Today, Mariko came by to visit the dog and I made her happy w coffee and orange-burnt-icecream

friends, looking into the future, prepare great dinner for nice people, plan cozy evening

managed to go to yoga class and discovered that I am reasonably good at it, also boosts self-confidence; had a fun evening topped with fresh sashimi and an episode of dog-whisperer

the shittier my workday the harder I have to "work" (again) to get my fixated mind unstuck from it; all tricks of diversion like talk to a friend, cooking, do private computer stuff... seem to fail. my strategies aren't working very well.

its not about discovery so much, but stick to things: pilates, afterwards heavenly sashimi with Mariko & nice talk. still too much complaining though. getting mind of work is tough, I realize I want life to be easy, that ain't gonna happen! ever!

the last week work was also offered some fun: discussion w Jan, dinner on a boat on the Mekong, dinner w Mike, teacher training in HCMC. reading Eckehard Tolle: The power of now

since 5 days incredibly hard to realize joy at all, not in line with my resolution to stop whining & complaining, everything seems very hopeless and I am overhwelmed. Good things: dog walk, scanning docs for new job application, fun with ipad apps

On Tuesday cozy evening with friends, but way too much wine, which let me fall off the wagon. yesterday 15 min garden work and dog fun + cooking with attention & movie & reading dog things on Cesar's webpage.

keeping with my resolution: went to pilates class & jap dinner w Mariko and a new friend, 5 min garden work were fun too

A Sunday in itself is a day to be grateful for, because I have no appointments and I don't have to perform. Nadja came by and Hildegard came by, nice chat. still my life seems empty.

warm & fuzzy evening out with friends to watch movie at cinemateque and japanese dinner yesterday, sleeping until I am awake this morning, give the dog a spa and a friend to viist today, bookmark things Chiang Mai

lyengar yoga session just made me unravel more, because I feel overwhelmed anyway, indian dinner with friends, walk home with Mariko, happy for no pressure at weekend, really difficult right now.

had meeting w graphic designer for my new business card, turned off movie halfway through to go to bed in time, sms exchange with Moz and D = stay in contact with old friends

tried new yoga class, feels very good, next to no TV today, now on my way to bed - with plenty of time to enjoy my book :-)

Tuesday: great movie "Departures", harder then I thought to do things fun besides work after work, when all I want to do is curl up on the couch; gratitude for: new perspective, being alive, being on the way to be better person.

had fun with the dog after reading last night a lot of things dog, which made me appreciate my pooch more, fab sushi lunch to spoil myself on last day off before the nastyness of the job will hit again, sent my CV out to consultancy firm.

relaxing gentle to myself spa treatment, cut myself some slack by not having to do anything today, hanging out on sofa with movie. Gratitude yesterday: kurzweiliger evening out with Ali at bobby chinn´s, bought new dog-cuddle carpet, phoned Carmen.

Fantastic dog walk with new trick, found out who is the musician of the song I was puzzled about for the last 2 months, framed 5 pictures and in general made time for the fun things above the chores.