marcicat: (aquarius dreamsheep)
[personal profile] marcicat
I started using the Delightful app a while ago. (Okay, I checked: December 18, 2021) At first I was doing the 'three things you're grateful for today' thing, because I've read a lot about how gratitude is good for you.

But I love checking things off my to-do list, which means I usually want to do the 'three good things' in the app early in the day -- waiting till the evening isn't great for me. So I switched to 'three things I'm looking forward to today,' which I love, and which feels much more action-oriented.

After a couple years, though, it's been feeling a little repetitive. I'm looking forward to seeing the sun, to taking a walk outdoors, to eating good food and drinking good coffee, to hugging my family and patting my cat. All those things are still true! But I was wondering about ways to mix it up a little.

Then I read this 2023 CNN article (Share the 17 syllables a day that changed your lives, by Tess Taylor), which turned out to be a reference to a 2022 article by the same author (How 17 syllables a day can change your life).

Did I miss the 2022 article entirely? Did I see the headline and skip it deliberately? Did I read it and then forget about it? I have no idea, but I read it this year and it spoke to me. So I'm trying it! Three lines, three things? A natural fit! Anyway, we'll see how it goes. But I feel invigorated for another year of looking forward to the same good things, this time in haiku form!

“If you have a creative practice,” he says, “you have this force within you, a way of meeting your life wherever it is.”
(-quote from Luke Rodehorst, in Tess Taylor's article 'How 17 syllables a day can change your life')
This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

Profile

marcicat: purple (Default)
marciratingsystem

June 2025

S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jun. 9th, 2025 10:37 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios