Daily phrase in review

I wrote this quite awhile ago, but never got it posted. This is a recap of my experiment of uplifting the office.

Experiences reviewed:

Well it has been well over a month and while I am not writing every day, have been continuing my daily phrases on the board. It has proven a great buoy to my attitude and how I guard against moving to an ugly place with my emotions. In addition I have gained quite a following of fellow of employees that endeavor to make their way by my office to see what has been written for the day.

I used to quietly snigger at people who tell you to write affirmations and stick them on your bathroom mirror so that you can read it everyday. Honestly I still think it's a little silly,but I have found a great difference in my general disposition since starting this new habit.

The only real problems have is to come up with something meaningful EVERY day. Funnily enough my peers do not like me using cliches or quotes. They prefer me to come up with my own phrases. When I first started this was not trouble, but a mere 20 days later it is much harder than you might think. Everyday isn't awe inspiring but they all have a point.

Every morning while my computer is booting ups have to come up with some turn of phrase that will inspire thought or provoke action. I have truly enjoyed having something that I can look at when I need something to lift me up or bring me down from a heated spurt of emotion.

I was pleased to experience a sort of drawing together of my fellow work friends to endeavor to at least to read and give some thought or short discussion about whatever was on the board.

People felt comfortable giving me their honest feelings about it. If they like it or did not, if it fit their situation for the day, whatever came to mind. Sometimes it would remind them of a memory or and experience and they would share it with me.

While I was pretty scared at starting this practice I have found that it has been very therapeutic for an office of people that are i n a constant state of flux right now.

For now I will continue this practice until I just can't keep it up anymore.

Update:

I quit putting phrases up because let's face it, it is really hard to come up with something "magical" every day. However this ended up creating a new phenomenon. Many who had come to expect the board to have something to read everyday werer disappointed. So I encouraged them to start writing their own. Pretty soon my board had 10 phrases on it. We have erased and are starting over. It seems to be a therapeutic outlet for the people who work in the office.