Thursday, February 02, 2006
Make Your Heart Happy...
This Valentine's Day, make your heart happy...take a tedious task, and make it more fun with teamwork and competition!
Last week, I took four adults (including myself) to get our cholesterol screened. For two of us, it was our very first time...and I was rather amazed at just how painless the whole process was.
But then again, my little group turned what could have been an aggravating procedure into something of a fun outing....and since we were all in it together, our spirits were high.
We all packed into my PT Cruiser at 8:40 am, drove to the hospital, filled out some paperwork, had our blood drawn by an incredibly gentle and gifted young person, stopped for coffee & breakfast...and we were all back in our respective offices/homes by 10:00 am.
The hardest part was the twelve hour fast preceding the blood draw...hence the necessity of stopping for a big breakfast afterward.
And yesterday, we all got our scores in the mail...and I'm happy to report that we can all continue to eat buttered eggs and lead extremely sendentary lifestyles, because we're all (more or less) within our target range.
But the fact of the matter is...we won't let our good habits slide! There's already some competition brewing...one person thinks that with a little more oatmeal and a little more time on the treadmill, she can beat my score when we all get tested again next year.
Fat chance, Mom.
Anyway...think about how many ways you can use teamwork and competition to turn something tedious into something fun. Opportunities abound!
(You can click on the link to download my drawing of my happy heart chakra, if you want! It's a favorite Valentine's Day PowerPoint Background among the spiritual, new age crowd!) ¶ 2/02/2006 02:51:00 PM
This Valentine's Day, make your heart happy...take a tedious task, and make it more fun with teamwork and competition!Last week, I took four adults (including myself) to get our cholesterol screened. For two of us, it was our very first time...and I was rather amazed at just how painless the whole process was.
But then again, my little group turned what could have been an aggravating procedure into something of a fun outing....and since we were all in it together, our spirits were high.
We all packed into my PT Cruiser at 8:40 am, drove to the hospital, filled out some paperwork, had our blood drawn by an incredibly gentle and gifted young person, stopped for coffee & breakfast...and we were all back in our respective offices/homes by 10:00 am.
The hardest part was the twelve hour fast preceding the blood draw...hence the necessity of stopping for a big breakfast afterward.
And yesterday, we all got our scores in the mail...and I'm happy to report that we can all continue to eat buttered eggs and lead extremely sendentary lifestyles, because we're all (more or less) within our target range.
But the fact of the matter is...we won't let our good habits slide! There's already some competition brewing...one person thinks that with a little more oatmeal and a little more time on the treadmill, she can beat my score when we all get tested again next year.
Fat chance, Mom.
Anyway...think about how many ways you can use teamwork and competition to turn something tedious into something fun. Opportunities abound!
(You can click on the link to download my drawing of my happy heart chakra, if you want! It's a favorite Valentine's Day PowerPoint Background among the spiritual, new age crowd!) ¶ 2/02/2006 02:51:00 PM
