Recipe For a Good Day

Yesterday was one of those days that I felt very good about, as the day wound to a close. As I woke up this morning wishing to recreate that day, I am pondering the recipe to yesterday's success.

This is yesterday's 'Recipe for a Good Day':

Start off with a good nights sleep

Wake up and start the day with a good dose (at least 1/2 hour) of exercise (I only did 23 minutes)

Add some breakfast (my favorite breakfast smoothie)

Top off with at least 2 cups of coffee (3 is preferred)

Take time to write (or talk) and release the words from your early morning thoughts (I email and blog)

Write for at least 2 cups of coffee

Face the day

Confront the 'ugliest job' that you have first and foremost (that would be going through a year's worth of statements and deposit books for my book keeping job)

Work hard

Make a deal that you will work until a certain point of completion (finish what I started)

Add lunch

Find a good book and relax

Exercise if you have time (I didn't)

Take a minimum of 1/2 hour break (I took 45)

Return to work

Be amazed at how much you got done in the morning (Wow!)

Pat yourself on the back (I did)

Work hard (I returned to my book keeping - started and finished the posting that I had from the morning's work)

Finish one job ('part one' of my book keeping work for the weekend)

Start the next (transcribing the conversation for the family history I'm working on)

Give it what you have (2 1/2 hours)

Find one completely different job to take on (mow the lawn)

Preferably something physical, if you've been sitting for a while

Start, complete and clean up

Add supper (and dessert)

Take the evening to do what you enjoy (I decided to go back to the tapes I had been transcribing)

Savor what you accomplished during the day

Wind down

Jump into bed and savor the freshly washed sheets

Relax and let yourself fall into the oblivion of another great sleep

Then wake up and start all over again (I'm trying) ...