How Do You End Your Day?
“Not everything that is faced can be changed but for anything to be changed it must be faced.”
I love that quote by James Baldwin because it highlights that we all have a choice in how we live our one precious life. We can choose to shy away from difficult situations, with others and within ourselves, or we can choose COURAGE and acknowledge it, face it. Yesterday I shared a few prompts for a forward-looking morning reflection to be intentional about your day.
The other bookend for your day is the evening reflection. My business partner Liesa and I were just chatting about how intentionally making even minor changes in your day lead to big changes – in our mental state, in our relationships, in our work.
The PM reflection offers a chance to catch your breath and think about your day. And allow space for you to be honest about how you are living your life, because each day leads to weeks, each week leads to months, each month leads to years, and each year leads to the life you have lived.
Below is subset of my PM reflection questions in case it is helpful to you:
What am I grateful for today? I had a huge model in gratitude last year when my father was near the end of his days. Even in pain, he constantly spoke about being grateful – grateful for his life, grateful for his family, grateful for his nurse, grateful for kindness, grateful even for the Indian tea I would spoon into his mouth.
My gratitude from yesterday – feeling of service helping a coaching client remove a mental obstacle.
What did I learn about myself today? (Sometimes I’ll ask a follow up question about what did I learn about someone else today?)
Mine from yesterday - I get more traction on my projects when I block 2 hours of (mostly) uninterrupted morning time => block my calendar until 11am and only schedule meetings for the afternoon.
How can I make tomorrow better? Often in the moment, we cannot or do not think about why we need to make those small hard choices to have a better day. But reflecting on it the night before and jotting it down somewhere (I’m a fan of post-its on my desk) allows you to take that learning and more easily apply it to the next day.
Mine from yesterday – drink more water.
If I can assist you on your path, please schedule (afternoon) time with me here:https://calendly.com/bijalchoksi/alliance