Sunday, February 9, 2014

Live a little


         

 

 

Edition 220 Monday February 10th 2014

 

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Hi,thanks for taking the time to give me some feedback on my driving, clearly you didn’t want to ‘regret’ not doing that before I am arrested!! Seriously, I am making an effort in my marked car J

I admit I am a bit set in my ways, enjoy my own space and get grumpy when I feel like that space or comfort zone is threatened….so imagine when it was suggested we do something a bit different? I was a grump and had to be led literally kicking and screaming but as is often the case I had an amazing time at the Matua music event on Saturday listening to bands and relaxing in the sun!

The cruisey beats of Trinity Roots and my families enjoyment of the entire experience will be lingering and extra special memories for me. Fletcher had a ball running bare foot through the vines with heaps of other kids as we mellowed with a glass (or two) of the vineyards finest.

Hmmmmm another lesson for me…..get out of your comfort zone old boy and live a little J

That said, we have had a cool four day weekend that seemed like it would last forever!

As always I am looking forward to going back to work for a rest after four full on days with our son!

I was thinking the other day on my run (as you do) that the reason I work out twice a day,five days a week is so I am in top condition to last the distance on the weekend with Fletcher the action kid!

From the Fletcher file; Our little boy was 18months old on Sunday WOW a reminder to us that spending time enjoying every day of our lives together is so important.

We even had time to catch up with Nana and Poppa this weekend, so important to stay in touch with the people closest to us, hope you had time to relax and do the same.

Have a great week ahead…..…………..Cheers Jonesey!!

 

Harry and the Hendersons reckon there should be a music event at Matua for groovy dogs!

 

 

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Crikey it was a tough week as I attempted to fit five business days activity into three!

I ended up stressing myself out, lost focus on the priorities and basically mislaid the plot.

On top of that I missed out on a couple of big projects I have been chasing and what went wrong more or less did…..ever had days/weeks like that?

The reality is that life personal or business cant and dosent go perfectly all the time no matter how ‘Upbeat’ you try to be or try to inspire others to be.

So what do you do when your’e having a mare?

The easiest thing I found to do was laugh J,I reckoned it was a good ploy given I didn’t think things could get any worse.

The other thing I did was to focus on something I was looking forward to which was my forthcoming extra long weekend. Both these things relieved some of the tension I had built up, uncoiled the spring a bit and allowed me time to focus on what I could achieve rather than trying to do everything,which I had to accept was impossible. Once I had done that I could crack on.

I analysed my failed project bids,talked to the key people so I understood where I had missed out/gone wrong and tried not to beat myself up too much about it……ok, just a little arrrggghhhhh.

Then I was nice to myself by rewarding me with a strawberry yoghurt ice cream from one of the growers outlets on the way home one sunny night…..ahhhh bliss, and after that lot I was feeling a lot better about my short week from sales hell…..so look after yourselves, because its tough out there!!

 

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