https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2005-11-15/stretch-yourself.html Sun, 06 May 2012 12:28:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2005-11-15/stretch-yourself.html/comment-page-1#comment-261688 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 02:44:25 +0000 http://kimandjason.com/blog/2005-11-15/stretch-yourself.html#comment-261688 […] Kim:A few months ago I read the book, Fish, which inspired me to make my space more playful. I spent a Sunday afternoon while Jason was watching football adding fun pictures, quotes, and toys to my workspace. Because I feel pretty good about the childlike feel of my office, I wanted to add something more intangible. Having Adultitis often leaves me with frustrating side effects. Maybe you experience them as well – worry, doubt, pessimism, fatigue. Even though I want to have that childlike joy and hope which shines from every childhood picture of myself, it doesn’t always come naturally. It would be hard to put childlike joy and hope on my shelf but I can try to consciously do things that help me to live with passion and to have a better perspective on things. So, I made a ‘joyful hope’ container, in which I will put little notes of things that give me hope and bring me joy, as a grown-up. On those days in which I need to be reminded of these childlike Adultitis-free qualities, I will take out one of the small folded up pieces of paper and hopefully be inspired to change my attitude and actions. The first thing that I wrote down was the hope I felt seeing the sun shine today, after two weeks of clouds. […]

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