Enough with the negativity

I have to admit I've been somewhat depressed recently, for a number of reasons. But I got an interesting email today, and I'm plagiarizing it because it made me think about things in a slightly different vein. Which is a good thing. So I thought I'd share:

What will you do with the next 100 days?

Tuesday actually marked the final 100 days of 2009. And Jian Ghomeshi from CBC radio challenged listeners to do something with those 100 days.

He suggested maybe writing a hundred pages of that novel you’ve wanted to write, or doing 100 push-ups every day for the next 100 days, etc. I love this idea because it gives you a simple and focused way to achieve a goal. What would it mean for your professional success, if for the next 100 days you:
Contacted one new potential client each day, or
Wrote a blog post on your business website each day, or
Networked with one new person on your favorite social media site each day, or
Performed a writing exercise each day, or
Added a new page to your money-making website each day?

Whatever you choose, doing it 100 times, day after day, could have a profound impact on your business this year. Not to mention propel you forward that much faster towards success in 2010.

So of course they are focused on business, and that could be very powerful. But what if you took a more holistic approach? What could you do for the next 100 days that would make you HAPPIER, as well as more successful?

You could:

Do SOME form of exercise every day (at least walk)
Talk to one good friend
Drink one glass of really good wine
Do one thing that is entirely selfish
Do one thing that is entirely unselfish
Write down one thing you're grateful for
Think about something you love for 5 minutes
Think creatively about how to address one thing that bugs you

Who knows where this could lead?