A couple of items came together for this idea. First some time ago for New Years I made a decision to try dressing regularly in the evening, just to see if I could do it and the reactions. It worked wonderfully and now dress several evenings a week. Secondly, in Aug my Doctor ran some tests and my heart is not doing well. So I added a mile walk to my routine and to help me I created a simple spreadsheet to track results. It's easy with watch, columns are:
-- date
-- distance (from watch)
-- time walking
-- pace, i.e, (watch)
-- average heart rate (watch)
A couple weeks ago after remarking that I noticed 1) body hurt less if walked at least every 2 days, 2) average HR slowly dropped during walks, and 3) pace barely changed, anyway "why not also log whoopie days?". It might be interesting. Naturally I said no, but then added a column for whether dressed that day or not. Less than a month doing that but already discovered blue mood if go 3 days without dressing, and downright cranky if longer. Having all three items: long walk, whoopie and dressing is like hitting a casino jackpot of 3 winners.
I want to add two columns in Jan, just to see what else can discover out what makes me happy. Don't want to add more than a few items. Thinking of
-- count of completed extra tasks
-- wore wig
-- added makeup
Any ideas of what could be/should be added?
Suggest others try this simple method to increase happiness in new year.
