What do you think makes a good life? What have been the best parts of your life? What about the small day to day moments?

𝐃𝐀𝐘 1 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄: 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓 𝐀 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓 Most of us move through our days on autopilot, noticing only what's familiar or immediately relevant. This scavenger hunt is designed to interrupt that pattern. By intentionally searching for specific objects, colors, shapes, textures, or experiences, you'll train your attention to pick up details that would normally go unnoticed. So...pick a goal and tell us what you've found! Super plus if you can take a picture! Some examples: - Something yellow - A heart shape - A reflection - Something older than you - Something handmade - A plant growing in an unexpected place - Observation-Focused - Evidence that a human was here - Evidence that an animal was here - Something that has changed over time - A pattern that repeats - Something you have passed by many times but never really noticed - Creative - Something that looks like a face - Something that reminds you of your childhood - Something that symbolizes hope - Something that represents resilience - Something beautiful that most people would overlook - An object that could inspire a story - Something that seems out of place - A "hidden treasure" in an ordinary setting - People & Community - An act of kindness - Evidence of creativity - Something that tells a story about your community - A sign of hard work - Something that makes you smile What were you on the lookout for today and what did you notice? Thanks to @Steve Webb and his group 30daychallengers for introducing me to the book The Art of Noticing. His community offers one live 30-day challenge every month. It provides a space where we can turn good intentions into action and each day there is a daily prompt/action related to the month's challenge. This month's challenge is 30 days of sunlight, movement, and remembering what the real world feels like. There's access to previous challenges as well and the community is great about support!

There are sooo many benefits to being out in nature and noticing things in nature. Go outside and find as many nature related things as you can. A flower blossoming through the side walk, the trees that may be there, birds and other wildlife making their homes, little ants on the ground...Look for the big and look for the small. :) Be truly present with what's in front of you. Check out @Thomas Rua Jr. 's post mother-nature and share your own nature story if you'd like. :) His nature experiences sound beautiful and peaceful. Additionally, I took the last picture from @Dr. Melissa Partaka's blog website where she talks about the past/present/future and our relationship with it. " Learn from the past, plan for the future, but live in the present." Check it out here: We Have Is Now - The Blueprint Method

Nature is perhaps one of the more externally calming forces for me. The "pauses" that I take often involve nature in some way. I also have my daily 4a.m. quiet time that helps with grounding the day in gratitude and reflection but nature is usually where I feel the most present. Deep conversations with people that I connect with can also have some similar (but different)effects. These photos/video are all from this past week.. (While I'd recommend just sitting in nature and just taking it in and not thinking about documenting it as there are so many benefits to just being present in nature, this tedtalk talks about some of the cool things that have been discovered as a result of taking pictures) What are the things (internal or external) that are most peaceful for you?

Growth has an interesting way of creating friction. Quite frankly, it can be a pain in the butt. But...it can be so incredibly rewarding too. The spaces, routines and sometimes even relationships that once felt comfortable can start to feel restrictive as we change. Sometimes we can think that the growth is actually kind of 'easy' and the hardest part of growth isn't the growing itself but rather it's watching the people around us struggle to adjust to who we're becoming/what we're choosing to spend our time doing. And depending on their reactions (OR our INTERPRETATIONS of their reactions), we can end up feeling threatened and can start feeling defensive. Fight/flight/freeze mode can be activated even though nothing bad is actually happening. Even though good things are happening...and even though good things can happen relationally through the changes. Not everyone will celebrate our growth but the people that truly want the best for us (and for themselves) will. It doesn't mean that they'll go along with us and it might mean that they'll challenge us, but ultimately, there would be support for our wellbeing. Sometimes change can challenge someone else's expectations, expose their own discomfort, or changes a dynamic they've grown accustomed to. It changes the unspoken agreements that exist in relationships. It can challenge the status quo and that can feel threatening but that's a normal part of change. We can't just assume that others will automatically jump on the bandwagon just because we say so. We can't expect that just because we think a change is important that others will think so too. Growth often requires a renegotiating of relationships to some extent. It doesn't mean abandoning them and it does mean giving some grace to others as they process what's happening and as they see how the change fits their lives. They're allowed to have their own feelings about the changes too. One of the better ways of going about this is learning to hold two truths at once (yay dialetics): staying committed to your own development while remaining compassionate toward those affected by it. This doesn't mean that you just give up the change or have others dictate the change, it just means that we consider others as we navigate it. If you're in a committed relationship this becomes a point that can't be skipped if you want the relationship to survive and thrive.