Well I definitely was not able to remain in a blissful state of mind all day. Or even most of the day. But (and this is a good but) as result of setting such an intention for myself, we were all able to have a really, really good rest of the day. And although I wouldn't exactly call my emotional state blissful (aside from a few moments here or there) I was peaceful, almost all of the day, which is just as wonderful really. And knowing where my attitude was at the begining of the day, I was pretty proud about being able to make such a leap.
I knew if I was going to turn my day around I needed to make a plan. So that's just what I did. I came up with a list of things that had to be done (thankfully there weren't many) and more importantly things that I/we enjoy doing. Things that make us happy. Then we did our best to incorporate them all into our day. Here's what our day turned into...
~ Stove top oatmeal with maple syrup for our second breakfast
~ Nourishing garden soup for lunch (I finally used our beets... yum!!)
~ Warm baths
~ Folded laundry
~ Sewing time, everyone got to pick a project to make
~ Ryan made dinner
~ Early bedtimes
~ Knitting by the fire
While I was not able to stay "blissful" or even peaceful when certain things came my way, I was also able to keep my patience much better as I kept my goal at the forefront of my mind (as opposed to the morning when I was not so successful). I think being more intentional about my state of mind just really helped our whole day go much smoother.
So all, in all, I think my little experiment was a success.
And I'm trying it out again today.
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