YOUR LIFE A-Z: INTERACTIVE

ALONE, IN A DIVERSE GROUP, DIFFERENT, BE INTERACTIVE

INTERACTIVE

INTERACTIVE is at least a two-person interchange of activity, communication, and being interdependent with each other. Shy people who are generally introverts by nature have a more difficult time being INTERACTIVE with others.  Sometimes being INTERACTIVE can be almost physically painful for introverts.  However, the joy that comes through being interactive is a true benefit to a lifestyle of joy and contentment.  Today, take an inventory of your INTERACTIVE style.  Who do you gravitate to at work?  Where do you seek out for lunch?  When do you choose to be with people and when do you prefer to be alone?  How do you take care of yourself when you have to be INTERACTIVE with bosses, negative people, and people that distress you?  Life sometimes forces us into INTERACTIVE situations in order to help us develop a sense of positive self-esteem by challenging us with difficult circumstances and situations.  Each time we have to Handle something like that is hard for us, we won’t to evaluate it from the perspective, “how well did I Handle that INTERACTION?”  By focusing on what we did right we are able to add positive emotional muscle to our self-esteem.  Being INTERACTIVE will bring us more joy than disappointments.  Being INTERACTIVE will give us opportunities that we miss by staying in the shadows of life.  Let yourself practice INTERACTIVE connections today with new people at work, the grocery store, a different parent at a soccer game.  Broaden you life with INTERACTIVE communication. 

YOUR LIFE A-Z: YIELD

SOMETIMES A YIELD SIGN IS IRRELEVANT!

YIELD

We are on day fifty-one of this 365 day YOUR LIFE FROM A-Z.   It is time to stop and evaluate where you are with the goals that you set for yourself to make this the best year yet.  Hopefully you are writing a bit each day on the word of the day in order to get as much as you can out of this process.  Yield does not mean stop, but it certainly does not mean go either.  If you are going on a path or a journey just because, then stop and re-evaluate.  No one says you have to finish just because you started.  You have been at this now for fifty-one days, you know by now whether it is working for you or not.  What is working?  What is not working?  What do you need to tweak?  Is there something coming at you that you did not anticipate?  How has your life changed since January 1st?  Do you like the changes?  Then keep going in the direction you are headed.  If you need to yield the right away to a different goal, thought, desire, then by all means do so.  If you want to turn right or left or curve to the by-way then do it.  Today is the day for you to yield, examine, explore, and make decisions about what your next step is.  Today your yielding is a very important part of this process.