HOORAY!!
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​  You Finished Your First Challenge

 DO THE HAPPY DANCE!!!
Sorry...I couldn't help myself (who doesn't love Brad Pitt dancing a little jig in his biking gear!)

If you made it here, you have finished your first challenge. Great job!  One down and 6 more to go. You're AWESOME!

Keeping an image of what inspires you, where you can see it daily, is so important to the success of achieving anything worth doing.  This project is so worth doing and you are on the right track.  Well done!

One Thought A Day
​Gratitude Journal






​Practicing gratitude plays a huge role in discovering how to "Love What's Next".  So within all three challenges, you will be prompted to reflect on that day's challenge and write down one thought that comes from your experience. Then write one thing you are grateful for that specific day.  

​Journaling is a way for you to process your emotions and increase self-awareness.   And practicing gratitude helps us feel more positive emotions, improves our health, deal with adversity, and build stronger relationships. ​
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Gratitude Blog: http://www.lovewhatsnext.com/empty-nesters-redefining-normal/the-gratitude-equation 

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Journal Entry

Challenge #1  Change your screensaver
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What you will need:
  • A journal (Love What's Next Journal available to purchase)
  • Somewhere quiet with little to no distractions (no cell phones)
Reflect & Write: 
  • What do you plan to accomplish this next year? Why does this image inspire you?
  • What is one thing you are especially grateful for today?
My Experience Journaling

​One of the things I discovered on my Love What's Next journey was the gift of journaling.  I will admit it didn't feel like a gift at the time that I started journaling and sometimes it still doesn't.  The gift comes long after, maybe even a year later,  when you can look back and see how much you have accomplished and grown in that year's time.  Now that I have a number of years of writing in my journal, every time I write,  I look back a year or two earlier on that date and reminisce about where I was at that point in my life and reflect on how far I've come.  It's actually pretty darn cool!  

I can't force you to do this but I will say with a strong conviction that this is a huge piece to the puzzle to how to love what's next.  And if you are serious about finding MORE joy, then I  highly encourage you to begin journaling TODAY!  I promise you wont regret it.

WHAT'S NEXT...
Your Challenge # 2 Clue
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Stella Got Her Groove Back...

The second challenge is from the Simple Bliss Pursuit and the picture of this cutie pie is a little hint as to what's to come.

Simple Bliss is what we call simple pleasures.  You know those simple, little things that take a so-so day to an aaaah so good one. A hot cup of coffee first thing in the morning, hearing your favorite song come on the radio, a warm cookie and a hot bath at the end of the day are all examples of Simple Bliss...(mine anyways).
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I love the picture of this girl!  Doesn't she make you feel something?!
Be ready to get YOUR happy on!!!

Tough Talk From Your # 1 Supportability Partner
 (That's me, the one who wants to encourage and support you.)
​"If you don't love a challenge, I encourage you to try it any way. Each challenge is meant to stretch you so you can discover new things about yourself.  You can't discover without trying right?!  You still may not like it, but at least now you will know."

Share the Love!
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Invite a Friend
We believe EVERYONE deserves the opportunity to love what's next.  Don't you?  Feeling compelled to share?

​Pass along access to these 3 challenges to your friends so they can join in the fun too!  Send them an email, share this link with them and personally invite them to join in the fun!
https://www.lovewhatsnext.com/