What Went Well

This is an exercise called What Went Well that I read about in the book Flourish by Martin Seligman that involves just writing down three things that went really well today and reflecting on why they went well.

Okay I guess first off I'm going to reflect on my digital 'initiatives' such as enhancing my use of social media like twitter. On twitter today I made a list called changemakers that follows of those accounts on twitter that I think are part of the collaborative shift. Then I sent a link to the list to Venessa Miemis. @Webisteme started following me on twitter and I mentioned  Michael Bauwens in a tweet and he responded to me personally. Exciting stuff. I'm really starting to be able to use twitter for useful purposes. Then I shared with Jean about how that list works and also how "the tweeted times" works.

I'm going to throw in one little extra one just because. I took a 2 hour nap this afternoon that did my brain a lot of good. Neuronapping I call it because it felt like I had to sleep in order to get all of these thoughts together and organized in my brain.

The Moving Feast was tonight and the whole thing went quite smoothly, starting with a great conversation with Tanya in the kitchen over supper and then walking down with her to The Button Factory and helping her set things up (so that I know how to do it next time). I even had sent her some songs earlier on in the day by leaving them in the Dropbox that she put in the playlist. It felt like my capacity for hosting and organizing was pretty high. I certainly felt response-able for the situation as it unfolded at the Moving Feast, there being a number of new faces there. Reaching out to Greg for a while, who had been spending his time just standing still, was actually quite fun and it seemed to get me into my body (the effort of holding someone else's experience). And so the dancing itself was lots of fun, but I think what really "went well" was my connection with Tanya this evening that started around five oclock, and only just ended now after seeing her briefly in the kitchen and conversing. I felt really connected to her after a dance that we shared at the Moving Feast and just in general the conversation that we had felt quite powerful.

Another thing that I felt went well today was calling Alex after I got back from the Moving Feast. Even though we just talked about what we had been up to, it was nice to do that because we are getting to know each other quite well. It feels important to stay connected to her, both because it's lots of fun and because I know that she really wants to maintain the connection. I almost didn't think to call her, and then it just struck me, and I called, and we had a lengthy conversation that was both fun, and sometimes deeper about the experience of being ditched by a friend, and it felt good to share that experience with her. I keep thinking about that night that I spent lying with her at Skaidra's. "Well whatever it is, we certainly have a strong connection."

It does feel good to have done this exercise. I'm left thinking about the positive outcomes of today, and I hope they stay with me till I'm asleep.