After 2 weeks of not posting, I find myself feeling rather guilty! I've been working through my issues though, and over the past few days have been complimenting strangers. Without documentation. Just to do it.
Friday was a big SHOE day. Everywhere I looked, there were women with really fantastical shoes. I was nearly on overload. And either everyone was in a great mood (why not? It WAS Friday, after all), or people are just more receptive to compliments about their shoes than anything else. Everyone that I complimented seemed to appreciate the recognition of their style-sense.
I'd like to give at least partial credit to Andrea Victory of super-cute-pink-H&M-clutch fame (post: Technical Difficulties, June 8th). She found her way to my blog last week, and commented on my post about her. I guess it was JUST the compliment from a stranger that I needed to get my motivation back!
I will be out and about today, looking for people to compliment. I'm still considering a change of pace - doing it every day got strangely stressful - and I've yet to decide what it will be, but I'm working on that. Maybe 2-3 posts from me each week, maybe multiples per post... or maybe I'll compliment multiple people on days that I'm really into it, and archive them for the days when I just can't muster up a conversation....
Regardless, I want to keep this going. Any suggestions are welcome!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Slacking
Wow. I was so close to completing a full month of compliments, and then I just let this week slide. I had hoped to do one BIG post yesterday, highlighting the ways that Canadians express their national pride through their clothes (or lack thereof?), and get out and enjoy the city, but things just didn't work out that way.
I've been fairly hermit-like this week, and tonight am heading back home to help my mom with a wedding. I've realized through this process that sometimes I have to MAKE myself be aware of the people around me - that it doesn't always just come naturally to see something that I appreciate, and say something about it. And I've realized that I don't get out there and interact with the world as much as I'd thought. Especially when I'm trying to stay on budget and brown-bag my lunches!
Moving forward, I want to keep this project going. I think it's been a great exercise in self-awareness, and really has the ability to pick me up when I'm having a bad day. And I hope that I've been able to do that for the strangers that I've complimented as well. I don't know that I'll do it every day. I'm not sure that's really realistic for me right now, as much as I want to. So at the moment, my little project is undergoing a metamorphosis of sorts, and I'm not quite sure what kind of butterfly it will become.
Stay tuned....
I've been fairly hermit-like this week, and tonight am heading back home to help my mom with a wedding. I've realized through this process that sometimes I have to MAKE myself be aware of the people around me - that it doesn't always just come naturally to see something that I appreciate, and say something about it. And I've realized that I don't get out there and interact with the world as much as I'd thought. Especially when I'm trying to stay on budget and brown-bag my lunches!
Moving forward, I want to keep this project going. I think it's been a great exercise in self-awareness, and really has the ability to pick me up when I'm having a bad day. And I hope that I've been able to do that for the strangers that I've complimented as well. I don't know that I'll do it every day. I'm not sure that's really realistic for me right now, as much as I want to. So at the moment, my little project is undergoing a metamorphosis of sorts, and I'm not quite sure what kind of butterfly it will become.
Stay tuned....
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