The New Crop: Issue #108
choosing expansion over comfort + "the beauty of a silent walk"
What’s in this issue:
💭 Thought: Choosing expansion over comfort
📚 Read: The Beauty of a Silent Walk
😀 Today’s Smile
Here’s an activity for today:
Listen to a song you loved as a teenager, and sing along.
My song choice will probably be something by The Starting Line or Something Corporate. 😂
💭 Today’s Thought
Each challenge and new situation presents us with a choice: do we expand ourselves, or do we stay small or comfortable?
Take a few moments to consider how the following quote relates to your life, both past and present:
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
- Anaïs Nin
If you’d like to dig a bit deeper, check out the reflection questions below. ⬇️
🖊️ Today’s Reflection
If you’re new to journaling, I highly encourage you to read Nancy Adler’s article: Want to be an outstanding leader? Keep a journal.
This week, find a quiet place and gift yourself 10 minutes to reflect on any of these prompts (or invent your own!):
What’s a time when you took a risk to blossom?
What’s an area of your life where you’re remaining “tight in a bud”? What are the benefits and costs of doing so?
📚 Today’s Read
Walking is a well-established balm for the mind and body. Research has shown that walking for as little as 10 extra minutes a day may lead to a longer life. And a 2020 study in The Journal of Environmental Psychology found that a 30-minute walk in an urban park reduced the amount of time that people dwelled on negative thoughts. Walking has also been shown to improve creativity and help fend off depression.
Click here to read more about the benefits of “silent walks”. I invite you to set aside 10 minutes this week to give it a try.
See you next week!
xo,
Anne