Shopping & Positive Affirmations

I am trying to get out and go somewhere every few days otherwise I tend to sit around the house and do nothing and that is not good for me. Yesterday I went to Lowes and, as usual, my GPS was excellent in getting me close to where I was going and rubbish in being specific.  Well, what can you expect from a device that tells me the last step on getting to my apartment is to turn left when it is actually right! Anyway, I eventually found my way to Lowes and their garden department. A very nice older-than-me man gave me excellent instructions as to aisle and I came away with a stiff-bristle broom, some air freshener and two small plants {which were on sale with half-off so how could I not take advantage of that?} One plant is an aloe vera. I haven’t had one of those for years so I am glad to have one now. The second is a small ruffly fern. Today I will put the fern into a pretty pot. The aloe vera has a nice pot and I won’t re-pot that until it needs it.

Total change of subject here. I was reading the entry of an OD friend this morning and she mentioned positive affirmations. In the past, I have found these to be extremely helpful in changing how I thought about myself. {This was during and after the divorce when I had a very low opinion of myself .} I found that in order for these to work for me, they had to be very specific in referring to what I was trying to change. The old "every day in every way I am getting better and better" my brain completely ignored. It wasn’t specific enough and neither was it true. "But "Pay attention to your money! You CAN make  your food budget work!" was very successful. Why I am writing about this today is that I am going to do some thinking and make some affirmation cards to help my thinking about physical therapy. Since I no longer have Jill to cheer me on, I need to be my own cheerleader!