Challenge 112: Research Positive Psychology

May 2, 2010

I'm, once again, sitting on Ken's couch looking out the window at beautiful Tahoe. The puppy is, once again, basking in the sun, dreaming I presume. The boys are on the mountain and I'm wondering what my challenge will be for the day. I don't have anything I absolutely have to do today, which feels nice. It's a lazy Sunday.

Yesterday was just such a wonderful day. I took Coach on a walk up to the mountain to meet the guys when they were done snowboarding. It was sunny and gorgeous out, so we sat on the deck, listened to live music, ate hot dogs and had some drinks. The puppy is such an attention magnet, so we made lots of new friends. After the mountain, we brought the party back home and started playing this board game called Sequence. My new favorite. Dinner and a hot tub later, we were all pretty tired. The plan upon going to bed last night was to sleep in as late as we could. For us...that was 9:30. Never thought I'd see the day!

While playing Sequence, I re-learned something about myself I've known for years. I hate to lose! And not only that, I hate it when other people win. Now, I know that that sounds obvious, but I noticed that the way I started out playing the game, was to make sure they didn't win...not necessarily setting up how I would win. An offense vs. defense way to play. That didn't have me come out the winner, however. Vaughn beat both Ken and I 4:1. I think it's time to change my strategy.

I still have Positive Psychology on the brain and I want to know more.

Challenge 112: Research Positive Psychology

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