The Lesson in Julie and Julia

I was inspired to blog today after watching the movie Julie and Julia. Have you seen it? It's a decent movie (though maybe a little too long), but the lesson I got was potentially life-changing (and worth the extra minutes).

It taught me that if I consciously do what makes me feel good (for Julie and Julia it was cooking!) solely for the sake of feeling good, in the process I will open doors for myself and shift my future in unexpected ways. So now my job is to become keenly aware of when I'm feeling good, and to notice also when I'm feeling less than good so I can shift back to feeling good as soon as possible.

In fact, this lesson is not a new one for me. It's one that keeps popping up! I recently read in a self-help book to write down a list of things I enjoy doing and to do at least one of them every day. I wrote the list yesterday, and my commitment now is to incorporate at least one of those joyful activities into my life every day. Let's see where this goes! Make it your commitment too and keep me posted on your progress!

And check out this link to Julie's (from the movie!) blog: http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/.