How many of you woke up today excited because it is Tuesday?
While there might well be something exciting happening for you today – I am talking Tuesdays in general. It is an almost forgotten day of the week as it is isn’t the beginning, middle or the end.
Thursdays are great because they are going out nights as you only have to get through Friday, but what do we do with a Tuesday – apart from hoping it passes quickly and then we can say we are half way through the week and that much closer to the much loved week-end?
A lot of coaching is about re-framing how we see and feel about things. I tried this little exercise last week of reframing the way I think about the days of the week. Rather than just seeing them as days of the week I gave them themes. This meant that an arbitrary day like Tuesday became a tantalising, tasty and exotic day.
I decided I needed a word that excited me and triggered my senses. I spent the day really focusing on my five senses and it made such a difference. A normal day became a really interesting one with many things I previously didn’t notice as, like a lot of people, I was so focused on just getting to the end of the day and then I would be half way through the week.
So why not give it a try and make Tuesdays your sensory day – starting with today. Of course if you happen to read this on any other day then that is not to day that day can’t be your sensory day.
- When someone is talking to you today – listen that much more intently to what they are saying – really hear them.
- As you eat your lunch – take time to really taste the food with more intensity than you normally would.
- What ever you touch today – really feel it.
- What ever you look at today – really see it. Try looking at it from a different angle to what you would normally.
- If you see any roses today – make sure you stop and smell them.
- Lastly – what ever you say today – say it with conscious intent and really mean it.
Today is all about connecting with your senses and making every Tuesday a tantalising sensory day and no longer just that poor day wedged between Monday and Wednesday.