We’re going to Disney! Well, we really aren’t but what excitement creeps into me at the thought of it. So many short trips I have booked into the last few weeks of my summer. I usually like to book them early and have August to relax and mentally prepare for the start of school, but just didn’t happen that way this year. So now, my reserved short trip excitement is building and may just be overflowing into the start of school!
Excitement to me is the building of happiness for things yet to come. I usually try not to get excited because if for some unforeseen reason, my plans fall through, I will get sad. And I don’t like sadness. Sometimes I will get stuck in “what we could have done” and I don’t like to live in the “what if”. When this happens, I try to redirect myself into another thought or purpose for the time.
Excitement for me right now is building for a trip to the beach with my now grown daughter, Ashley. We hardly have any time together anymore. I hope we have fun while we are there next week. I am actually excited just for the time we will get to spend alone, and do the things we used to do together. I hope she has a good time with her mommy.
Excitement is also building for the Writer’s Digest Conference in NYC. My husband, Bill gets to come with me. Although I will be in classes most of the time, I am imagining some sightseeing things we may get to do. Just being out-of-town, in an exciting city, and time alone with my husband is enough to excite me! I hope everything goes well there too.
Well, off to pack and plan our excitement! I like being excited, do you? What excites you and why? Do you try to plan a little excitement for those you love? Here’s off to an exciting day! Plan and live some wonderful memories!