The Americana Coast

Bill Filipiak (00:00)
I'm just waiting on the right wave to ride

from El Porto, California, and the Americana Coast Podcast. is your daily pep talk. All right, bring it in for a second. I'm be real with you. I lose my wallet, my keys, my sunglasses, my earring, all the time, all the time. Drives me crazy, drives my wife insane. And I recognized at one point that when I am losing things, it's all about self-awareness.

I'll get to a point where I'm just on autopilot. I'm so busy, my head is so filled with what's next, and I'm not paying attention to what I'm doing. If I slow down just a little bit and make a conscious effort to be aware of what I'm doing, where I'm putting my keys, where I'm putting my wallet, I stop losing things. And it dawned on me at one point, the same is true of my mood.

If I'm just kind of going about my day and I'm not really paying attention to things, I may be so negative and not aware of it. And that's not healthy. If we can start our day recognizing, hey, I'm a little grumpy today and focus on a couple of things that we're really excited about, a couple of things that we're really looking forward to, some things that we're very grateful for and focus on that and recognize how lucky we are.

But then the negative stuff becomes secondary. So try it today. Give it a shot. Make a conscious effort to be aware of your mood, your actions, where you are at any given moment and see if it doesn't make a difference in the energy that you're projecting. Just another way that we can make an attempt to be good to each other, be kind to each other, love on each other and make it a great day. We'll talk to you next time.

I'm just waiting on the right wave to ride