The magic of reframing

Shoveled snow today (I emerged from the house bundled up in a mismatched, cobbled-together snow outfit to be greeted with "I see you've been reading the Style Section again!") and made use of a reframing technique invented by Gretchen Rubin: recast a tedious activity as meditation.

As she says "If you’re impatient while waiting for the bus, tell yourself you’re doing “Bus waiting meditation.” If you’re standing in a slow line at the drugstore, you’re doing “Waiting in line meditation.” Just saying these words makes me feel very spiritual and high-minded and wise."

Works for me, too.