Isn’t it interesting how some things can make your day?
say, for instance, someone shows up at your front door brandishing the keys to your Lamborghini, a surprise gift from a loved one.
or a lost love from yesterday is found anew.
ah, that’s the stuff of movies.
and on the silver screen (or flat panel display) they’ll remain, for most of us.

Seth Godin recently reiterated that you can get lucky, but luck is out of your control.
so appreciate the lucky breaks, but forget trying to build a strategy around them.
what you can depend on, is the joy of the mundane.
what do you love doing that you can do consistently?
do it, and it’ll be motivational fuel for your life’s work.

for some people, it’s taking a bicycle ride (it was for me, as a kid). for others, it’s a workout at the gym.
for me, it’s writing in my journal—by hand. typing on the keyboard just doesn’t turn me on in the same way.

what’s your “make my day” activity?
what are those one or two things that after doing, you can rest your head on the pillow knowing that your day has been full?

it might take some reflection to rediscover your “make my day” thing, but do it. it’s worth it.
take a moment right now to identify that “make my day” thing you do, and you’ll be set to have many full and satisfying days ahead.

go on, contemplate; I’ll wait.