Dúshlán 5 Lá / 5 Day Challenge

Dúirt mo mháthair agus mo dheirfiúr rud éigin liom le déanaí a ghortaigh go mór mé agus bhí athmhachnamh á dhéanamh agam ar mo shaol dá bharr ach, cé go ndúirt siadsan é níl an locht orthu go bhfuil frustrachas, faitíos agus brón orm. Níl an cumhacht sin acu agus níor mhaith liom go mbeidh sé acu. Síleann muid go mion minic nach mbíonn muid ag mothú go maith de bharr iompair daoine eile, ach i ndáiríre ní féidir le daoine eile smacht a bheith acu orainn muna thugann muid an smacht sin dóibh.

My mother and my sister said something recently that hurt me and I have been re-evaluating my life choices and particularly my work as a result. Despite the fact that my existential crisis is a direct result of what they said, it is not their fault that I am now stressed over what to do in life. They don’t have that power, nobody has the power to MAKE you feel anything unless we let them.

Roinnt mhaith bhliain ó shin, ní raibh mé go maith. Bhí post togha agam, ní raibh sé iontach ach d’íoc sé na billí, bhí cairde agus saol sóisialta iontach agam ach ní raibh mé sásta. Ní raibh a fhios agam céard a bhí ann ach ní raibh mé sásta leis an saol. Chonaic mé fógra i gcomhair dúshláin 30 lá go sásamh ar líne, ag léamh faoi fuair mé amach go mbeadh orm pictiúr a thógáil de rud éigin a chur áthas orm gach lá ar feadh 30 lá. Éasca go maith a shíl mé. Thóg mé pictiúir de rudaí beaga aisteacha; nuair a bhí póit orm b’ea pé béile a bhí agam an rud a chuir áthas orm, na duilleoga deasa ar an talamh, an ghrian. An rud a d’fhoghlaim mé ón dúshlán seo ná go bhfuil go leor leor rudaí thart ort i gcónaí a chuirfidh miongháire ort má ligeann tú dóibh agus d’athraigh an dúshlán agus an meon seo mo shaol.

Whatever amount of years ago, I was not happy. I had a job that was fine. It wasn’t great but it was in the field I thought I wanted to work in and it paid the bills, I had a great social life and I had a lot of friends but I wasn’t content. Something was wrong but I didn’t know what. I saw an ad online for a 30 days happiness challenge. I had to take a photo of something that made me happy every day for 30 days, simple enough I thought. I started taking pictures of small simple things like my burger the day I was hungover or the pretty leaves on the ground. What I learnt from the challenge is that even though things may not be going very well or you may be having a bad day there are always little things that you can look at that can change your mood, you just have to let them.

Sin ráite, cuireann rudaí a deir agus a déanann daoine eile isteach orm go fóill ach le linn na feirge nó an bhróin tá mé in ann bláthanna deas a aithint, nó airím níos fearr nuair a fheicim radharc álainn trasna na farraige.

That all being said, what people say still has an effect on me, especially if it is said by someone I respect or have a close relationship to me but while I am upset I can still notice beautiful flowers or a lovely view of the sea.

Is scil thar a bheith tábhachtach é seo domsa sa lá atá inniu ann agus an sé mhí iontach strusmhar seo caite againn, agus níl an cuma air go laghdóidh an strus sin go luath ach más féidir leat rudaí beaga thart ort a aithint mar rudaí maithe a chuireann áthas ort cabhróidh sin go mór leat. Is mar sin gur bheartaigh mé an tseachain seo chugainn go gcuirfinn dúshlán 5 lá go sásamh ar fáil do dhaoine agus níl mé ag rá go n-athróidh sé do shaol ach beidh cúpla nod beag isteach ann go gcabhróidh le do shaol tá mé cinnte! Déanfaidh mé an dúshlán ar mo ghrúpa Facebook Cultivating Happiness Within. Gach lá beidh rud beag agam daoibh le déanamh, rud beag nach dtógfaidh níos mó ná 15 nó 20 nóiméad ach rud beag a chabhróidh go mór le do leibhéal sásaimh go ginearálta.

This has been a really useful skill over the past six months of constant stress, and it doesn’t look like this stress is going to reduce anytime soon! So because of this I decided that next week I will be running a 5 day challenge of my own! It is called 5 Days to Feeling Happier and I will be running it in my Facebook group Cultivating Happiness Within. Every day next week I will give the participants a task to do, something small and simple that won’t take more then 15 or 20 minutes but will increase their happiness levels.  

Bheartaigh mé é a reáchtáil an tseachtain seo chugainn leis na scoileanna ag oscailt arís agus leibhéal struis dhaoine ag ardú agus tá siúl agam go gcabhróidh sé seo leis sin. Más suim leat a bheith páirteach ann ní gá duit ach a bheith mar bhall den ghrúpa Facebook agus is féidir leat sin a dhéanamh anseo. Feicfidh mé ann sibh!

I decided that next week was a good week to do it as schools are now opening or are already open and I know parents, teachers and students will be feeling a little bit more worried or anxious then they may have before. If you want to be part of the challenge all you have to do is join my Facebook group here and I’ll see ye in there!