Each year, many Sandites prepare their gardens for spring: removing weeds, tilling the soil, planting seeds, applying mulch, pruning shrubs. Growing a colorful, thriving garden takes effort, and so, too, does personal growth. Personal growth is the ongoing process of developing oneself in order to achieve one’s fullest potential.
month, sign up for the pottery class, start the cookbook club, or visit the parks for bird-watching. Ask for feedback Invite your boss or colleagues to share any observations about your work performance, attitude, or recent project submissions. Be receptive to the information they share and see how incorporating their advice can enhance your performance on the job.
To help us flourish in our personal lives and the community where we’ve put down roots, try Perform an act of kindness Bring your elderly some of these suggestions and watch as your neighbor’s trash to the curb, buy coffee for the lives slowly but surely, like tiny plant shoots in the person in line behind you, send a casserole to ground, blossom: a friend who is grieving, or surprise your child’s Make working out and reading a priority teacher with flowers. Making someone’s day feels Exercising your body and your brain will give you good, so this will benefit you, too. bursts of energy to tackle a presentation at work Get involved as a volunteer There are plenty (or to finally clean out the garage) and help enrich of organizations around town that could use a your mind and cultivate new knowledge. hand. Reach out to the Salvation Army, Veterans Quit a bad habit Whether you bite your nails Outreach International, or the Sand Springs Parks or leave your shoes in a pile at the front door, it’s and Recreation Department to see how you can important to identify what triggers these habits help. and learn how you can break the pattern. Once Support local businesses Whether it’s the you are able to surrender the habit for a week, coffee shop near your office, the diner on your try a month. Each day that you can curb negative way home, the floral shop on the corner, or the practices will give you the confidence to continue. clothing boutique with pretty clothes, be sure to Build a new skill High school students and patronize these companies and celebrate the retirees alike - and everyone in between - can financial impact small business has on our town. benefit from trying a new skill. Learn a new This summer, all the gardeners who planted language, practicing public speaking, or figure out flowers, fruits, and vegetables in March will reap how to code. Ask your boss or mentor about a their rewards: bright bouquets, sun-ripened skill you could try that would help you improve cantaloupe, garden fresh tomatoes. Put in the professionally or personally. work now to improve your mind, body, and Start a new hobby Most of us have an activity spirit and see just how much you can grow and we want to try for fun, but we let our busy transform by summer, too. schedules and laundry list of obligations prevent us from pursuing something just for leisure. This
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