18 days till shark diving!

In 18 days I will quivering on the deck of the shark diving boat trying to feign seasickness or death so as not to have to get in the water with sharks...no, I'll actually be really, really brave.

Here are some photos of sharks that I've been looking at to build up my nerves...they aren't really helping, although it's good to know the sharks have already eaten.

If that's not enough shark-eating-seal action for you, here's a bit more.

My Happiness Project

I love having a few projects on the go, and what better project than one designed to make me happy? I've been reading Gretchen Rubin's site The Happiness Project (here) and I like the idea. Gretchen has another site, The Happiness Project Toolbox (here) which has some great tools for planning your own 'Happiness Project'.

Last year I decided that May was 'Me Month' and spent the whole month doing things to make me happy, which was great, but why stop at one month? For me this isn't about crazy resolutions I won't keep, it's about small adjustments and habits I'd like to form over time...except the shark diving, I'm hoping that doesn't become a habit. I've got a few projects currently on the go, and will keep updating with new ones as I progress.

A few of the things I'm working on for my Happiness Project:

Healthy Heather
I've been working on being healthier by doing pilates and personal training once a week and eating a lot better than usual. From here I'd like to get to:

• PT & Pilates once a week each
• 2 extra gym sessions (even if one of them is just floating around the hydrotherapy pool)
• Eating healthier all the time
• Drinking lots more water, and lots less wine (during the week)

Happy Heather
Who would have guessed that someone who hated writing would enjoy writing a blog so much? I want to keep up the blogging, and as mentioned in last week's post, I'd like to clean out my wardrobe - nice tidy spaces make me happy. I'd like to spend more time with friends who make me happy, and less time worrying about the ones that stress me out.

Handy Heather
I haven't really been cooking much over the last few years, so I'm working on learning at least one new recipe a week...I'm yet to poison anyone so far.

Harmonious Heather
I've been loving attending my weekly meditation group, so my aim is to keep this up, and to remember to take a few moments to 'chill out' every once in a while.

Heroic Heather
Um, how does diving with Great White Sharks sound?

Hidden Heather
I'd like to be more of a 'hidden Heather', unfortunately my habit of over-sharing seems to prevent that...sometimes it's not necessary to tell everyone, everything...I'd like to work on sharing a little less. I'd also like to start making eye contact with people again, not quite sure when I stopped doing this, but it must make me look really shifty - next time we talk make sure I'm making eye contact.

Hopeful Heather
I'd really like to make and stick to a budget...how hard can it be right? I'll post a little more about this on Friday (pay day!)...may as well start fresh with some money in the account!



Do you have any Happiness Projects on the go or any suggestions for projects to try?

Pros and cons of diving with great white sharks

Pros

• Would get to see sharks
• May be able to film sharks and create monster shark montage movie a la Raging Sharks
• Possibility of seeing shark eat seal or other small mammal
• Bragging rights
• Great story for talking to strangers...may have to meet new strangers to tell
  
• Get to take a Friday off work
• Would get to fly and therefore drink wine from a little bottle

Cons

• Sharks might not come
• Water will be cold, unlike bathtub
• Will probably have to speak to some sort of sea captain or first mate
• Sharks have dubious personal hygeine
• Bits of the food the use to lure the sharks may float into the cage and touch me
• Sharks may bite through the cage a la Jaws
• My glasses might not work underwater

It's a tough decision.