Where has the time gone to?? High time for another blog as well as getting back to writing that book of mine!!

As we are nearing the half way line of 2018 I have started to ponder on how this year has been so far and what journey’s it has brought me on. To summarise I think this year has been pretty cool so far. So many new experiences, learnings and developments. So much more finding of ME!!

This blog will talk a bit about weeding but as I am all for a positive spin I will talk about weeding through two of my favourite things (to quote Sound of Music) Daisy’s and Cheese. Now these two objects may not be in my top ten, just to clarify. Oh wait, cheese might just make it!!

WILL I, WONT I?

One of my favourite flowers is the daisy – the big daisy! Firstly they remind me of summer in Sweden, daisies, poppies and blåklint all together in one big summery field.

Secondly they remind me of midsummers eve and the tradition to pick a bouquet of 7 different types of flowers and put them under my pillow to dream about my prince charming. There is something about climbing stone walls in this tradition too, but I removed that element.

But most importantly they remind me of the fact that there is always hope and most certainly where there is a will there is a way!

When younger I used the daisies to figure out if I was going to win over the boy I thought was cute – loves me, loves me not, loves me…..

These days when I pick one up I use it in a slightly different manner. I use it to guide me in some decisions that are important to me by using each individual leaf for will I, wont I, will I won’t I…. the beauty of this game is that if you are not too superstitious then you can just pick another to get your desired result!!!

SWIZZ CHEESE THEORY ON LIFE

Last week I attended a training course on Behaviour Based Safety for Leaders, one which I had completed the online version of earlier this year.

One of the components of the course was a look into the Swizz Cheese Theory. In summary this theory looks at how a perfect storm can be created if enough of human errors occur to align all the holes in the cheese slices or blocks. If they do….then we have an accident.

So one of the big questions here is how we can prevent that accident or incident and in the swiss cheese theory it encourages us to continuous identify the holes and to when we find them fill them in. Working our way towards a block of cheddar cheese in other words.

When listening to this theory I thought how I had kind of, in a way, applied this theory when trying to find My Me and how I am still trying to apply it to prevent the perfect storm from occurring in my life. To prevent me from falling apart, from breaking, from being partially broken…..

Here is how I have applied it. Over the last 12 months I have identified some of the holes in my cheese. Not using them as human errors but instead as the elements in my life that have negative impact on me, whether instantly or long term.

So when I identify those things that causes negative emotions in me, let it be a person, a situation or a habit, I now know that I am faced with a choice. A choice over which I have full control. I can fill the hole, remove that negative emotion and prevent that perfect storm from occurring.

What is the result?? More time spent on creating My Me. Happy, content, wild and full of giggles once more.

So go out there and clear those cobwebs…. (i.e. fill those holes in the cheese)!!