Day 36: host a free coloring session at a local cafe: When I was chatting with the girl who works at Park Grounds, she suggested that I go to the local university to get people who would be more engaged. So, I went to a cafe at Wichita State University and set up a table for an hour...the first half an hour I actively engaged in the activity and the second half an hour I worked on my computer, with the same results for both. Lesson #36 - Although no one joined me for my coloring session, it was therapeutic for me to take some time to relax and unwind from an otherwise busy day. Day 37: ask Planet Fitness to extend an unused membership: My grandmother has been donating, as I explained it to Planet Fitness, monthly and generously to them for two years now, and has not been able to use her gym membership once. Lesson #37: Persistence can sometimes pay off - or so it may seem. When I went in the first time, I was given the option of cancelling her membership, and declined based on the fact that I had not yet discussed it with her. After discussing it with my grandmother, I went in a second time and the (very friendly and strong customer service) Planet Fitness representative told me that I was talking to the manager earlier, gave me his card, and explained that "he works with people like this all the time." Day 38: leave inspirational notes in the books at Ecclesia: Since I wanted to repurpose some of the Thrive ICT messages carrying hope from an earlier event, I asked Rochelle if she would be willing to let me place some of these notes in the "lending library" style books at her coffee shop, coincidentally where Thrive ICT held its first fundraising event. Lesson #38 - It always surprises me when people thank me for my rejection therapy projects, and this was no exception. Both Rochelle and her mom thanked me for the idea, and welcomed the notes, as they shared that "people really liked them" when we had a basket at the shop before to promote our upcoming event.
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AuthorValerie Ellis, who is in alignment with the Black Lives Matter Movement and everyone whose life is impacted, now or before, by times of social injustice. Archives
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