4 Cool Ways to Think About Your Day

Today is a brand new day.

It’s my new day.

It’s your new day.

What a gift!

I try to look at each new day as a blank canvas. In fact, I have a real blank canvas hanging on the wall in my office. This is a reminder for me to view each day as a fresh start, a new chance to grow, and move closer to my goals.

My blank canvas is my daily reminder that I have a full 24 hours to paint (metaphorically, that is) my masterpiece for the day.

4 ways to think about the canvas of your day:

Mine, not Yours! No one can help me paint my canvas. It’s my responsibility, and cannot be delegated to other people. What I do with it comes from my creativity, my effort, my work, my determination, my ambition, and my desire.

Finish it! To finish my canvas, I must paint it, completely, filling in each of the corners. This is my reminder to finish my work, each and every day. A reminder not to take shortcuts, not to quit early, not to be lazy, but to DO THE WORK, each and every day, until my masterpiece is completed.

A New Start! Every day is a brand new day. Every day is a brand new blank canvas. This is my reminder each morning that I have the gift of a new masterpiece to create.

Let it go! If yesterday was not so good, move on. If your blank canvas was filled with disappointments or mistakes — big or small, release it. Throw that canvas into the dumpster, and paint a new one. Start again today with your fresh, clean, blank canvas.

It’s your day.

It’s your blank canvas and your opportunity to create the art called your life. I will paint mine in the best way that I know how, always trying to do better than the day before.

I wish the same for you.

Good painting, my friend!

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Coach Brett Blair

Originally published at blairleadershipgroup.com on February 9, 2016.