Feeling like we need this. I need this.
If you do not know what a spontaneous sparklepoints party is, it just means that we AWARD OURSELVES outrageous numbers (and non-numbers) of SPARKLEPOINTS for doing literally anything, or for not doing it.
It all counts.
Sparklepoints are just like regular points, except more sparkly and very celebratory. They come in fantastically large and sometimes unimaginable quantities. They make everything better.
For example
For example, today was Day 8 of quarantine, and so I gave myself A TRILLION sparklepoints for getting out of bed.
And then ANOTHER trillion sparklepoints for immediately going back to bed, because what even is this getting up thing, it is all too much.
LET US CELEBRATE EVEN THE TINIEST THINGS
An endless cascading of sparklepoints to me for, among other things:
- going outdoors for ten minutes
- making delicious nourishing fuel
- convincing myself to shower even though I really didn’t want to (my instinct was right, it really did help)
- lighting my favorite candle
- consolidating pantry items
- adding tinctures to my RGW (Replenishing Glass of Water)
- staying hydrated like it’s my job (it might be my job)
- leaving an encouraging note about how Monday means we get a a Monday Meeting, best part of my week
- drawing a card
- laughing into the void
- getting out the foam roller and foam-rolling TWICE
- posting pics to IG (lots of sky, pretty rocks, making faces, hilarious notes I leave myself everywhere)
- watching Laura tell stories (a delight)
- massaging hands with kava oil
- changing the playlist
- checking in with friends to remind them that they are talented geniuses, letting them know I’m doing an obnoxious number of morning sun salutations to support them with all possible superpowers of FORTITUDE
- pausing to take breaths, cry, name superpowers, whatever is needed
Reminders of reminding!
Mainly I am using sparklepoints to constantly remind myself that I am a hero and a star for doing literally anything (and also for doing nothing), because these are tough scary times.
And also being in isolation/rationing is bringing up all kinds of personal stuff and ancestral stuff, and it’s a lot.
We are taking care of ourselves in the moment to the best of our ability, given the circumstances which are intense, and if that isn’t worthy of INFINITY sparklepoints, I don’t know what is.
Come share in a glorious cascading of sparklepoints with me
Use the comments to award yourself as many sparklepoints as you like and then some for absolutely anything you’ve done or not done, today or this week, anything you’re working on, wishing for, superpowers you’d like.
It’s all welcome. Here’s to companionship, safe space, experimentation, taking care of ourselves in any way we can.
Glowing extra quantities of Sanctuary & Fortitude and all the best superpowers (Room of Requirement superpowers, whatever you need) for all of us, may we feel comfort and strength and all good things in hard times and always.
More soon. For now, let’s toss sparklepoints in the air like Scrooge McDuck cavorting in piles of gold coins!
xox
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1,771,561 sparklepoints to me for remembering to finally BREATHE after spending 3/4 of the day quaking from chest-tightening worry/stress.
Also, an extra 1,331 points for starting a family dance party in the kitchen. (Stayin’ Alive, which is also somewhat appropriate)
Omg YES, what a useful remembering, I see your points and double them in appreciation! Stayin’ Alive is VERY appropriate and also one of the all-time best dance party in the kitchen songs. I have been dancing DRAMATICALLY to the Hazlett version of Never Gonna Give You Up.
I’m all about this. Gently and lovingly participating. I get sparkle points for doing the morning chores alone… and for not losing my cool when others seemed to be losing their cool over work email (which… did not go unnoticed)… and for practicing my superpower of being visible (I See Me), despite the monster who tells me I am invisible and therefore insignificant….
I feel it! Endless sparklepoints for all of this and for noticing it! Visibility Despite Monsters is such a thing to celebrate, it’s work.
I made up a story and told it and you liked it, A GRAZILLION SPARKLEPOINTS!
More recently though, I sent the Mr. out on a walk so I could sing any showtune I wanted in the safety of our home and man oh man was that the best. Sparklepoints for DAYS (and DAZE)
A Grazillion AT LEAST! I love your plan, so good. I have been singing loudly in the dome and I hope my FBI watchers appreciate this since I don’t have anyone to kick out.
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Oh no, that was supposed to be emojis and it didn’t work <3 <3 <3 sorry. Love and delete the weird question marks
ONE DAY I will solve the mysteries of why we cannot emoji on here, it is the most unfair
This technically happened over the weekend, but _so many_ sparklepoints to me for discovering DJ DNice and his wonderful IG Live dance parties!
Showers of sparklepoints today for:
–remembering to take meds!
–opening the website and working on my taxes a bit!
–making delicious food (yay green smoothie! yay fancy grilled cheese!)!
–wearing an outfit I like and taking a selfie!
–posting flower pics from a recent spatially distant walk on IG!
–participating in 2 twitter chats run by work!
–checking in with someone and asking how they’re doing!
–remembering to use my lightbox since it was cloudy & cold & I didn’t want to go out!
–learning and absorbing that I want to make some different choices about social media tomorrow without blaming myself for the choices I made today!
–engaging in my spiritual practice!
–writing morning pages!
–putting away a load of laundry!
–washing a few pans!
–cleaned 2 shelves in the fridge I share with my housemate, and analyzed what I want to get when I go out for my (unfortunately necessary) big early morning shop tomorrow!
Wow, the monsters were convincing me that I had done Absolutely Nothing All Day, and this was not only unhelpful but objectively incorrect!
Monster Lists are Objectively Incorrect! You did so many things! And all of those things are so real! Also selfies deserve triple points at least!!! YEAH!!!!
Yesterday I made A Food & then Another Food & so I get eleventy GRILLION sparklepoints!
Today I had to Leave The House, which I did NOT like, but it will lead to me being able to Do my Laundry & also Eat a Food, & I survived, for which I get ELEVENTY-ONE QUAZILLION SPARKLEPOINTS!
& now I shall nap. Or play TwoDots until I dissociate, whichever sounds more appealing.
You are a HERO! And making food is SUCH A SCAM, you have to keep doing it? WHAT IS THAT. We are absolute stars. Eleventy Grillion sparklepoints for real!
What a grand idea! I avoid numbers unless I must use them (e.g. phone numbers), but I love awarding outrageously large amounts of sparklepoints.
Sparklepoints for not spending all day online, for limiting social media use, and for not obsessively seeking out news or commentary.
Sparklepoints for phoning people for voice-to-voice communication, and for emailing and messaging them too.
Sparklepoints for eating real food that I prepared myself, and even more sparklepoints for having prepared some ahead of time.
Sparklepoints for not joining the madness in the stores.
Sparklepoints for calling the doctor for a regular appointment. Sparklepoints to the pharmacy and insurance company for agreeing to lt me have a new refill before I’ve seen the doctor.
Sparklepoints for the clinic for giving me an appointment tomorrow.
Sparklepoints to Tim for doing outdoor work only during the outbreak, and to me for hiring him to do my yard. More sparklepoints to Tim for offering to work for free if any of his neighbors or clients has a domestic emergency like a stopped up toilet.
Sparklepoints to me for telling Wes not to come, even though as a cleaner he is allowed to continue working.
Sparklepoints to Amazon for having some books wherever they were so they could be shipped. I ordered some for Bro. I read that Amazon was limiting shipments to only essential items, and wanted to give them ALL the points for considering books essential. But, it turns out, they are shipping “nonessential items” if they are already in the fulfillment centers. I think that’s where they said. Anyway, they get points for shipping the books.
I get lots and lots of sparklepoints for buying several new books just before things shut down.
A googol of sparklepoints –yes, that’s a number; you write a 1 and then you keep writing zeros until you get tired of writing them — a googol of them, I say, for all the people putting art and literature and classes online.
Also sparklepoints to my internet provider for maintaining a decent level of service so far, in the face of increased use.
Many sparklepoints for the Fluent Self community for existing.
What a glorious list! A googol all around!!!
10x10x10x10x10x10 sparklepoints for scheduling a virtual game night with soul sisters. May our laughter in the midst of sorrow be felt around the world.
27,000,000 points for being patient and tolerant of the 2 extroverts in my family when I’m craving quiet and solitude.
97,888 for feeding my body, heart and soul before tending to my clients.
Endless Sparklepoints of gratitude for the capacity to generate income, loved ones to live with, dear friends to connect with and a sanctuary to celebrate the victories great and small. <3
YES!!! So amazing!
Seventy hundred sparklepoints to me for noticing that I’ve taken my vitamins and meds every day of being home.
A nice even 10,000 sparklepoints for cleaning out two drawers in the kitchen.
Twenty gazillion sparklepoints for sharing joyful things with friends.
And… eighty umptillion sparklepoints to Havi for reminding me how much I love sparklepoints!
Soooo many sparklepoints! Yes, thank you for the reminder to take vitamins and give myself more points!!!
Sparklepoints for taking pictures that make me smile and for working on {endless unnameable project} and going outside with the dog and actually eating lunch.
TRIPLE sparklepoints for actually eating lunch!!!! An inspiration to us all!
Actually shed quite a bit of shiny, validated and hopeful sparkle-tears reading all of these. THANK YOU.
Sparkle points for tear-shedding! Extra sparkle! <3
Ooh I love sparklepoints!
Sparklepoints to me for doing any work at all from my Blackberry, frankly.
Sparklepoints to me for getting my new study almost into a state where I will be able to work in it when we do get broadband on Thursday.
Sparklepoints to me for putting up pictures and making this house my place!
Sparklepoints to me for making coffee in the moka pot and drinking it from one of my lovely fish mugs.
Sparklepoints to me for cooking the rice according to the instructions on the packet!
Sparklepoints to me for wearing my most disreputable trousers and my most expensive perfume!
Hello friends!
SO MANY SPARKLY POINTS FOR SO MANY SPARKLY THINGS! Disreputable trousers deserved expensive perfume!
A million sparklepoints to me for baking bread yesterday, because oh man do these stay-at-home teenagers EAT. And A BILLION sparklepoints for also CLEANING UP THE KITCHEN after baking said bread!!
AND THEN–and this is the best part–I actually WENT TO BED WHEN I WAS TIRED. All the points, they are mine now.
omg going to bed when tired is THE DREAM, I am inspired, all the points to you!!!!
Sparklepoints to me for
finding this party!
clearing my email inbox!
putting my clean clothes away!
getting the extra half an hour of sweet sleep!
Extra Sleep what a STAR!!!!
Sparklepoints, sparklepoints, how you all deserve them!
And I am just getting showered with sparklepoints for:
– the delicious spelt bread I baked
– the delicious beetroot hummus I made
– having initiated a regular whatsapp video get together with 3 friends, all of us with a glass of wine in our hands, laughing, sharing, coming up with crazy ideas
– figuring out how to play Scrabble with a friend via Zoom
– remembering the benefits of TRE, shake it baby!
– a daily run
– joining a Pilates online class
– reconnecting with friends all over the place
– for being a stay-in-touch-genius
Let‘s carry on collecting sparklepoints!
I LOVE ALL OF THESE!!!
EXTRA sparklepoints for the disreputable trousers!
extra extra extra!!!
Sparklepoints for showing up – for work (already virtual so still in full force), for my kid, for my hubby, and for myself even though NYC is unrecognizable and fear is swirling. And extra sparklepoints for posting here, nerves and all, after doing a huge sparkledance for Havi and all of you for the joy radiating from the email, this blog post, and comments. Now off to shower myself with some more as I carve out a few extra creative, dreamy minutes for my own heart and mind before sleep.
Sparkledance! Self-showering in sparklepoints! RADIATING JOY! DREAMY MINUTES! Yes!
So many sparkle points for eating THREE meals! For solving work problems with creativity and grace!
5 zillion sparkle points for helping a student solve a problem with kindness and joy.
A bazillion sparkle points for working on the art that scares me.
Sparklepoints for looking into my Book of You and remembering that daily yoga practice makes everything better. Grateful that I’ve had the opportunity to build my mental health toolkit and now are able to dig and find what I need at the moment.
I’ll start by giving myself 1,000 sparklepoints for noticing I feel like I’m too late for this party, and 10,000 sparklepoints for joining any way 😉
I get another 10,000 sparkelpoints for jumping rope today, movement was really needed and it felt great.
5,000 on top for a video call to mom, and raise 5,000 more for lasting almost 1.5 hours and having fun with that!!
1,000 points for doing the dishes after dinner tonight to thank roomie for cooking, and 9,000 more for actually telling him how delicious it was!!
Your words and ideas and your sharing is filling me up right now… I have laughed and cried and cocked my head a bunch of times. Thank you.
In gratitude
Kelly
I am gave myself 10,000 sparkle points for finding this blog. Also, another 10,000 for canceling all blogs that were getting on my nerves.There are way to many self proclaimed gurus writhing watch and copy me blogs. Maybe I deserve 10,000 more sparkle points for finally being willing to turn down the bullsh@t meter!