Melinda in Cincinnati wrote to say that she'd like more coaching exercises in the Charmed Monday Minute every now and then. Just for you, Melinda, here's a seasonally appropriate exercise for more self-knowledge and self-appreciation. It's called "Playing Favorites." To do it, pretend that you're Sister Maria from The Sound of Music you ask yourself, "What is my favorite...?" and list everything you can think of in every area of life. Coming up with 100 is not excessive. Remember, these are not things you want but rather things you love. For example, you can write that your favorite city is Paris without wanting to move there (or feeling glum that you won't be moving there). This is not a wish list, but instead a getting-to-know-yourself list and coming to see how amazing and magnificent you are. Here's an example (the answers are mine and they're real):
What is my favorite?... Color: Tiffany blue
Thing to do: Meet Adair at a Starbucks in NYC
Actor: Ed Harris
Actress: Diane Keaton
Season: Fall
Perfume: Trish McEvoy Vanilla Musk
Item of clothing: Dark blue corduroy DKNY dress
Poem: "Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood," Wordsworth
Restaurant: Sacred Chow, NYC
Broadway show: Phantom of the Opera
Movie: Auntie Mame (runners-up: Gone with the Wind, Moonstruck, The Birdcage, Forrest Gump, Gorillas in the Mist, Miracle of 34th St...)
Mode of travel: Train
Indulgence: The New Age Health Spa, Neversink, NY
Holiday: Christmas
Fiction book: The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Health book: Perfect Health, Deepak Chopra
Spirituality book: The Bible (runners-up: Alcoholics Anonymous, The Games of Life & How to Play It by Florence Scovil Shinn, The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav, How to Know God, Christopher Isherwood translation, The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse, A Most Surprising Song, by Louann Stahl)
Feng shui book: Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life
Dish that I cook: Vegetarian chili
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