Happy Inconvenience Yourself™ Day!

With a redesigned website and the third annual Inconvenience Yourself™ Day today, it is time to launch the Inconvenience Yourself™ blog. If you haven’t seen the new website, please take a look at www.inconvenienceyourself.com. I am thrilled that many Inconvenience Yourself™ ideas that have been bouncing around in my head are represented on the website - publishing the kids page of the site was a major milestone. One of my hopes is that kids will be encouraged by each other, parents and teachers to incorporate the Inconvenience Yourself™ concept into their lives at an early age.

Over the last three years, many people have shared their Inconvenience Yourself™ experiences with me. If you haven’t read any of the stories, you can find some great examples of the Inconvenience Yourself™ concept at http://www.inconvenienceyourself.com/cgi/kids_stories.cgi (these stories involve kids) or http://www.inconvenienceyourself.com/cgi/adult_stories.cgi (stories that involve grownups). Please continue to share your Inconvenience Yourself™ anecdotes and ideas at http://inconvenienceyourself.com/submit.html.

I have an Inconvenience Yourself™ experience of my own to share today. I live in South Florida. You may have heard about the widespread power outage yesterday with millions of people were without power. Yesterday was a busy day for me personally - lots of last minute things to do on Inconvenience Yourself™ Day eve. Many of those things involved a computer. When word of the power outage was broadcast, I received two phone calls. One from my friend Dawn, offering to let me come to her house to work since she had power. The second call was my sister, Ann, who lives well over a thousand miles away. She knew how much I had to do and was calling to see if she could help remotely some way. Both of these people displayed the Inconvenience Yourself™ concept. Offering their help at such a critical time for me deserves much thanks. Thanks to both ladies, not only for their offers of assistance, but encourage and support in the Inconvenience Yourself™ concept!

Coming Soon: We are gearing up to launch a weekly email to share brief stories and inspirational ideas. It will also include ideas of how to incorporate Inconvenience Yourself™ into your own life. If you would like to sign up now for the weekly communication go to http://www.inconvenienceyourself.com/join_list.html.