Like many people, I work in an office. I’m basically on email at all times of the day: writing, drafting, deleting, filing, rereading.
And a lot of my emails start the same way: “hello, this is a friendly reminder to…”
Because everyone needs to be reminded of things sometimes. Because even though most things are automated, it doesn’t take away the fact that we’re human. And because it doesn’t mean we don’t have to be friendly about our little nudges and follow ups.
So, I figured that maybe we could all use a few friendly reminders. Not only on emails but on life.
Here’s my favorites:
- Friendly reminder that doing poorly at something does not mean you will fail at it permanently.
- Friendly reminder that being overwhelmed is a choice you make.
- Friendly reminder that sometimes a bath or a soft blanket is exactly what you need to recover from a long day.
- Friendly reminder that people’s opinions of you don’t define who you are.
- Friendly reminder that the stars are there, even if it’s too cloudy to see them.
- Friendly reminder that time may be the best distance between you and something you need to forget.
- Friendly reminder that it’s not always your fault.
- Friendly reminder that you’ve made at least one person’s day once in your life.
- Friendly reminder that the internet has a plenty of cute animal videos to go around.
- Friendly reminder that the world needs your story, however you want to tell it.
- Friendly reminder that the universe is rooting for you.
I hope these reminders are friendly enough. And I hope you have a friend when you need one. (I’m always here if you don’t.)
Bailey Dailey 