Do you ever have those days where you focus entirely too much on what’s missing in your life? I think we all do. I am 100% guilty as charged more than ever lately. Last night I was out running, most likely pondering something that’s missing, and then rapper T.I said these words into my earbuds: “Stop Looking At What You Ain’t Got And Start Being Thankful For What You Do Got.” (So Live Your Life…
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“…I do not intend to get dramatic, but life is about feeling and emotion…Love, laughter, and joy, as well as pain, longing and sorrow, are all part of the ride. Without the latter, you cannot truly appreciate the former, cannot come to understand just how much you truly care…I’m experiencing and growing, and with this comes some suffering, but it’s part of the deal. I feel I’m headed in the right direction….. Passion is what…
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The other day was my three year anniversary in Hawaii. Every year at this time I read the journal entry I wrote on the plane on the way here. I’m not sure why, maybe to remind myself that I bravely took a risk and a leap into the unknown, or maybe to reflect on all the people I have met and experiences I’ve had here since that day. Of course, before making my big leap,…
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Happy New Year! For the first time in a very long time, I wasn’t working at a restaurant on New Year’s Eve. For that reason, I felt the urge to do something to ring in 2012. Go watch some fireworks? Go to a bar? Surely if I’m not working I should be doing something exciting. What I really wanted however, was to sit on the couch with Brian, eat potato chips and gummy worms and…
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A few years ago, I discovered Christine Hassler‘s book Twenty Something, Twenty Everything and since then I’ve been on her mailing list. On New Year’s Eve, I received an email outlining her New Year’s Ritual. I love it so much, I wanted to share it. I think it’s a great way to start a new year. This New Year’s ritual that I’m sharing with you will support you in letting go of the past and clarifying…
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