"The world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too."
- Herbert Samuels
Monday, June 22, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Monday morning inspiration!
"Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
- Mark Twain
- Mark Twain
Monday, June 8, 2009
Monday morning inspiration!
"When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either."
- Leo Burnett
- Leo Burnett
Monday, June 1, 2009
Monday morning inspiration!
"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."
- Rita Mae Brown
- Rita Mae Brown
Monday, May 25, 2009
Monday morning inspiration!
"The mind covers more ground than the heart but goes less far."
- Chinese proverb
- Chinese proverb
Monday, May 18, 2009
Monday morning inspiration!
"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved."
- Victor Hugo
- Victor Hugo
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Learning how to say no...
For as long as I can remember, I've over-committed myself. On any given day, I have projects swirling around, jostling and interrupting each other for my attention. I do it at work - I agree to take on basically whatever is thrown my way. I do it with friends and family, volunteering, you name it.
Not to say that this is always a bad thing, because I truly like helping other people. The problem is, I do not know how to say no. So I end up spending a lot of my time, my very precious free time, working on things that I'm just not excited about.
Last night, I tossed and turned and could not fall asleep because I was just running through my to do list in my head. One of the many things that kept repeating itself was... ugh, my blog, I have to update my blog. I felt guilty that I haven't stuck to my three-posts-per-week rule (self-imposed rule, of course), and I felt like I haven't really had anything to write about lately! I started this blog originally to document our move from DC to Indiana... and we've been here for nine months now!
Swirling through my thoughts were two other big, huge, mountainous thoughts that have really dominated and affected every other thought I've had: first, I came thisclose to losing my job recently, and second, I had a mole removed that turned out to be pre-cancerous.
My perspective has changed.
And what it comes down to is this: I am eliminating things that stress me out or make me feel guilty. Like my MySpace page. I hadn't logged on in months, yet I felt horrible deleting it. But, I did it, it's gone, and it was actually a weight off my shoulders!
This blog has been stressing me out lately... trying to come up with witty, pithy things to write about, attaching interesting pictures, etc. was just getting to be no fun. And yet I felt obligated to continue posting because, well, because I told myself I had to. Because I started this project. Because the reality with blogs is there's no end until you say no.
So I'm saying no. For now.
This blog does not energize or engage me like it used to. I think since the purpose changed, I lost sight of where I was going with it. So for the meantime, I'm going to focus on those projects that make me the most happy! Beyond my friends and family, the two things I love the most in this world are:
1. Writing. I love to write. Even if it's just a couple scribbed paragraphs in my journal describing the weather, it makes me infinitely happy. So I'm going to continue writing, and I'm going to maintain that web presence.
2. Dogs. Yes, I'm obsessed. But playing with my pups is one of the brightest joys in my life. I love volunteering at the local humane association, I love training Emmett for his therapy work, I love it all. So I'm actually going to increase puppy-related projects.
Sooo this blog is going on vacation! I'm not sure for how long, and I'm not going to worry about it. In fact, I'm really kind of relieved because if I want to come back to it, I can. If I don't, then so be it!
In the meantime, I scheduled ahead some quotes for the Monday Morning Inspiration, so for another five or six weeks you'll continue to receive those. After that, who knows. But please feel free to keep in touch via my writing, my dog blog (which I am so incredibly thrilled about), Facebook, Goodreads, or any of the other zillion places you can find me online!
Cheers!
Not to say that this is always a bad thing, because I truly like helping other people. The problem is, I do not know how to say no. So I end up spending a lot of my time, my very precious free time, working on things that I'm just not excited about.
Last night, I tossed and turned and could not fall asleep because I was just running through my to do list in my head. One of the many things that kept repeating itself was... ugh, my blog, I have to update my blog. I felt guilty that I haven't stuck to my three-posts-per-week rule (self-imposed rule, of course), and I felt like I haven't really had anything to write about lately! I started this blog originally to document our move from DC to Indiana... and we've been here for nine months now!
Swirling through my thoughts were two other big, huge, mountainous thoughts that have really dominated and affected every other thought I've had: first, I came thisclose to losing my job recently, and second, I had a mole removed that turned out to be pre-cancerous.
My perspective has changed.
And what it comes down to is this: I am eliminating things that stress me out or make me feel guilty. Like my MySpace page. I hadn't logged on in months, yet I felt horrible deleting it. But, I did it, it's gone, and it was actually a weight off my shoulders!
This blog has been stressing me out lately... trying to come up with witty, pithy things to write about, attaching interesting pictures, etc. was just getting to be no fun. And yet I felt obligated to continue posting because, well, because I told myself I had to. Because I started this project. Because the reality with blogs is there's no end until you say no.
So I'm saying no. For now.
This blog does not energize or engage me like it used to. I think since the purpose changed, I lost sight of where I was going with it. So for the meantime, I'm going to focus on those projects that make me the most happy! Beyond my friends and family, the two things I love the most in this world are:
1. Writing. I love to write. Even if it's just a couple scribbed paragraphs in my journal describing the weather, it makes me infinitely happy. So I'm going to continue writing, and I'm going to maintain that web presence.
2. Dogs. Yes, I'm obsessed. But playing with my pups is one of the brightest joys in my life. I love volunteering at the local humane association, I love training Emmett for his therapy work, I love it all. So I'm actually going to increase puppy-related projects.
Sooo this blog is going on vacation! I'm not sure for how long, and I'm not going to worry about it. In fact, I'm really kind of relieved because if I want to come back to it, I can. If I don't, then so be it!
In the meantime, I scheduled ahead some quotes for the Monday Morning Inspiration, so for another five or six weeks you'll continue to receive those. After that, who knows. But please feel free to keep in touch via my writing, my dog blog (which I am so incredibly thrilled about), Facebook, Goodreads, or any of the other zillion places you can find me online!
Cheers!
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