thumbs up: social media, technology, meeting new people, the interwebs, baking, cooking, tattoos, and fun.
thumbs down: mean people, closed-mindedness, rules, protocol, and archaic methods that make no sense.
I have a whiteboard in my new office space and I hated that it was so... white. I drew what just might be the most ridiculous turkey ever on it today. A friend suggested I call it "Turkey Faye Baker" - check out those eyelashes and that lip liner. How can you not be thankful?
Everyone likes to stay comfortable and safe. No change is best. This mindset was fine in the last century, but not this one!
Having a stable life without constant change is good, temporarily. Long term stagnation, however, is not healthy. It forces you to relax and becomes lethargic.
You have to understand that the world is changing everyday.
Everyone works hard to earn a living.
Everyone strives to have a better life.
Everyone improves hoping to better themselves.If you stay put and watch others go by, you will be left behind. People are always catching up. They are moving ahead each and every day, hour and minute.
Be unstable. Throw yourself out of your comfort zone. Be insecure!
Being unstable makes you want to stabilize.
You start to compare and set reference.
You start to see things in details.
You want to catch up so that you will be on par with the rest of the world.
You want to be the same as others, for the sake of comfort.
You move with them, the constantly improving ones.Hence, being instable is actually being stable. Ironical, right?
Taking a break and resting (for a short while) is good. But too long a period becomes detrimental to your future.
Improve through being unstable. It helps.
One day it will all be a distant memory, yet I can tell you now, with the supreme confidence of someone who's gone ahead in time to know, that you'll look back on this life and be so flush with love and admiration for yourself, your journey, and who it made you, that you'll wonder, as I do now, how it could possibly have escaped you then.
Maybe this will help. Your greater-self,
The Universe
I like to have candy on my desk at work and I couldn't find any individually wrapped pieces of delight that I cared for, so I went the Pez route. So, here's a shot of my Pez snowman dude on my desk flanked by my antique stamper things.
I was in a pretty miserable mood all day today. Irritable, cranky, restless... etc. I should probably have just had a snack and taken a nap, but instead I cleaned, organized, did laundry, went grocery shopping and baked brownies to take into the office tomorrow.
Went to a friend's house today to make homemade holiday cards. We had tons of fun and I left covered in glitter.
I've been telecommuting for my job for a while now. It was my choice to telecommute and working from home sounded like a fabulous thing, and for a while it was. Then I realized, that as a chatty damn person, I really missed face-to-face interactions with my co-workers. Today, I moved back into the office into my new space. I am thrilled beyond words to be back. Now - we accessorize.
Think back to a happy time. A really, really happy time in your life. Go back as far as it takes, to a time when you felt so light you thought you might float.
Do you remember it? The carefree feeling? The acceptance of the moment, of yourself, of life? Feeling unfettered by thoughts of the future and oblivious to the past? Feel it a little longer... There. Very nice.Yours,
The Universe
