Day 3... #100HappyDays

I could probably post this same picture every single day, but today especially, when I need to not think about anything and just be distracted...I'm happy to have my trusty Kindle Paperwhite.  Today's read:  "The King" by JR Ward.

Day 2... #100HappyDays

I walk past this tree every day.  I love how the owner took care to decorate it and make it look pretty during the winter months.  Pretty soon it will be wearing it's own accessories of green leaves.  But for now, this is darling...

Perry Street, New York

Loosen Your Grip...

liberosis
n. the desire to care less about things - to loosen your grip on your life, to stop glancing behind you every few steps, afraid that someone will snatch it from you...rather to hold your life loosely and playfully, bouncing freely in the hands of trusted friends, always in play.

Day 1...#100HappyDays

A friend of mine introduced me to this website:  100happydays.com.  Its not a new concept but really something so simple...and I'd love to just focus on some good stuff...

Every day submit a picture of what made you happy!  
It can be anything from a meet-up with a friend to a very tasty cake in the nearby coffee place, from a feeling of being at home after a hard day to a favor you didto a stranger.  


#100happyday challenge is for you - not for anyone else. It is not a happiness competition or a showing off contest. If you try to please / make others jealous via your pictures - you lose without even starting. Same goes for cheating.



So here goes!  

Day 1: 

Admittedly, I'm a little hungover this morning.  I got swept up in "Monday Funday" at a little tapas place last night...sangria and tequila shots gone awry. 

So today, I'm happy for my egg/cheese/prosciutto on croissant breakfast sandwich, coconut water, and iced coffee aka my "hangover cure".

Wherein I Learned Something From a Frog...

I know I've been boo hoo'ing a lot lately about...life...and having a rough go recently.  It's just...ya know...hard sometimes.  And I'm more often than not the kind of person that wants to figure things out rather than let them play themselves out.  Control issues...clearly.

So, I've been really choosy about the things I've been reading during my funk. NOTHING with any kind of emotional angst or that will release the waterworks.  Yesterday, I decided to reread "Frog" by Mary Calmes...my feel good book.

And it was in this book that I got smacked with this: "So now we've taught children to fear being abandoned and so as adults they either push people away so as not to be hurt, or hold them too tight and suffocate them."

BWAAAAA...that's me! That's me! That's me!!!!  And though this may not be some huge revelation or any new information...reading that, at this time and place in my life, felt like an 'aha' moment for me. No, it didn't fix my life's issues, but at least I can recognize some of the 'why's'.  

Thanks, Mary, for saving me a shit ton of money on therapy!

Do Better, Be Better...

It's weird getting to a certain age, being an adult, and still discovering yourself.  It's so easy to hide behind the "that's just who I am" mentality. It took enough time trying to figure that out, can't we just rest here?  :-/

I've been facing some struggles in life of late and have been surprised to find that I'm actually learning new things about myself.  That the person I thought I was might not actually be the person I am.  Maybe I went through my 20's in this self-discovery stage and just decided that was it...I found myself and that's who I will remain for the rest of my life.  Ahhh...the naivete of youth. :)

It scared me for a second...shit, if I'm THIS old and don't know myself by now, I'm screwed.  

But, actually, I guess it's kinda cool that I still get to learn.  I still have the ability to grow. I can DO better and BE better...that I'm not a lost cause.  *sigh*...and for that...I'm thankful.

Everything in Moderation...

Look, I can enjoy myself a good gif every now and again.  Some of them are too adorable for words and others crack my shit up. 

But today, I saw a review on Goodreads that had...FIFTEEN F'ING GIFS!!!!...and I almost lost it.  This person thought it clever to try and review via gifs, but it was insane, my computer doth protest, and honestly?...it was way more annoying and aggravating than anything close to charming.  

Now imagine that multiplied EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. someone 'likes' that review.  

I almost just deleted my GR account for life...I was that turned off.  

Please people...check yourselves.  Limit gif usage to only the most necessary and appropriate-to-the-situation opportunities.  And NEVER EVER more than 2-3 per post. I implore of you!

THIS IS A GIF FREE BLOG POST.