I have been 31 for a month. Well, tomorrow, technically. I can no longer deny it, I am in my 30's.
While most people make New Years' Resolutions in January, I save mine for my birthday. So, I leafed thru all the 'positive' emails I received December 31st and came up with a doozy. I posted it in it's entirety.
HANDBOOK 2010
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13.. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously.. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything..
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change...
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37.. The best is yet to come...
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Last but not the least:
40. Please Forward this to everyone you care about, I just did.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
31. Yippee.
I vaguely remember on the eve of my 29th, I was pounding the streets looking for something monumentally stupid to do, just so I could do one last thing to "chalk up to my youth". I was in bed by 10:00 pm.
I woke up the next morning, on my birthday, & ran to the mirror to see if I'd notice the difference my new maturity brought. Kind of like you do when you're 13. Well, I can say with great confidence that after 365 days of checking the mirror first thing in the morning, that being 30 really only means that you are, well, a year older than 29.
As I searched for a name to describe my current feeling (as no one really understands you when you say, "meh, I've been feeling like playdough lately") I ran across this article:
"Welcome to Your Quarterlife Crisis"
"You can't make any decisions because you don't know what you want. And you don't know what you want because you don't know who you are. And you don't know who you are because you're allowed to be anyone you want. How messed up is that?"
http://www.eyeweekly.com/article/55882
This!! Is!! Me!!
Except I'm Thirty. One.
Upon reading, I felt a bit embarrased. I cannot explain to anyone what I do for a living, because I have barely kept a job long enough to know. I have three friends, none of whom I've hung out with in the last month. I don't have one friend I've known for more than 5 or 6 years living in the same city. I have a closet full of things I don't wear, in no particular order, that were purchased with no regard as to how flattering they would be on my body. And my BODY!!! Uh, let's not go there....
How have I allowed a decade to go by without carving out an identity?
For the next 365 days, I. Will. Find. ME. And I invite you to follow me on my journey.
I woke up the next morning, on my birthday, & ran to the mirror to see if I'd notice the difference my new maturity brought. Kind of like you do when you're 13. Well, I can say with great confidence that after 365 days of checking the mirror first thing in the morning, that being 30 really only means that you are, well, a year older than 29.
As I searched for a name to describe my current feeling (as no one really understands you when you say, "meh, I've been feeling like playdough lately") I ran across this article:
"Welcome to Your Quarterlife Crisis"
"You can't make any decisions because you don't know what you want. And you don't know what you want because you don't know who you are. And you don't know who you are because you're allowed to be anyone you want. How messed up is that?"
http://www.eyeweekly.com/article/55882
This!! Is!! Me!!
Except I'm Thirty. One.
Upon reading, I felt a bit embarrased. I cannot explain to anyone what I do for a living, because I have barely kept a job long enough to know. I have three friends, none of whom I've hung out with in the last month. I don't have one friend I've known for more than 5 or 6 years living in the same city. I have a closet full of things I don't wear, in no particular order, that were purchased with no regard as to how flattering they would be on my body. And my BODY!!! Uh, let's not go there....
How have I allowed a decade to go by without carving out an identity?
For the next 365 days, I. Will. Find. ME. And I invite you to follow me on my journey.
Welcome to My Thid Life Crisis.
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