Monday, December 23, 2013
Home for the holidays!
After a very busy week of this and that, I am finally at home for the holidays! One week of family time :)
Last week was really fun! I spent my Sunday at a meeting with the yoga people, then dinner with Danielle! Monday was a pretty relaxing day of work, then mall, then volunteering at the yoga studio.
Tuesday, Jake and I drove to Red Deer, he made a non-impression on the family, and then we headed to Calgary to see Lauren! Calgary on Wednesday and back to Edmonton on Thursday. We stopped at the Donut Mill for deliciousness on the way back to Edmonton. Then I went to Clever Rabbit and Candy Cane Lane with Elizabeth! Rachelle was in town on Thursday so she stayed at my home Thursday and Friday nights and we hung out and drank and then she parted for home on Saturday. Saturday was gingerbread house making day and a free concert with Mardy at night time.
Sunday I drove home!
I'm glad to be home. I think it's about time to disconnect with some media.
January is going to be grand. I've decided it's time to detox. No junk food. No overly processed foods. Yoga galore. No drinking. Time to start running again!
Jake just took a job in Grand Prairie so he won't be around much, which gives me so much more time to focus on me and being the quiet me that I want to be. Hehe.
Also, that means yoga 7 times a week pretty much. I'm really looking forward to improving my practice :)
Last week was really fun! I spent my Sunday at a meeting with the yoga people, then dinner with Danielle! Monday was a pretty relaxing day of work, then mall, then volunteering at the yoga studio.
Tuesday, Jake and I drove to Red Deer, he made a non-impression on the family, and then we headed to Calgary to see Lauren! Calgary on Wednesday and back to Edmonton on Thursday. We stopped at the Donut Mill for deliciousness on the way back to Edmonton. Then I went to Clever Rabbit and Candy Cane Lane with Elizabeth! Rachelle was in town on Thursday so she stayed at my home Thursday and Friday nights and we hung out and drank and then she parted for home on Saturday. Saturday was gingerbread house making day and a free concert with Mardy at night time.
Sunday I drove home!
I'm glad to be home. I think it's about time to disconnect with some media.
January is going to be grand. I've decided it's time to detox. No junk food. No overly processed foods. Yoga galore. No drinking. Time to start running again!
Jake just took a job in Grand Prairie so he won't be around much, which gives me so much more time to focus on me and being the quiet me that I want to be. Hehe.
Also, that means yoga 7 times a week pretty much. I'm really looking forward to improving my practice :)
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Some writing
So I was cleaning my room tonight and I found an old written blog post that I wrote in class when I was bored. I decided to type it up and post it:
Everyday in yoga, instructors tell the class 'set your intention'. And many people settle on something like, I will breath throughout my practice, or I will not push myself for pride, and other things like that. But what if we set our intention on aspects of outside life too? Like I will smile at everyone today, or I will love myself entirely. If we follow through with our intention and become a bit better of a person everyday and if we recognize how good that feels, we could be a lot happier.
On Saturday, I watched "About Time" where one of the major lessons is entirely just appreciating life for exactly what it gives you, living everyday as though you have no stress and no rush. Whatever happens will happen, and if you accept that, life suddenly feels a hell of a lot better. Nothing is holding you back from living life completely in freedom except you. You create the barriers within your life and therefore you live with the consequences. Now think about your day. Were you rushing somewhere and didn't hold that door open for the next person? Di you make a rude comment to someone because you they didn't do something right? Did you not smile at that girl because you were too busy staring at your phone? Did you get stressed out because your bus was late? Etc.
All these emotions come from your perception of the situation. If we breathe, relax, enjoy every single moment and STOP thinking about time, we suddenly have a few seconds to make someone's day better, be nicer to people, and love our own lives a bit more. True happiness lies within self love and gratitude, but in order to do this, we must first realize what is truly important.
Everyday in yoga, instructors tell the class 'set your intention'. And many people settle on something like, I will breath throughout my practice, or I will not push myself for pride, and other things like that. But what if we set our intention on aspects of outside life too? Like I will smile at everyone today, or I will love myself entirely. If we follow through with our intention and become a bit better of a person everyday and if we recognize how good that feels, we could be a lot happier.
On Saturday, I watched "About Time" where one of the major lessons is entirely just appreciating life for exactly what it gives you, living everyday as though you have no stress and no rush. Whatever happens will happen, and if you accept that, life suddenly feels a hell of a lot better. Nothing is holding you back from living life completely in freedom except you. You create the barriers within your life and therefore you live with the consequences. Now think about your day. Were you rushing somewhere and didn't hold that door open for the next person? Di you make a rude comment to someone because you they didn't do something right? Did you not smile at that girl because you were too busy staring at your phone? Did you get stressed out because your bus was late? Etc.
All these emotions come from your perception of the situation. If we breathe, relax, enjoy every single moment and STOP thinking about time, we suddenly have a few seconds to make someone's day better, be nicer to people, and love our own lives a bit more. True happiness lies within self love and gratitude, but in order to do this, we must first realize what is truly important.
What more can I dooooo.. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU
So today I had an interesting experience!
I found out that my building's water heaters are all not working except one, the emergency one.
That means all the people in our condo are sharing a bit of hot water.
I turned on the shower this afternoon in attempt to have a nice shower, and the water was cold!!!
I felt greasy, but I decided not to take a cold shower and went to a meeting at the yoga studio and to dinner with Danielle, and then when I got home, I decided to try again.
The water wasn't hot, but it wasn't cold, so I climbed in. BRRRRR!!!!
And then about 3/4 of the way through my shower, the water suddenly got nice and toasty!
I actually screamed from excitement and cheered.
If I just got that excited and grateful for all the things that we seem to take for granted in our lives, we would be a lot happier people!
Think about it :)
I found out that my building's water heaters are all not working except one, the emergency one.
That means all the people in our condo are sharing a bit of hot water.
I turned on the shower this afternoon in attempt to have a nice shower, and the water was cold!!!
I felt greasy, but I decided not to take a cold shower and went to a meeting at the yoga studio and to dinner with Danielle, and then when I got home, I decided to try again.
The water wasn't hot, but it wasn't cold, so I climbed in. BRRRRR!!!!
And then about 3/4 of the way through my shower, the water suddenly got nice and toasty!
I actually screamed from excitement and cheered.
If I just got that excited and grateful for all the things that we seem to take for granted in our lives, we would be a lot happier people!
Think about it :)
Friday, December 13, 2013
Money
Now that I'm almost done school and ready to start working full-time, this subject seems to come up quite a bit... MONEY.
To me, success means having a good relationship with family and friends and being happy with life in general. To others, success means making lots of money and having material objects to show for it.
Today I was hanging out with Abhishek and his friend Kan, and their definition of success was money. Owning their own business, making 500 thousand dollars a year. They believe that in order to be happy, they must first be 'successful'.
Both of them believe that success comes before finding a nice girl to be with, and that with their success, comes meeting girls and finding their future wife.
It was really strange to hear these things, because they conflict so much with my definition of happiness and success. And what I want to do with my life.
When asked what I would do with a thousand dollars a day for the rest of my life, I said I would keep whatever I could live comfortably off of, and donate the rest to charity and then volunteer to help others.
I feel like if someone were giving me money and I didn't really do anything for it, why not share it with others?
Their money would be spent on buying houses and cars so they could show off how successful they are.
I feel like that's just so wrong. And maybe I'm too opinionated about that subject, but I guess that's how it is. I have really strong opinions and I express them and that makes me a very unlikeable person sometimes.
Sorry. Blah.
It's just one of those days. I'm tired, apparently I've said the 'wrong things' to my boyfriend, and I wish that I could feel good about being done exams, but I'm not.
I feel like nothing special happened today. I've gotten to the point where I'm feeling numb again.
To me, success means having a good relationship with family and friends and being happy with life in general. To others, success means making lots of money and having material objects to show for it.
Today I was hanging out with Abhishek and his friend Kan, and their definition of success was money. Owning their own business, making 500 thousand dollars a year. They believe that in order to be happy, they must first be 'successful'.
Both of them believe that success comes before finding a nice girl to be with, and that with their success, comes meeting girls and finding their future wife.
It was really strange to hear these things, because they conflict so much with my definition of happiness and success. And what I want to do with my life.
When asked what I would do with a thousand dollars a day for the rest of my life, I said I would keep whatever I could live comfortably off of, and donate the rest to charity and then volunteer to help others.
I feel like if someone were giving me money and I didn't really do anything for it, why not share it with others?
Their money would be spent on buying houses and cars so they could show off how successful they are.
I feel like that's just so wrong. And maybe I'm too opinionated about that subject, but I guess that's how it is. I have really strong opinions and I express them and that makes me a very unlikeable person sometimes.
Sorry. Blah.
It's just one of those days. I'm tired, apparently I've said the 'wrong things' to my boyfriend, and I wish that I could feel good about being done exams, but I'm not.
I feel like nothing special happened today. I've gotten to the point where I'm feeling numb again.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Bitch
Some days I am a bitch.
Today I want nothing to do with people.
I will continue to make people feel bad until they feel as bad as me.
Don't talk to me today.
ROAR.
Today I want nothing to do with people.
I will continue to make people feel bad until they feel as bad as me.
Don't talk to me today.
ROAR.
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