I should be packing

Ooh I just looked at the clock and it is 11:11. Quick make a wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ok so back to it. I should be packing right now. I am going to visit my mother in a few days and have NOTHING in my suitcase yet. I spent most of this evening doing closing summaries for work. I didn't even make a dent in the amount of them that need to be completed. I can finish those when I get back but I wanted to be able to turn some in. I want to be able to start the new month COMPLETELY caught up. Looks like that isn't going to happen but I am pretty damn close. That is all I can hope for nowadays. Some days at work I find it difficult to keep sane let alone do notes or any of the other paperwork, phone calls, or emails that are required. Yes I am complaining but I really do love my job. Anyone who knows me knows that. I love working with the clients . . . well most of them! (haha) Anyways so back to the point, I am supposed to be packing. I really don't like it so hence the procrastination. I am getting home late tomorrow night because of The Artists Way workshop so I wont be able to do much then. I should have been done with it tonight. I am going to do my best not to stress over it, but if I know myself the stress will rear its ugly head. That's usually whats at the tail end of procrastination and I am the queen bee of that! Anyhoo I am exhausted so I am going to bed. But first I have to throw my empty suitcase on the floor!

Today . . .

was a long day. Some drama went down at work that could have, no let me rephrase, SHOULD have been handled differently and more efficiently. On a positive note no one was physically hurt so that is good.

I want to write more but I am exhausted! I think its time to go to sleep. Hopefully more inspirational or at least entertaining blogs to come in the future :)

It begins here

I am reading this book called The Happiness Project and I am loving it. There are so many changes I want to make in my own life to work towards improving my own happiness. I consider myself a pretty happy person but who doesnt want to be happier right? One thing I would like to do is start to write on my blog nightly. Even if it is only a few sentences. Just sharing how my day was, or a funny story, or insights and awarenesses I might have had. I think this will be good for me and my happiness and for my creativity. Now I am not trying to set myself up for failure. There might be nights where I dont write and that is ok. I am learning not be be so hard on myself and to give myself some slack too. My goal, or my resolution that is (read the book to learn more) is to write nightly. I will be talking more about the book and things I would like to incorporate into my own life in future blogs. I am hoping this is interesting to those that follow me, but to be honest I am doing this for myself. I think it is so improtant for people to do things to make themselves happy instead of trying to find it from an outside source. Not to say that its not good to gain happiness from outside sources too. I am just realizing that if I make myself happy I am more apt to accept and appreciate happiness from others. One of Gretchen Rubin's (author of The Happiness Project) Splendid Truths is "One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy; One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself". See I care about all of you too! I am just looking forward to this journey and to all the information I will learn about myself and others and to the growth that will take place. Its all about happiness folks! Goodnight and Be Happy!

Late night thoughts. . .I really should be sleeping

I just thought it has been awhile since I have written anything. I think about coming on here all the time and then I get distracted. I think of amazing, inspirational, sometimes thought provoking things to say and then I sit down to write and cue the crickets! Its like my brain is a child going "No! I don't wanna!" Sometimes I think I am afraid of what my fingers will type but then other times my mind just goes blank. I do want to start writing more often. I want to start writing more poetry and sharing things about my life, and the books I am reading, and the friends I have, and how much I love my job some days and hate it the next! I want to get it all out so the energy doesn't build up inside of me. Always good to release it in whatever medium you choose. My mediums happen to be creative ones. I started to do Artistic Journaling (original piece shown above) and FELL IN LOVE WITH IT!! I hope the fact that I used CAPS gets my point across! I love it. It is such a great way to express yourself. I have a spiral bound art notebook that I am creating. More pictures to come. Even if I work on a piece for a few minutes or a few hours it is an instant stress relief. It brings me a calm. I feel in sync with my life and what is going on at that time. Even when I was upset and angry I worked on one and felt so much better. It doesnt matter the mood I am in. I am so grateful for the workshops I have been taking called The Artists Way! I have learned so much about myself, myself as an artist, and art itself. Artistic Journalism was something taught to me during the last workshop. It has open my horizons further then I ever thought was possible! My inner artist is alive and I LOVE that feeling! <3