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Boston Marathon Tragedy
I realize I am very behind in posting to my journal, and I'll play catch-up soon, but the events of today warrant at least a brief update. Details will follow, but for now, here is a statement I shared on Facebook ( Read more... ) -
Gratitude Sunday: New opportunities around every corner!
I feel like week after week, new experiences and new opportunities are presenting themselves to me, and I'm absolutely thrilled about it ( Read more... ) -
Gratitude Sunday: It's the little things
First, I should note that these Gratitude Sunday posts have really been helping me. Even the week is negative, it's nice to lift oneself up by reflecting solely on the positive. Surely changes one perspective, which is what the point of all these posts has been ( Read more... ) -
Gratitude Sunday: Making a house a home
"Where we love is home ..."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
What a relief it's been to know that Kevin and I will be staying in our current apartment another year. The decision to do so certainly eliminates any unnecessary instability with that regard. Now that we've decided to stay, we can finally invest in making our house feel more like a home.
I've ( Read more... ) -
Gratitude Sunday: Important decisions and the promise of tomorrow
"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for."
-- William G.T. Shedd
The proverbial "they" say life is about taking risks. If happiness is the desired outcome, you have to sometimes step out of your comfort zone and do things that aren't always logical. Kevin and I did just ( Read more... ) -
Gratitude Sunday: 47 Inches of Gratitude - in 3D!
While we might be in a tight financial situation, one thing Kevin and I don't do is blow our money on luxurious goods. Our small budget is more a result of my inability to find a job than it is superfluous expenditures. We hardly ever go out, we rarely buy new clothes, we're not blowing our money on alcohol, and we're frugal when it comes to ( Read more... ) -
In 2013, I see ...
Resolutions, to me, are more like general goals. I guarantee if I look back at my list of resolutions for 2012, I probably didn't meet a single one of them. And as to avoid feeling like a failure, a review of said resolutions will not be in order. But I am at a point where I can contemplate the year ahead ( Read more... ) -
2012 in Review (1000th Entry Edition)
(Backdated, again, obviously.)
Let me begin my saying this is my 1,000th entry on this journal! So congrats to me on that. I had logged 865 entries on my original journal badlydrawnboy which I used from July 2001 to July 2002, so that brings my total number of LJ entries to 1,865. If I keep up with making regular posts, I should hit the 2,000-mark by or before ( Read more... ) -
Gratitude Project: Days 54-61/61 (Holiday Edition)
Well, I pretty much dropped the ball on this Gratitude Project thing. And since it's been so long since my last update, rather than log my gratitude for each day missed, I'm going to break my own rules and make one single post encompassing my overall feelings of gratitude for this final week of 2012.
It's New Year's Eve and after tomorrow, the ( Read more... )
