I rejoice in what I have and I know that fresh new experiences are always ahead. I greet the new with open arms. I trust life to be wonderful. – Louise Hay
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Today is day one of me really trying to work out and lose weight. But in trying really hard not to let what happened last time to happen again. I'm making sure I'm eating all my meals. And I bought protein powder to drink after my workout to help build more muscle. I . Only have a month. But I plan on making the most of it.
Last night, my computer of 6-7 years took a shit on me, I think. It's clutching really badly. My friend thinks it might be a virus. I think I need a new computer. But they are so expensive.
Where do you go to buy your computers, and what kind of computer do you recommend?
I firmly believe that we need to make the most out of the life we’ve been given. Life is too damn short to not do what YOU want to do in it.
I’m almost 24 years old, and when I finally settle down and have kids, I want to be able to tell them the things I did, the places I saw, and the people I did it with.
Life is too fleeting to spend it worrying about losing weight all the time, or stressing over a job that I hate, or not being able to afford all the things I want. So what did I do? I did something about it. I’m working out, but on my terms. I’m not going to stop eating all my favorite foods. I’m just going to cut back on how much I eat. I quit that job that I hated and found a job I really like. I may still not be able to afford all the things I want, but I don’t spend my money needlessly so that I have money to spend on the things I really really really want to do. Like travel. Or see a concert.
I want a lot of things out of my life, but I’ve noticed a few of them are material things that I probably won’t find as important after I have it for awhile. Those are the things I don’t buy for myself. If it’s not going to benefit me in the long run, I don’t want it.
I believe in life, you need to pick and choose your battles. I know it’s not as easy as I make it all sound, but what in life is? You have to want it so badly, you’d do anything for it. And I’m willing to not go shopping or watch that movie or go out to eat all in the hopes that I can use the money I would have spent on those things for the bigger things. And that’s why I can afford to do things my other people who make more money than me can’t. I know how to budget and save and crunch. I grew up being money conscious, and I believe that to be so fundamentally important in my upbringing.
It’s why my brother and I don’t have money problems. We know what we should and shouldn’t buy. What we can or cannot afford.
That’s my lesson of the day. You only live one life. There are no second chances.
Time isn’t always on our side. Take life by the reigns and do what you can in the time you have. Smile. Laugh. Enjoy.
I am back! Went to Colorado for a few days, but I'm back home in my apartment now. Tired. But, I can't go to bed yet, so I'm a little bored.
I have been so busy lately! Work, going home, working out, hanging out with friends... I barely have any time to myself. On Friday, I'm going home again and my mom and brothers and I are going to be going to Colorado for a few days for our family vacation. Well family minus my dad. But oh well.
Last night, I got to go out with Joe for the first time in months. Like, I've seen him a few times, but we haven't gone out out in literally months. He works 77+ hours every week and no one is really helping him. I feel so bad for the guy. He's so busy and tired all of the time. Doesn't help that he found out his roommate's been stealing from him, and he's moving out next month and has to find a place to live and figure out how he'll be able to afford it. He's just got a lot of shit going on.
He's taking a couple days off for vacation, although he still has to go in and work a few hours tonight. But that was why we were finally able to go out.
We went to the bar right next to his apartment like we always used to. And we actually had a real conversation. He told me about work and his roommate, and then we talked about his childhood a little bit and just whatever came up. It was wonderful. I love nights like that.
He was in an amazing mood. When we were outside, he was hugging me and holding me close. And then when we got back to his place, we were kinda holding each other in front of the building while he smoked, and then he kissed me a few times before we went in and sexy time was just great. It's the most fun we've had together in a very long time. If we were always this way, I'd be the happiest woman in the whole world.
As I was getting out of my car at my apartment complex, a group of men in the apartment complex next to mine were all sitting out on their patio and on the steps leading to the building. They started hollering at me and asking me to come over and hang out with them. I gave them a polite hello and just kept walking to my apartment. This has happened a few times since I moved in a two months ago.
I'm almost worried about coming home every day because I don't want to have to deal with that. I feel like I should feel guilty that I'm not indulging them even though they are the ones making me feel uncomfortable.
And this got me to thinking...
When I was growing up, I wasn't very popular with the opposite sex. There were always girls that were much hotter and more beautiful than me. And I'd hear them complaining about how guys were always hitting on them and making them feel uncomfortable. And I hated it because I always thought, You should be happy you're getting hit on at all. You could be me.
But I was taught to think that way. I was taught that women should feel special, honored, grateful when a guy hits on us. Girls should like that. It was a compliment. Now, there are men that are very sincere when they compliment me and don't make me feel weird at all. But there are more men that make me feel so uncomfortable. It's a form of harassment. It's not a compliment if you're pushing your feelings onto another person and then getting upset when they're not returning the feelings.
This mentality needs to change. It is not okay whatsoever. I should not have to be scared to walk from my car to my apartment. I should not have to go out of my way to avoid someone. No matter what the circumstances.
There is a wrong and a right way to compliment someone. I suggest you figure out which is which.
