{slow down}

“Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast –  you also miss the sense of where you are going and why."
--Eddie Cantor

{getting started}

“The way to get started is to stop talking and start doing.”
--Walt Disney

Stuff your eyes with wonder . . .

Stuff your eyes with wonder . . . live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
- Ray Bradbury, "Fahrenheit 451"

Make it happen for yourself

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream; you've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself." --Diana Ross

“For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in theharness, striving mightily; let us ratherrun the risk of wearing out than rusting out."--Theodore Roosevelt

Alice laughed, "There's no use trying," she said,"One can't believe in impossible things.""I dare say you haven't had as much practise," said the Queen."When I was your age, I did it for half an hour a dayAnd why sometimes I believed as many as 6 impossible things before breakfast."-Lewis Caroll, Through The Looking Glass

Starting fresh

“Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action and purpose."--Lance Armstrong

"It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through." — Zig Ziglar

I am just full of quotes today. I made myself get up an hour and 15 minutes earlier than I normally would today and made myself go workout. I will admit it was hard to do, but when I was up and dressed despite the cold, I was happy to be up and alive. When I got home I was awake and relaxed, ready to start the week. I even got to work 45 minutes early. I feel like this will become a new trend for me, I feel like I will get so much more done in one day! I also think it will make me more aware of the food I consume as I have already worked out and I will be more likely to no eat something I really shouldn’t.

Here’s to a good start to the week! One more week of freedom!

School starts in 8 days!

days of much exhaustion

"Exhaustion sets in when we are too accessible too much of the time. A soul-numbing sadness comes when we realize that a certain quality of life and quality of presence is slipping away as a result of too much ‘convenience’. Breaks in the day that used to be small windows of replenishment for body and soul.. are now filled with noise, interruption and multi tasking. What feels like being available and accessible is really boundaryless existence that offers no protection for those things that are most precious to us. ~ Ruth Haley Barton"
i feel like i never have enough time to just sit, relax, sleep, eat, study, read. I'm pretty sure this is something that i choose for myself however. i want to help out where i can and make things easier for others. this cuts into my me time. if there is such a thing.
For lack of a better word i lack the creative outlet. I make myself available for others and forget i need to be there for me. For my sanity. I need to get a new creative outlet or a way to relieve myself.

work

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
— Henry J. Kaiser