Ever since last holiday time (back in ATL) I made a vow to try and eat a dark chocolate piece every day. I heard somewhere that it was healthy good for me. I don't eat one every day, but I would say at least once a week.
Today, I had one, and on the inside of the wrapper was a saying, "Take time to notice the color of the leaves changing." Not sure why, but it struck a cord. A little of it might be because its the 11th anniversary of 9/11, the seasons have started changing, and this morning was picture perfect, but I was in too much a rush to actually appreciate it. I woke up an hour later than planned (I turned off my alarm in my sleep), ran around my apartment like a mad woman, didnt blow dry my hair, didn't make the bed... but I will say, I was able to leave the apartment with a lunch. A lunch that my amazing and extremely sneaky boyfriend made for me last night and left in the fridge with a note. I saw it this morning, and just though, 'Wow.... just wow'. And ran out the door.
Now after seeing my chocolate quote of the day, after eating my delicious sandwich, and after getting back from a quick walk about the block- This day, reminds me how amazing it is to live the life I do, love the people I do.....I am going to walk home from work today also- just to soak it all in.
Peace, Love, and Enjoying,
B
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
What to do....On the first day of Fall
Who ever took down the GoDaddy server.... you suck. I love my new job. It rocks. I depend on sending out e-mails, getting in touch with people, and sending them off onto a new job path. I rely on a few things to do my job:
a) LinkedIn
b) e-mail (in any form, on my phone, on the computer, anywhere so I can get messages)
c) phone
If one of these things goes down- I have a problem.
And today... someone decided (that someone clearly was not me), BY CHOICE, to take down the whole GoDaddy server. What do I have to say to this one person- why?? Just why.
You could have taken down my Facebook, or a random news site, and that would have been just fine with me. But no, on my Monday, the start of my week- the day I use to get into the grove, you take it down. As Stephanie from Full House would say, How Rude.
In other news, today marked the first day of fall in my books. The weather was amazing. Clear blue skies, a chill in the air that put a pep in my step. People here say fall is amazing, and this morning I could see why. Its getting me pretty excited for the next 2 months.... but then I realized, after fall comes winter.... that will be a different discussion for a different day.
Lesson for today: its not so much a lesson, more so a general rule of thumb, if you have the chance to balitently ruin someones day.... just don't. Its not nice.
Peace, love and refreshing my e-mail every 5 minutes,
B
a) LinkedIn
b) e-mail (in any form, on my phone, on the computer, anywhere so I can get messages)
c) phone
If one of these things goes down- I have a problem.
And today... someone decided (that someone clearly was not me), BY CHOICE, to take down the whole GoDaddy server. What do I have to say to this one person- why?? Just why.
You could have taken down my Facebook, or a random news site, and that would have been just fine with me. But no, on my Monday, the start of my week- the day I use to get into the grove, you take it down. As Stephanie from Full House would say, How Rude.
In other news, today marked the first day of fall in my books. The weather was amazing. Clear blue skies, a chill in the air that put a pep in my step. People here say fall is amazing, and this morning I could see why. Its getting me pretty excited for the next 2 months.... but then I realized, after fall comes winter.... that will be a different discussion for a different day.
Lesson for today: its not so much a lesson, more so a general rule of thumb, if you have the chance to balitently ruin someones day.... just don't. Its not nice.
Peace, love and refreshing my e-mail every 5 minutes,
B
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
I know, I know
I know- its been a while. I know I made a promise to write EVERY day. I know that I just haven't. And I am not even going to make an excuse for myself. All I am going to say is.. It happens- that little thing called my life. And in my 365 days of this year, I have had a complete turn around.
Here's whats been going on in my life-
- New job, has completely changed my life. There are not enough words that I cant type to describe the turn around in my overall well being. Media planning was just not for me, and that's fine. Media recruiting, having the potential to make more money, having the potential to help another person, having the potential to just do more, has turned on a motivation in me that I never even knew existed.
- T has started traveling 3 days a week- which is not my favorite thing in the world. But over the past few weeks, I have now been forced to think about things I like to do with my free time. What have I discovered? That I really want to learn how to cook better. So I have started finding recipes on pinterest and just trying them. So far, haven't messed them up too bad- but practice makes perfect. I make a pretty mean banana bread (in my opinion....), so I figure I could master a few other things .
- My mom came in to visit this past weekend for Labor Day. Her and I have not spent a few days alone together in quite some time, and it was much needed. As she liked to say, we saw all of the very important museums in the city, aka Bloomingdale's, TJ Maxx and all the shops in Manhattan we could walk to. We ate our way through the city, and even made friends with our waiters who gave us after dinner drinks, on the house- who doesn't like that confidence booster?
-Zumba has become my new challenge. Lets just say, I do not have the best rhythm, but, I am going to get better. I'm determined. Yes, this white Jewish girl is going to be good at Zumba. My hips don't lie, and right now, they are saying- this chick can't dance for shit.
-In the past 3 months, I have sailed on the Hudson twice- summers in NYC are unlike anything I have ever seen. Summer here is like heaven- people leave work early to go day drink. If its nice out, no way will people stay in the office past 4. The time between Memorial Day and Labor Day is the no work zone. I guess when most of the year is cold, rainy, snowy, and gloomy, you learn to appreciate the nice weather even more. I'm not going to fight it. I believe there is the phrase that says, 'if you cant beat em, join em,' This is a trend I have no problem fighting
That basically recaps the past few weeks (more like months, saying weeks makes me feel better about my absence). As always, I am going to try and write more- but no promises.
One thing I will say, 106 days into my 365- not a dull moment.
Peace, Love, and cant believe its been 106 days since my birthday,
B
Here's whats been going on in my life-
- New job, has completely changed my life. There are not enough words that I cant type to describe the turn around in my overall well being. Media planning was just not for me, and that's fine. Media recruiting, having the potential to make more money, having the potential to help another person, having the potential to just do more, has turned on a motivation in me that I never even knew existed.
- T has started traveling 3 days a week- which is not my favorite thing in the world. But over the past few weeks, I have now been forced to think about things I like to do with my free time. What have I discovered? That I really want to learn how to cook better. So I have started finding recipes on pinterest and just trying them. So far, haven't messed them up too bad- but practice makes perfect. I make a pretty mean banana bread (in my opinion....), so I figure I could master a few other things .
- My mom came in to visit this past weekend for Labor Day. Her and I have not spent a few days alone together in quite some time, and it was much needed. As she liked to say, we saw all of the very important museums in the city, aka Bloomingdale's, TJ Maxx and all the shops in Manhattan we could walk to. We ate our way through the city, and even made friends with our waiters who gave us after dinner drinks, on the house- who doesn't like that confidence booster?
-Zumba has become my new challenge. Lets just say, I do not have the best rhythm, but, I am going to get better. I'm determined. Yes, this white Jewish girl is going to be good at Zumba. My hips don't lie, and right now, they are saying- this chick can't dance for shit.
-In the past 3 months, I have sailed on the Hudson twice- summers in NYC are unlike anything I have ever seen. Summer here is like heaven- people leave work early to go day drink. If its nice out, no way will people stay in the office past 4. The time between Memorial Day and Labor Day is the no work zone. I guess when most of the year is cold, rainy, snowy, and gloomy, you learn to appreciate the nice weather even more. I'm not going to fight it. I believe there is the phrase that says, 'if you cant beat em, join em,' This is a trend I have no problem fighting
That basically recaps the past few weeks (more like months, saying weeks makes me feel better about my absence). As always, I am going to try and write more- but no promises.
One thing I will say, 106 days into my 365- not a dull moment.
Peace, Love, and cant believe its been 106 days since my birthday,
B
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Feeling home...
Finally, once i landed in nyc after 8 hours of traveling, i made it back to nyc. A funny thing came over me in the can on the way back to my apartment. When i saw the city, for the first time ever, i felt at home. Im not sure if its the exhaustion from traveling or lack of sleep from working, or maybe this city has actually grown on me, but for now, its my homd. Before, it was home because T was here... But now i can honestly say, its home.
Peace, love and a realization,
B
Air port delays..
Well, after 5 days in minneapolis working with my parents... Its finally time to head back to nyc. My bed is waitib, but so am i. My flight has been delayed so far for 5 hours and still counting. What have i learned? I really dont think i could travel full time... Ever.
But big things ahead for me. I have the next 2 days off, and then mondy i start my new adventure and job... After working for my parents for a weekend, and working with people instead of a computer screen, my anticipaton for my new job grew even more. Im a people person. Through and through...
Hopefully well take off soon
Peace, love and ready to leave minneapolis,
B
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Break Downs
So. I had a break down this morning. Total over reaction. About what, I have no idea.
But when I say break down, I mean sitting in my apartment, alone, crying for no reason. Maybe its the overwhelming feeling of change, alot of change in a short period of time. Or maybe its my hormones, but most likely, its both.
But I just sat there this morning, on skype with T (because of course, he is out of town for work)- crying, at 8AM. Gotta love the roller coaster of emotions. I will say, after crying my eyes out for about 20 minutes, I did feel a whole lot better- but what does that solve? Nothing. There was nothing wrong, but maybe just the release of the tears, release of emotions. Sometimes I feel like my tears are everything I want to say, but cannot put into words, they come out all at once, and then I close right back up, building up the tears until the next explosion.
I need to start working on expressing myself more, and releasing my true emotions- something i have tried to work on in the past but always seem to fail.
Lesson for the day: I just have to cry,. and I dont care if it seems weak. Big girls cry too.
peace, love and finding some dark chocolate to soothe myself,
B
But when I say break down, I mean sitting in my apartment, alone, crying for no reason. Maybe its the overwhelming feeling of change, alot of change in a short period of time. Or maybe its my hormones, but most likely, its both.
But I just sat there this morning, on skype with T (because of course, he is out of town for work)- crying, at 8AM. Gotta love the roller coaster of emotions. I will say, after crying my eyes out for about 20 minutes, I did feel a whole lot better- but what does that solve? Nothing. There was nothing wrong, but maybe just the release of the tears, release of emotions. Sometimes I feel like my tears are everything I want to say, but cannot put into words, they come out all at once, and then I close right back up, building up the tears until the next explosion.
I need to start working on expressing myself more, and releasing my true emotions- something i have tried to work on in the past but always seem to fail.
Lesson for the day: I just have to cry,. and I dont care if it seems weak. Big girls cry too.
peace, love and finding some dark chocolate to soothe myself,
B
Thursday, July 5, 2012
its been a few days
So, its been a few days. And man, a few days it has been. Well... I have put in my 2 weeks notice at my current job and moving on. I just learned that what I was doing, media planning, was not for me. I am not a numbers person, I am no someone who can be behind a computer all day, buried in an excel document. There is noting wrong with some people loving it, because there are plenty of people who love it, just not me. So, on to the next one.
Its a funny story. I had been on the hunt for a new job for a few weeks (so lets track this back to the beginning of June). I had gone on a few interviews, but nothing to get to excited about. The biggest problem I had in all the media planner interviews and job opportunities, was that, in all honestly, I wasn't excited. The jobs sounded exactly like what I had been doing, and I already knew I wasnt happy, so, I know this was bad, but I didn't put in 100%. Totally not like me. But then a friend suggested me to a small recruiting agency to get help with finding a job. I took his advice and gave them a call.
During the meeting with the recruiters, I started asking them questions about what they do... and basically turned the meeting around into a question session about recruiting. And what happened next, blew me out of the water. They asked me if I was interested in recruiting, because they were hiring. Without any hesitation, I said yes. This was an out of body expierance I had never had before. I said yes before I could even think about it, there was a push for me to just say yes. I listened to my gut, came back for an interview, and fast forward to now, I am starting a week from Monday.
Woah. that's all I have to say. What a change, and what an adventure. This would happen to me. I have helped a few of my friends get jobs, and have had a lot of friends come to me or advice on finding jobs- and truly, I loved helping them, so why not make money at something I already know I enjoy?
So whats the lesson I have learned? My gut feeling, sometimes, not always, but sometimes will lead me to things I had never imagined.
peace, love, and excited for this adventure,
b
Its a funny story. I had been on the hunt for a new job for a few weeks (so lets track this back to the beginning of June). I had gone on a few interviews, but nothing to get to excited about. The biggest problem I had in all the media planner interviews and job opportunities, was that, in all honestly, I wasn't excited. The jobs sounded exactly like what I had been doing, and I already knew I wasnt happy, so, I know this was bad, but I didn't put in 100%. Totally not like me. But then a friend suggested me to a small recruiting agency to get help with finding a job. I took his advice and gave them a call.
During the meeting with the recruiters, I started asking them questions about what they do... and basically turned the meeting around into a question session about recruiting. And what happened next, blew me out of the water. They asked me if I was interested in recruiting, because they were hiring. Without any hesitation, I said yes. This was an out of body expierance I had never had before. I said yes before I could even think about it, there was a push for me to just say yes. I listened to my gut, came back for an interview, and fast forward to now, I am starting a week from Monday.
Woah. that's all I have to say. What a change, and what an adventure. This would happen to me. I have helped a few of my friends get jobs, and have had a lot of friends come to me or advice on finding jobs- and truly, I loved helping them, so why not make money at something I already know I enjoy?
So whats the lesson I have learned? My gut feeling, sometimes, not always, but sometimes will lead me to things I had never imagined.
peace, love, and excited for this adventure,
b
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