1) trying out a new habit starting this morning. setting my alarm for every two hours. when it goes off i will take five minutes and slow down and deep breathe and think of happy things, things i'm grateful for, good things coming, all that jazz. or nothing at all. lately i've been picking up momentum as the day progresses and by the time i'm on my way home i'm wound so tightly i'm just no fun or i stress myself out... time to sloooow it down and nip that in the bud--life is for enjoyment, not stress.
2) going to get christmas trees with my family tonight. fun!! love it!! last time ever tree shopping with them in cali! they bought a niceass bigass house in idaho and are outta here in february. can't wait to go look at the lights, (there's this neighborhood that everyone in the county traditionally goes to to drive up and down each street and look at all the extravagant decorations.. it's like a big parade..it's unofficially called candy cane lane.. fun!) and set up a tree in our tiny studio.. i always loved falling asleep to christmas lights.. my boi hates it of course but we're going to have them on one night off the next or something so we both get our way.
3) learning to 'under-promise, over-deliver' at work. it's so true that what you can do is what you can do, but where you set the expectations makes the difference between the client expecting you to be their slave versus them thinking you're a rockstar.. i've been setting expectations way too high..because that's what i would expect and what i expect of myself, but this gives me little room to 'go above and beyond' when i'm already kicking ass doing what i promised.. i tend to be a 'yes' girl with clients.. time to start drawing the line.
4) my dad is the most awesomest dad in the world!! he is also the most humble person i've ever known, but that's a different rant. my boyfriend was going to buy a bunch of his machinery from his and my grampa's shop.. well last night my dad told us he's going to sell the lathe, the mill, and the sheet metal break all to Shawn for $500 (and him putting the new trannie in his truck). he was already giving Shawn one of his welders! that's over $4000 in machinery not counting the welder!! how awesome is he??? i think he'd rather pass it on to me and shawn than sell it to a random stranger... and also he knows how much this will change our lives.. we're going to turn the mill into a c&c machine (where you can hook it up to the computer and input your design and it creates perfect custom parts for you without you having to do shit!).. we'll have eveything we need (all the BIG stuff at least) to build trucks and cars.. Shawn can start his business...
5) getting more an more stoked on starting school. i'm calling the tax lady today.. good god i've been saying i need to get those done forever.. well i couldn't file them online so i'll just pay her to do it dammit..i still haven't got ahold of my school to see when i need to apply and when the jan. session starts.. they're hella hard to contact.. but i will this week. i'm determined. i can't wait to have that lame piece of paper so people will believe that i can do what i know i can do with hair!
6) still haven't gone winter clothes shopping, and it's TIME. below freezing?? in SAN DIEGO?? gimme a break. BRR. this weekend for SURE! gloves and coats and jackets and stockings and flats and heels and thermals w00t!
7) keep forgetting to have someone take pics of my hair with a digi... need to before i start fucking with the color again... which i've been hankering to do..pinks and oranges and reds and purples are calling my name.. as well as blacks and greens.. mmm.. my boi's rooster hair turned out brilliantly.. only been two weeks and it's grown out and washed out though.. i will re do it and for sure take pics to show it off.
8) been reading the metabolic typing diet. best book on nutrition EVER!!!!! these people are SO freaking smart. if i ever could recommend ANYTHING to improve health for ANYONE it would be this book. i thought the maker's diet and restoring your digestive health and mercola.com were on the right track.. well they are but it's only a small piece of the health puzzle. metabolic typing is going to shift the health and nutrition paradigm as it spreads... way too much info to skim over in a blog. but basically it's about finding our your unique imbalances on a cellular level and building good health from there on up, rather than treating symptoms (even alternative medicine is symptom-focused and even natural remedies can be poison to one and a miracle for another)... there are SOO many factors in what each person needs to be balanced and healthy.. after hair school i will definitely get into nutrition and go work at one of these clinics.. i am so passionate about this.. i want to help people profoundly, and this is the way to do it! my gut tells me so!
9) kind of missing 'having friends'and 'hanging out'... but mostly not.. as harsh as that sounds.. i've got my goals, my family, my job, and my Boo, and that's more than enough to keep me occupied, especially since most people i would hang with go out at night to hang out, and i like to be in bed early ..and i also like sobriety..and it's hard to go out in the middle of the night after getting up early and working all day when you're sober..i definitely miss certain people and think about them daily.. ash, tea, daniel, adam.. hear me?? i miss you guys.. i'm just totally wrapped up in the momentum of my life and spending as much time with my family as possible before it requires planning a whole trip just to see them!
10) trying to decide if i want to make the holiday breads cookies and goodies or not. if i make them, i will eat them. if they're around, i will eat them. if i eat them, i feel like shit, i gain weight, my skin rebels.. etc etc etc.. hmmmmmmmm.... is it worth it???? havin fun, feelin holiday-y, delicious mmmmm.... versus feeling great and healthy and avoiding getting sick..
AND
Fractal cracks me the fuck up!!
2) going to get christmas trees with my family tonight. fun!! love it!! last time ever tree shopping with them in cali! they bought a niceass bigass house in idaho and are outta here in february. can't wait to go look at the lights, (there's this neighborhood that everyone in the county traditionally goes to to drive up and down each street and look at all the extravagant decorations.. it's like a big parade..it's unofficially called candy cane lane.. fun!) and set up a tree in our tiny studio.. i always loved falling asleep to christmas lights.. my boi hates it of course but we're going to have them on one night off the next or something so we both get our way.
3) learning to 'under-promise, over-deliver' at work. it's so true that what you can do is what you can do, but where you set the expectations makes the difference between the client expecting you to be their slave versus them thinking you're a rockstar.. i've been setting expectations way too high..because that's what i would expect and what i expect of myself, but this gives me little room to 'go above and beyond' when i'm already kicking ass doing what i promised.. i tend to be a 'yes' girl with clients.. time to start drawing the line.
4) my dad is the most awesomest dad in the world!! he is also the most humble person i've ever known, but that's a different rant. my boyfriend was going to buy a bunch of his machinery from his and my grampa's shop.. well last night my dad told us he's going to sell the lathe, the mill, and the sheet metal break all to Shawn for $500 (and him putting the new trannie in his truck). he was already giving Shawn one of his welders! that's over $4000 in machinery not counting the welder!! how awesome is he??? i think he'd rather pass it on to me and shawn than sell it to a random stranger... and also he knows how much this will change our lives.. we're going to turn the mill into a c&c machine (where you can hook it up to the computer and input your design and it creates perfect custom parts for you without you having to do shit!).. we'll have eveything we need (all the BIG stuff at least) to build trucks and cars.. Shawn can start his business...
5) getting more an more stoked on starting school. i'm calling the tax lady today.. good god i've been saying i need to get those done forever.. well i couldn't file them online so i'll just pay her to do it dammit..i still haven't got ahold of my school to see when i need to apply and when the jan. session starts.. they're hella hard to contact.. but i will this week. i'm determined. i can't wait to have that lame piece of paper so people will believe that i can do what i know i can do with hair!
6) still haven't gone winter clothes shopping, and it's TIME. below freezing?? in SAN DIEGO?? gimme a break. BRR. this weekend for SURE! gloves and coats and jackets and stockings and flats and heels and thermals w00t!
7) keep forgetting to have someone take pics of my hair with a digi... need to before i start fucking with the color again... which i've been hankering to do..pinks and oranges and reds and purples are calling my name.. as well as blacks and greens.. mmm.. my boi's rooster hair turned out brilliantly.. only been two weeks and it's grown out and washed out though.. i will re do it and for sure take pics to show it off.
8) been reading the metabolic typing diet. best book on nutrition EVER!!!!! these people are SO freaking smart. if i ever could recommend ANYTHING to improve health for ANYONE it would be this book. i thought the maker's diet and restoring your digestive health and mercola.com were on the right track.. well they are but it's only a small piece of the health puzzle. metabolic typing is going to shift the health and nutrition paradigm as it spreads... way too much info to skim over in a blog. but basically it's about finding our your unique imbalances on a cellular level and building good health from there on up, rather than treating symptoms (even alternative medicine is symptom-focused and even natural remedies can be poison to one and a miracle for another)... there are SOO many factors in what each person needs to be balanced and healthy.. after hair school i will definitely get into nutrition and go work at one of these clinics.. i am so passionate about this.. i want to help people profoundly, and this is the way to do it! my gut tells me so!
9) kind of missing 'having friends'and 'hanging out'... but mostly not.. as harsh as that sounds.. i've got my goals, my family, my job, and my Boo, and that's more than enough to keep me occupied, especially since most people i would hang with go out at night to hang out, and i like to be in bed early ..and i also like sobriety..and it's hard to go out in the middle of the night after getting up early and working all day when you're sober..i definitely miss certain people and think about them daily.. ash, tea, daniel, adam.. hear me?? i miss you guys.. i'm just totally wrapped up in the momentum of my life and spending as much time with my family as possible before it requires planning a whole trip just to see them!
10) trying to decide if i want to make the holiday breads cookies and goodies or not. if i make them, i will eat them. if they're around, i will eat them. if i eat them, i feel like shit, i gain weight, my skin rebels.. etc etc etc.. hmmmmmmmm.... is it worth it???? havin fun, feelin holiday-y, delicious mmmmm.... versus feeling great and healthy and avoiding getting sick..
AND
Fractal cracks me the fuck up!!
neverender:
im so with you on #3. im so guilty of the same thing. thanks for the insight, i need to start making a change to this RIGHT NOW!
scheisskopf:
It seems you're right.