Ok, let's rewind back two and a half weeks ago. It's my birthday and i'm at work celebrating with coworkers at a bar. As one of the younger employees and thinking about life in general I ask all to answer one question.
"If you were 25 years old again, what would you do differently?"
Surprisingly there were two main answers repeated. Keep in mind I am surrounded by a melting pot of different cultures and ages as I was working in downtown Manhattan in the liquor business. So, diversity was not an issue.
The first answer was most people would have broken up with their significant other at the time. I was not too surprised by this answer as love is not always easy and not always so clear. I'm starting to find that my twenties are about finding myself. What my likes and dislikes are. What am I willing to fight for? Who do I give my trust too? What will I compromise on? What my favorite drink is?
The second most given answer was TRAVEL. Most people wish they would have traveled more. This one really resonated with me. As I sit here typing my blog and am essentially broke, I still have dreams of traveling. Last week I tuned into a show on the Discovery channel called Human Planet. I'm a total geek and will take a good documentary over a reality show ANY day of the week. Human Planet shows how people live, eat, and hunt in the most remote parts of the world.
It was so fascinating to see how a boy in the Altai mountains of Mongolia, trains an eagle to hunt for him. To see a relationship formed between man and nature had me in awe. I believe we were created with a connection to animals. When you are born in a city were the only nature you know are pigeons, which you have to dodge because they have lost there fear of man, you lose that connection. You don't know what you've lost if you've never felt it.
In our fast paced lives where we don't have time to look around us and even notice nature it was refreshing to see that there are people who do. I may not be able to afford it but I can watch shows such as these and dream of places I never knew existed.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
In the beginning...
One week. One whole week has officially come and gone since I was laid off from work. So, now I am on a journey hoping I can figure out what my next step in life will be a' la Eat Pray Love. When at rock bottom you can only look up, correct?
Last night before bed I was rereading one of my favorite books by the incomparable Kresley Cole. In her book, "Kiss of a Demon King" the super hot demon Rydstrom is seriously hurting after having his lungs bashed in. Sabine, one bad ass sorceress (probably my favorite character everrr) tells him,
"Now sleep, demon. And dream. Dream of what you need most."
As I laid in bed this sentence kept repeating in my mind, "Dream of what you need most." At 4:30am when all of life is still asleep, I have a thought, "Why not start a blog?" I can't be the only whose gotten laid off recently and feels like ass? Why not try writing how my journey goes in finding happiness? I'd like to order a plate of passion for life, with a side order of a fulfilling occupation, and for dessert I will take more laughter. Crazy thought right, I know.
So, here are my steps to figuring shit out:
1- Stop CRYING or at least minimize the time i'm allowing myself to cry. This seems to be getting easier as time progresses.
2- Exercise. Well at least go out for a walk when i'm feeling particularly sad. Every time I take a step I'm absolutely free to think, recollect, or just focus on music. There is something in the physical activity of walking that helps in purging the soul of negativity. It's almost as if you can sweat out all of the bad thoughts. It's probably the cheapest form of therapy ;)
3- Sit still for a couple of minutes and listen to the breeze, birds, and insects. Mother nature can soothe the mind with her whispers like no other.
4- Create a list in which you write the things you want for yourself. I'm not talking materialistic things either. I mean things that will shape you into a better person living a more fulfilled life.
This is by no means going to be easy and I make no guarantees my posts will always be on a positive note; but I do hope that after the reforging in the fire the blade will come out right this time.
Last night before bed I was rereading one of my favorite books by the incomparable Kresley Cole. In her book, "Kiss of a Demon King" the super hot demon Rydstrom is seriously hurting after having his lungs bashed in. Sabine, one bad ass sorceress (probably my favorite character everrr) tells him,
"Now sleep, demon. And dream. Dream of what you need most."
As I laid in bed this sentence kept repeating in my mind, "Dream of what you need most." At 4:30am when all of life is still asleep, I have a thought, "Why not start a blog?" I can't be the only whose gotten laid off recently and feels like ass? Why not try writing how my journey goes in finding happiness? I'd like to order a plate of passion for life, with a side order of a fulfilling occupation, and for dessert I will take more laughter. Crazy thought right, I know.
So, here are my steps to figuring shit out:
1- Stop CRYING or at least minimize the time i'm allowing myself to cry. This seems to be getting easier as time progresses.
2- Exercise. Well at least go out for a walk when i'm feeling particularly sad. Every time I take a step I'm absolutely free to think, recollect, or just focus on music. There is something in the physical activity of walking that helps in purging the soul of negativity. It's almost as if you can sweat out all of the bad thoughts. It's probably the cheapest form of therapy ;)
3- Sit still for a couple of minutes and listen to the breeze, birds, and insects. Mother nature can soothe the mind with her whispers like no other.
4- Create a list in which you write the things you want for yourself. I'm not talking materialistic things either. I mean things that will shape you into a better person living a more fulfilled life.
This is by no means going to be easy and I make no guarantees my posts will always be on a positive note; but I do hope that after the reforging in the fire the blade will come out right this time.
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