Two days in a row of blogging from work, yet I'm not ashamed since this is my last day on this project! Another thing that makes me happy.... It's my last day having to commute to work!!!! :)
Anyway, I digress. I was perusing some blogs, since you know I don't have any actual work to do, when I came across the goodbye post blogger Erin Meanley penned for her blog at Glamour. Her witty entries on dating, singlehood, and sex found there ways onto MSN.com, Esquire.com and taught people like me how to embrace being single. Her last blog entry did not let me down, and I want to share with you some words of wisdom she shared with her readers.
A Few Things I've Learned
Listen to your gut instincts.
If you compromise and don't voice what it is you want, you're basically admitting that the guy's needs are more important than yours.
Don't worry too much about the authorship in your own romantic narrative. Everything runs its course and you'll be able to handle it when it ends. Trust me.
Be happy.
Don't show up to a blind date already drunk.
Learn how to cook, or make beer.
Find a hobby. Be interesting. And truly get engrossed
Don't be afraid to be single.
Timing is everything.
We see what we want to see.
Don't blame yourself for all the delusions.
You are human. You are beautiful. You are deserving.
You should receive one compliment a day.
You shall have everything you want.
I wish you the very best.
Feel free to check out her collection of blog entries for Galmour here. When you have a minute give them a read, you may just find what you're looking for.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Quotable Quotes
I'm closing up shop on one of my contract work positions, and I realized that I had three quotes I had read and put aside to post on another day. I want to share them with y'all now. And Universe, thanks for the reminder. The three main things each quote pertains to (faith, dreams and life falling into place) are definitely three things I'm struggling with now.
On Faith
"As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit." - Emmanuel Teney
On Dreams
"If you're going to be passionate about something, be passionate about learning. If you're going to fight something, fight for those in need. If you're going to questions something, question authority. If you're going to lose something, lose your inhibitions. If you're going to gain something, gain respect and confidence. And if you're going to hate something, hate the false idea that you are not capable of your dreams." - Daniel Golston
On Life Falling Into Place
"Things work out the way they're supposed to, it turns out. And I've learned that sometimes, you're running a race that you really don't want to win." - Miss Doxie
On Faith
"As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit." - Emmanuel Teney
On Dreams
"If you're going to be passionate about something, be passionate about learning. If you're going to fight something, fight for those in need. If you're going to questions something, question authority. If you're going to lose something, lose your inhibitions. If you're going to gain something, gain respect and confidence. And if you're going to hate something, hate the false idea that you are not capable of your dreams." - Daniel Golston
On Life Falling Into Place
"Things work out the way they're supposed to, it turns out. And I've learned that sometimes, you're running a race that you really don't want to win." - Miss Doxie
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Vulnerable
vuhl-ner-uh-buh l - adjective
1. Capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon
2. Open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc.
3. (of a place) open to assault; difficult to defend
Wow, so it's definitely been awhile since I posted anything. My apologies to anyone who might still read this. There are definitely a multitude of reasons as to why I haven't posted anything of late, but I won't bore you with the details.
Anyway, the title of this post sums up what I want to write about as this adjective has come up when I'm discussing numerous situations I'm in. The bottom line is, I despise, would alsmost classify it as borderline hate, being vulnerable. Chalk it up to me being a perfectionist, a control freak, or being raised by uber protective, alebit loving, parents who made me feel like failure of any sort was unacceptable... Or chalk it up to one of my quirks that make me, well, me and it's something that I'll likely have to work on for the rest of my life.
It's not so much the criticism that I can't handle, it's more of the fear of getting it wrong that stops me dead in my tracks. This fear then kick starts the over analytical part of my brain into overdrive, and once that happens... look out, because as my friend CW once told me... I'm like a turtle, who decides to withdraw its neck back into its shell.
So as I was reading "Homer's Oddesy" (sidebar: yes, it's a book about a blind cat, but you know what... it's a pretty good read) the statement made by the author, Gwen Cooper jumped out at me.
"I think, though, that I was almost more afraid of success than failure. The prospect of picking up the phone and making a single call that would, if it went the way I hoped, change the entire course of my life was terrifying. But if you were never willing to be fearless, you would never achieve anything worth having."
That fear, of changing your entire way of life. Of leaving behind what you know, what is safe, what you're content with... has a way of running my life, and I mean that both literally and figuratively. But I'm telling myself now, and well, all of you, that it's time for me to stop running. To stop withdrawing back into my shell if I feel too exposed.
I'm making this resolution to myself to start being fearless...Let's see how it goes.
1. Capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon
2. Open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc.
3. (of a place) open to assault; difficult to defend
Wow, so it's definitely been awhile since I posted anything. My apologies to anyone who might still read this. There are definitely a multitude of reasons as to why I haven't posted anything of late, but I won't bore you with the details.
Anyway, the title of this post sums up what I want to write about as this adjective has come up when I'm discussing numerous situations I'm in. The bottom line is, I despise, would alsmost classify it as borderline hate, being vulnerable. Chalk it up to me being a perfectionist, a control freak, or being raised by uber protective, alebit loving, parents who made me feel like failure of any sort was unacceptable... Or chalk it up to one of my quirks that make me, well, me and it's something that I'll likely have to work on for the rest of my life.
It's not so much the criticism that I can't handle, it's more of the fear of getting it wrong that stops me dead in my tracks. This fear then kick starts the over analytical part of my brain into overdrive, and once that happens... look out, because as my friend CW once told me... I'm like a turtle, who decides to withdraw its neck back into its shell.
So as I was reading "Homer's Oddesy" (sidebar: yes, it's a book about a blind cat, but you know what... it's a pretty good read) the statement made by the author, Gwen Cooper jumped out at me.
"I think, though, that I was almost more afraid of success than failure. The prospect of picking up the phone and making a single call that would, if it went the way I hoped, change the entire course of my life was terrifying. But if you were never willing to be fearless, you would never achieve anything worth having."
That fear, of changing your entire way of life. Of leaving behind what you know, what is safe, what you're content with... has a way of running my life, and I mean that both literally and figuratively. But I'm telling myself now, and well, all of you, that it's time for me to stop running. To stop withdrawing back into my shell if I feel too exposed.
I'm making this resolution to myself to start being fearless...Let's see how it goes.
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