Appreciation

Sometimes it's the little things that you are willing to do that will take you so far........ 

In the midst of having two meetings and a conference call, I got a chance to take a break from working to meet five wonderful ladies today at the Siskey YMCA. They are some of the senior citizens that attend water fitness and Thai Chi classes. They all met at each other thru their water fitness classes and now they stay after class to battle it out playing Mexican dominoes. Those ladies were so nice to me. They taught me how to play and really took out time from their game to get to know me. 

How often do we ever just stop what we are doing to meet and hang out with our senior citizens anymore? They hold a wealth of knowledge that you can get FREE of charge. I learned how to get established with one of my businesses thru the direction of two senior citizens. I will always appreciate them taking out time to teach me the business from beginning to end. 

I can't wait to go up to the YMCA next week to see those ladies again. Maybe next time I will muster up the courage to play with them. If not, I will sit there, listen, and learn something new! 

 

   

Happy Monday???? Happy Monday!!!!!

I absolutely love Monday!!! I know that many people wouldn't be able to think to say those words, let alone say it but I do! I love Monday because it puts you back in a more "proactive" mode.  You have to dig deep to regenerate that energy that has been stabilize from Saturday and Sunday. I see people out in their cars in unison driving to the same or similar locations in a race to beat the red lights, sneak over to the fast lane before the slower cars can go over there and slow everybody down, and get to their destinations first! Oh do I just love Monday!!!

I love my Monday morning walks. I am usually walking against the traffic and everyone is looking at me. I smile and wave at them. Some have their game faces on fully concentrated on getting to their destinations and don't even see my hand while other smile back and/or wave.

Monday should not get such a bad wrap but it does because for many Monday is a "game changer". No matter how much you see Monday coming and know that things "change" because of Monday it still gets a bad wrap!

I got a real good look at how people respond to change when facebook made those radical "changes". I'm not gonna lie. The ticker drove my eyeballs insane! What did I do? Found a way to hide that ticker... at least on one of my pages. I found that "hide sidebar" button on my personal page and Bam! Its gone! The change was still there but I "adjusted" to that change and quickly!

I love Mondays so much because I love "change". I love adjusting and maneuvering through "change". As a model that also carry multiple hats in business and as a mother, change is as close to me as God and my daughter.

The next time the alarm wakes you may be it be a clock, your trained brain, or that person kneeing you in your back on a Monday morning and you frown, ask yourself  "Why do you REALLY frown on Monday?" If it has anything to do with some form of a "change" then laugh at yourself! Monday didn't do anything to you so quit bullying up on Monday. Deal with the real corporate.... "Change" .

Why do I have to choose???

I would like send a special shout to everyone that takes great naps but their naps were originally suppose be a full's night of rest!!! 

Did you get too hot or did that special someone make such a racket right before they went to bed that it woke you up as they were going to sleep?  

I got too hot! I want to cut on the air but then it will be too cold in here. That double edge sword. I decided on just running my box fan on high. We shall see how this goes. 

My thoughts for tonight are on sleep, obviously, but also on Choice. Choice as it relates to how I want to write this blog. 

I received a notice that I needed to figure out the content of my blog so I can find other people with the same interests to follow and in return they can follow me back. Well, I am a very random person. I want to talk about whatever comes to my head at that particular time! I might want to discuss anxiety in a post then discuss how insomnia is not my friend in another post. The one thing I don't want to do is have a blog about one thing. I don't even like reading about one thing, even the happy ones! Why? Because my interest change from one emotion to the other. The life of being bipolar! 

I will write on matters of my heart but I will leave it at choice, open or random blogging because I just don't want my blogs to really fall under just one thing! My life doesn't fall under just one thing. I will say that my blog won't be emotionally sappy because that kinda energy is just not healthy at all. So I will leave it a informative, positive, matters of my heart blogging. That's my choice! 

With that being said, I am going to go cut the air back on. This fan is just not enough. 

What do YOU do for Anxiety???

I have been in the bed trying very hard to calm my nerves DOWN!!! I really hope I don't have to take any medicine but it feels like my heart is beating so fast its got me shaking!!! Would really hate to take my blood pressure right now because I know that bottom number is probably through the roof!!!

I have been dealing with Anxiety disorder way longer than the depression ever came into my life.

Anxiety has been the cause of my many bouts with my stomach and lack of appetite (weight fluctuation), falling asleep and waking up to full blown panic attacks, issues with my blood pressure, and even depression spells.

Before I resort to taking any meds, I generally try and work through the anxiety by either deep penetrated meditation, mid impact cardio, or even just talk with someone about why I am so anxious. If none of those things work, then I will take my prescription anxiety medicine.

For those that have anxiety issues, what things do you do that you have found helpful? I am always open to hear what has helped for others.

A Long Time Coming

I am so thanking God right now for giving me the ability to achieve any and everything that I set my mind on doing when it comes to challenges!

I probably only got 2 good hours of sleep last and woke up with A LOT of anxiety!!!

Butterflies that I will finally have readers to my blogs and comments to my post!

*Fingers crossed*

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