Think Positive. Live Happy.
Posted in Dreams, Adventure, Imagination, Health, Happiness, Inspirational on Apr 21st, 2008
I’ve only just discovered the 101 things in 1001 days project. I know it’s been around for awhile now but I only just stumbled onto it last night. And this morning it got me thinking, mainly about whether or not I think I could actually do that and perhaps more importantly could I even think […]
Posted in Adventure, Dreams, Happiness, Inspirational on Apr 6th, 2008
One of the great appeals of the blogosphere is that you are bound to come across people of the same thread as you, whether it be there politics, lifestyle, style of writing, or family situation. In a way this can make you feel unbelievably average or you can take it as a great way to […]
Posted in Happiness on Mar 27th, 2008
I was listening to Italian music today, which reminded me of my brief stint living in Italy. It brought to mind one particular recollection: the time I ducked out of a Venetian opera. I had been lying on the divan in the living room of my apartment, reading a copy of Sue Monk […]
Posted in Dreams, Happiness, Inspirational on Feb 11th, 2008
There are moments when I get overwhelmed by the blogosphere. I assume everyone is like that but when it happens to me I’m always surprised. I edit blogs, run blogs, write blogs, and ready blogs daily yet there are days when I feel like I’m wading through Pay Per Posts and product endorsements without an […]
Posted in Imagination, Happiness, Fashion on Feb 4th, 2008
Monarch - I’m a huge fan of her stuff. And she’s got tons of beautiful designs that would make great gifts. A few of my favourites for V-Day are Love You stamped necklace, Elephant pendant, and Old Fashioned Love pendant.
Studio Mela - check out her prints.
TickleMePinkBoutique - I especially love this necklace.
The weird […]
Posted in Health, Happiness, Inspirational, Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2008
I talked to my brother this weekend and found out that he had run half a marathon, 13 miles, the day before. By himself. Because he felt like it. He’s been jogging on and off for about 3 years and in the last 6 months has been getting back into and there has been talk […]
Posted in Happiness, Inspirational on Jan 7th, 2008
There are few things as discouraging as being pick-pocketed on Christmas Eve. This is what happened to my mother while we were doing some last minute shopping in London. It happened right after we made our last purchases and she didn’t realize her wallet was missing until we received a call a few hours later […]
The New York Times has published a health article entitled “Brought on by Darkness, Disorder Needs Light.” The article discusses Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD, no pun intended) which affects many Americans. People who suffer from SAD become depressed during the cold winter months when there is less light and sunshine. […]
Posted in Imagination, Health, Happiness, misc on Dec 10th, 2007
In a post last week I used a comic by Toothpaste for Dinner, by far one of my favourite web comics. Let’s back track a bit though. A conversation with my mom last week made me realize how inaccessible the internet was to such a huge demographic, which includes my mother, that I am now […]
“Just try your hardest” is something we tell ourselves alot, but none of us really believe it, do we? Because the fact is ‘your best’ is never really good enough or else we wouldn’t walk around telling ourselves to ‘try your hardest’? Concepts like this are somewhat based on perfectionism - the idea being that […]