Things I Want

The things I am want that will never come without hard work:

My degree from a school I feel happy at
A career that really serves
Good relations with everyone in my life
To be fluent in French
To visit Europe
To climb mountains
To run a marathon
To get married in the temple
To always have a close relationship with God
To read books
To be truly healthy

The Good Life

The Good Life consists of deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one more component: using these same strengths to forward knowledge, power, or goodness. A life that does this is pregnant with meaning, and if God comes at the end, such a life is sacred.

Martin E P Seligman

Not Worth It

Foods that aren't worth it:

French fries
Potato chips
Onion rings
Soda
Condiments
Fruit punch and sports drinks
Jelly
Butter
Candy
Cream cheese
Cream
Dessert toppings
Gravy

All empty calorie foods. This doesn't mean I am not going to eat all the pumpkin pie I want this fall, it just means I am going to do my best to avoid these foods on a day to day basis! Saving it for an occasion.

Thought I would share.

Old Times

Today I'm feeling very open to nostalgia. This is not uncommon for me, but I'm just lately recognizing the large space in my heart that is forever filled with memories with all the best friends I made during high school! All of my absolute BEST times have been with these girls. They always brought out a side of me nobody else could. We were the weirdest, most annoying and (in our opinion at the time) funniest people on Earth.

Thank you girls for making life fun.

Pleasure Vs Joy

Pleasure is a powerful source of motivation, but it does not produce change; it is a conservative force that makes us want to satisfy existing needs, achieve comfort and relaxation. . . . Enjoyment [gratification] on the other hand is not always pleasant, and it can be utterly stressful at times. A mountain climber may be close to freezing, utterly exhausted, in danger of falling into a bottomless crevasse, yet he wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Sipping a cocktail under a palm tree at the edge of the turquoise ocean is nice, but it just doesn't compare to the exhilaration he feels on that freezing ridge.

-Authentic Happiness

Chapter 7 on happiness in the present

Beautifully said.

Photo Shoot Fun

This is what happens at our "Photo shoots"

And I have the funniest bffs on Earth.

Let it be known.

1 AM Blogging

So... blogging on my phone isn't exactly the ideal way to extract my thoughts but it is one in the AM and my brain is overfilling so here I am.

It might just be the pressure of the migraine being covered up by pain killers that is pushing all my thoughts out the door because now that I sit here wide awake I'm not even sure where to begin.

This last year I have struggled time and time again with confidence issues. I can root back to several occurrences that might have made this a real setback in my life but the more important thing is that I have been overcoming my insecurities and learning to trust and love myself like I used to. For the first time in ages I feel proud of my personal life goals and confident I will achieve them. I am not lessening myself to any other persons path. I feel worthy, credible, smart and interesting. I feel like I can appreciate others for who they are without putting myself below them. I trust myself. I know myself. I know what I will allow in my life and what I won't. I look forward to the future and know it is a good one because I put myself in the best positions I can everyday. I feel loved, and I love with all of my heart the people in my life and this whole world.

I feel comfortable in my own skin. I never realized how important that concept was until I didn't feel comfortable with myself.

I am feeling like a positive human being. How simple but how important.