Feb. 13th:
Don't worry about what others think, worry about what you will think of yourself if you never try.  We may look awkward trying new things, but as long as fun is had, who cares?  <3

Better, Baby!

"It never gets easier, you just get better"

Feb. 12th:

The level of task we lay before ourselves never changes, we just build strength the more we perform the tasks.  So go forth and get better.

For the next month, I will be packing my house and preparing to move.  We offered on a place and were accepted, eek!  I'm buying a condo, I think that makes me an adult now.  At any rate, I will have less time for these motivational blurbs, so I'm asking for forgiveness in advance.  They may just be the picture with a quote I like, and no explanation at all.  I will do my best to find super good quotes!  Keep up the good work, I'll be back to wasting pixel space before you know it <3

Rawr!

Feb. 11th:

There are a bazillion (literally, I counted) motivational quotes on pinterest.  This sums it up nicely, exercise requires some motivation.  You may not on a daily basis be in peril like in the above picture, but wouldn't you want a chance of getting away?  When you exercise, go to your ability, but always try and push it a little, just to see how far you can go.  Before you know it, you'll be picking fights with T-Rex at the local bar just for fun ;) 

Rawr! Rawr! Rawr!  <3<3<3 (three times the love Tuesday)

Know thyself

Feb. 10th:

I often find myself overeating when I'm bored or have nothing to do with my hands.  Watching tv is particularly difficult to do without chips or popcorn.  I try and keep water on hand for times like that, it helps me feel full and gives me something to do besides stuff my face with a bag of doritos.  If I am going to sit for awhile, I have a hobby that occupies both hands and yarn.  Can't have messy fingers, nor can you eat and crochet at the same time, so that helps too. 

The point is to identify where you feel your weaknesses are and find strategies to overcome them.  You know yourself better than anyone, use that knowledge to your advantage! <3

Yes you can!

Feb. 9th:

Back to your regularly scheduled posts of inspiration.  I apologize for my lapse the last couple of days, but hey, if you've been reading my brain droppings up to this point you must be a glutton for punishment ;)  Or you just like my well versed nerdness.  Either way I'll take it.

It's easy to say "I can't because...x,y, or z."  To give up before we start because we have already decided that "it" can't be done.  Whatever your "it" is, be it a new job, a new relationship, new lifestyle, whatever your dream, tell yourself you can.  You may start with baby steps, but every journey starts with one step.  If you need someone to affirm you, then listen to me when I say, yes, I believe you can do it!  <3
 

Home is where my family is

Feb. 8th:

Okay, at the moment I'm looking for inspiration for myself, and this one resonates.  My job certainly worked this way.  I was in a position at work that had rotating shifts and I didn't mind it at the time but we needed one of us on day shift for our daughter.  Of the two of us, I was the one eligible to go to the instrument shop, and man did I drag my feet and moan and complain.  Now, I can't believe how good life is.  I work a regular shift doing something that I find completely fascinating with amazing people, not that there weren't amazing people where I worked before, but it just adds to the awesomeness of the situation.  So it seems that it is usually just my dislike for change that makes me miserable until I see what the change brings.

Now that the headache is gone and my stomach resides in its intended location, I can think a little more clearly.  Life is about change, and a home is merely a house where a family lives and loves.  So wherever I live will be home as long as my family is with me.  <3

Change...

"All great changes are proceeded by chaos"

Feb. 7th:

I feel a little upside down at the moment.  We have until April to evacuate our house because of renovation needs.  We have started to look at condos in the hopes of staying in the area so Elizabeth won't have to change schools.  She already wants to pack.  I'm dying and trying for her not to see it.  I hate moving, and I hate the unsurety but who knows what is in store for us.  I had hoped that the possibility of buying our own place would leave me with more optimism, but I imagine I'll feel better in the morning.   At the moment I'm working on a headache and trying to keep my stomach in its correct location and out of my throat.

I will try to be slightly more inspiring tomorrow, but at the moment I need some myself, the well is a little dry.

<3