30 Days to a New You!

Greetings friends!

We've made it to February and I'm still excited about doing new lifestyle changes for this year! I am determined to get back on track by taking better care of myself and one way I'm doing that is by getting my meditation on. Yes, I'm talking about sitting in a cross-legged position holding my pointer finger and thumb together and chanting 'OMMMMMM’. The effects really are glorious!

Although I tend not to show it so much in public, I carry a lot of anxiety and it hits the hardest when I’m around high strung people for long periods of time. Mediation is a great way for me to come back to center and feel balanced again. I feel more alert and calm when I meditate on a consistent basis. So what do you do when you need practice? Duh! You join a 30 day meditation challenge!

Sometime last year I happened upon a 30 day yoga challenge through DoYouYoga.com. It's a totally awesome website where you can find out everything under the sun about yoga and meditation. A major rabbit hole is what it really is, because if I read one post then I end up reading at least 5 more!

Here are a few benefits of meditation:

Reduces Stress 

Encourages a Healthier Lifestyle 

Slows Down Aging (woo hoo!) 

Improves Concentration & Clarity  

You Become More Self Aware

Reduces Pain Brought on by Tension  


What's there not to love about everything on that list? And all I did was list a few! I implore you to do something good for yourself today..... I dunno, with maybe meditating! :) So will you be brave enough to join the challenge with me?? I think you should. Just click here to sign up! 

Ciao! 

Weekly Wishes #24

 Greetings Friends!

 

 

Its that time again for weekly wishes! Did you set any goals for last week? If so, how did they go? Are you just joining me? Let me explain what happens for Weekly Wishes..

The Happenings: You share your weekly, monthly, or yearly goals/wishes/achievements and you get to be a part of this big group of people that are doing the same thing. Yay! Wanna join in? Check out The Nectar Collective and add a link to your blog!

 

 

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Hello and Happy Tuesday! I don't know where you are, but I hope it's been as beautiful there as it has been here in Atlanta. Fall generally has great weather, no? It generally has weather that's not too hot and not too cold. Although I will admit that I do blast the heat in the car on the way to work..... And have the seat warmers on. :) I find it odd that plants here a still blooming. It's almost like Spring except that leaves are falling and stink bugs are out all over the place.

 So what's been going on with you? I feel like I'm going through a period of personal growth lately. I think this weeks wishes will reflect that.

 So let's talk about what happened Last Week...

 

 

Last Weeks Wishes

 

 

• Can I be honest with you? Just between you and me... I'm a little (a lot) nervous about getting back into coding or even studying how to code. A while back, I took and advanced class to learn how to code. Initially I was geeked about learning something new. Then I got in class and felt like a complete and utter dunce. It made me a little discouraged and afraid to dive back in. What if I'm not good at it and all the negative voices in my head are right?? I let my fears convince me to not crack open one studying session this week. You know what that means.. I gotta put it back on the list for this week!

• Now I was all over de-cluttering the living room! Done and done! I even got rid of quite a few articles of clothing and made tons of room in the closet. It felt really good. I plan on getting rid of even more at some point. Maybe I'll tackle shoes next.

• Sometime last week I finally saw a little light in the tunnel of my darkened creative tunnel. Yay! I posted about this really kool street art mural and it among other things got my imagination moving right along.

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This Weeks Wishes

•  Here we are again at doing some studying for coding. The Boo and I decided to have studying night some time this week. I'm thinking Wednesday. It will be a nice little mid-week break from the norm. I haven't decided if I'm going the book route or the online lesson method. We shall see.

• So like I was saying at the top, I really feel like I'm in a state of growth. I'm been surrounding myself with positive sayings, words, and pictures. I'm excited that Deepak and Oprah will be having another free 21 day meditation series starting November 3rd. I figure I may as well get a head start and get back into meditation and journaling. I want to meditate for at least a couple minutes every day and maybe journal twice this week.

• This morning when I came into work, one of my co-workers noticed a few people with the cup warmers I've made. When he inquired where they came from, I was delighted to inform him that I was the source of such colorful creations. Now I have an order to do one for him! Yay! My goal is to finish it by Friday. :)

Do did anything inspire you this week? What did you put on your list to scratch off? I'll be here. Tell me, I'd like to know!


Ciao!

 

Weekly Wishes #19!!

Salutations All!

Its that time again for weekly wishes! Did you set any goals for last week? If so, how did they go? Are you just joining me? Let me explain what happens for Weekly Wishes..

The Happenings: You share your weekly, monthly, or yearly goals/wishes/achievements and you get to be a part of this big group of people that are doing the same thing. Yay! Wanna join in? Check out The Nectar Collective and add a link to your blog!

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Hey Hey Now! I do so hope that everyone accomplished their goals for last week. It looks like I'm becoming a Weekly Wisher on Tuesday instead of Monday... That will change as soon as my class is over over over!! Which thankfully will be mid-September! Yay! After I finish my coding class I'll be doing some graphic design training online and at my own pace. Accelerated programs are not for the faint hearted. In between class and studying, I've been crocheting my little heart out and loving it. I want to be fully prepared and ready for this upcoming Fall. The weather is already cooling down quite a bit here in Atlanta, which is very unusual but I'll roll with it. It's better for business.. Ha! So let's talk about what happened last week..

Last Weeks Wishes

* Better Attitude towards class - er.... If anything it got worse!! I keep thinking about how lost I feel and how I'm not understanding what's going on. At this point my mind just has a wall up and it's not allowing any new information in. I'm just ready for it to be over basically.

* Meditate - I knocked this on out of the park! I love to meditate. I didn't get a chance to meditate everyday, like I wanted to, but the fact that I got some in is good enough for me. :)

* Plan Etsy Stuff - As I mentioned above, I've been crocheting my ass off mainly over the weekend and I've made some plans about what I want to add for the season. I'll have quite a few headbands (like pictured above) available as well as cup/mug accessories. #I'mgeeked!

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This Weeks Wishes

* Better Attitude - I'm gonna keep this one on the list. I just must simply have patience and get over this mental block. I have no choice but to succeed!

* Crochet! Crochet! Crochet! - This won't be hard at all!! I'm in such a crochet mood right now it's all I want to do with my free time. I may even start back to taking my supplies to work and crocheting on my breaks. We shall see.

* Clean Up My Etsy Shop - I want to take away some listings as well as decide on which ones will be on sale. Maybe a pre-Fall sale? A give away? I dunno. I'll think of something.

I think this is definitely enough for now. What have you been up to and trying to get done? Good luck on your wishes this week!

Ciao!

Weekly Wishes #18

Salutations All!

Its that time again for weekly wishes! Did you set any goals for last week? If so, how did they go? Are you just joining me? Let me explain what happens for Weekly Wishes..

The Happenings: You share your weekly, monthly, or yearly goals/wishes/achievements and you get to be a part of this big group of people that are doing the same thing. Yay! Wanna join in? Check out The Nectar Collective and add a link to your blog!

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Well hello there! I really did plan on writing more this past week than I did, but I ended up feeling sick by the end of last week. I just gotta tell you it was not a fun time. Now it's a new week, with fresh possibilities and I'm hoping that many great things come my way. Speaking of great things, I was sitting and watching Project Runway the other day and as always, my hands were itching to create something. (I get inspired by watching others create awesomeness) So I decided to make something simple and mindless where I didn't have to count stitches and behold a coaster was born! 

 

Then I figured why stop there and then a cup hat was born. Now I have both at work and I'm full on inspired to make more. I'll be adding some to My Etsy Shop for the fast approaching Autumn season. Yay! Let's talk about what happened last week shall we?

      Last Weeks Wishes

* Faster Homework - Meh... Because I was feeling heinous when I had the most free time to get homework done, I didn't get any done! When I was feeling better I did try my hand at it and got about halfway through it before I hit 'The Wall'. After that I just slowly closed the laptop and sneaked out of the room, before my homework found out I was leaving and tried to persuade me to take another stab at it. It just wasn't gonna happen.

* Track Food & Eat Better - I did this one about halfway. I started out good tracking everything in my little phone app and taking pictures and everything. Then it got a little harder to look at the truth of what I was eating, when I wanted a delicious fatty burger instead of the healthy leftovers I had waiting on me. I'd say overall, I'm doing better than I was before AND I'm drinking more water and less caffeine! That counts for something, right?? Oh yeah.. And I'm down one pound.. Yippee!! 

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This Weeks Wishes

* Better Attitude - As you know, (maybe you don't if you're a newbie) I'm taking a class on how to do some coding. Plain and simple, It's kicking my ass!! To be honest I get really discouraged sometimes, because I feel like I'll never grasp the information and it all becomes very overwhelming. But! I have to remember that I'm smart, that I can do this, and I'm not the only one having a hard time grasping certain things. The plan is to write down a couple of mantas and read them whenever I'm feeling puny about my level of understanding.

* Meditate - Yep. It's back on the list. Not because I haven't been doing it (when needed), but because the Chopra Center 21 day meditation Challenge has finally started! Whoop! Whoop! I always seem to start out doing good and then fall off and won't meditate everyday. I'm trying to go all the way this time baby!! WHO'S WITH ME?!?

* Plan Etsy Stuff - I really wanna sit down and look at what I want to make for the Fall to add to my Etsy Shop. I have an idea of what I wanna do, but it's time to start making decisions on what is what and then get to crocheting. 

So what have you been up to? Did you get what you wanted accomplished last week? Let me know!

Ciao!

Weekly Wishes #15

Salutations All!

Its that time again for weekly wishes! Did you set any goals for last week? If so, how did they go? Are you just joining me? Let me explain what happens for Weekly Wishes..

The Happenings: You share your weekly, monthly, or yearly goals/wishes/achievements and you get to be a part of this big group of people that are doing the same thing. Yay! Wanna join in? Check out The Nectar Collective and add a link to your blog!

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By the time you read this it will be Tuesday, but Happy Monday anyway!! I've just come back from a glorious vacation and got to see all of my family at our annual reunion. I hope you had a great weekend like I did! It's been a couple weeks since we last talked about Weekly Wishes, because well I just needed a break. Plus, I needed to use all of my free time to finish up some crochet projects and to finalize some things I've been setting up. We'll talk about that a little later on though!

Last Weeks Wishes

* Set Up Tours - Done & Done! I've actually visited two campuses, one being The Art Institute & the other being Herzing University. I love, love, loved the Art Institute! However I didn't love the price... Herzing, was on some BS. They advertised that they had Web Development at the Atlanta campus, but when I got there and spoke to someone they advised me that they only offer it online. If I wanted to do an online school, I certainly wouldn't have been looking at them! All in all, looking to go to school was a bust. (Yes, I looked at other schools as well.)

* Meditate - I did meditate a couple of times, but not as much as I wanted to. Luckily enough there is another Deepak & Oprah 21 day meditation coming up! Yay!! Why don't we do it together? Click Here! There is always a theme and this time it's titled "Expanding Your Happiness". It starts on 8.11.14, so you still have time to sign up! :)

* Continue Reading EatQ - I will say that I picked up the book and read a couple lines... But that was about it! Ha Ha.. I guess I was busy doing other things or just wasn't in the place to hear what was being said at the time. I'll pick it back up at some point though.

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This Weeks Wishes

* Acclimate to the Mac - Although trying to go back to school was a bust, I'm proud to say that I have been accepted and given a partial scholarship to a web development boot-camp!! It's a two month long intense training on getting the fundamentals of coding..... And I needed a Mac. I'm a total PC girl. The only experience I've had with Mac's was a brief stint in college. So I'm typing to you from said MacBook in an effort to get used to a few things.  Wish me luck because I'm gonna need it!! Any tips or tricks would be appreciated.. :)

* Eat Healthier Food Options - I just came home yesterday from my family reunion and there are no words to describe the plethora of foods that were made available. I lovingly call it 'Foodlandia', because I know that when I go, it will be a feast of magnificent proportions!! It's all just so good you can't say no. Now I feel the need to have a major detox or fasting session.. lol. Must make better choices this week!

Okay peeps, this is all for now! I'm glad to be back in the saddle of writing again and back to making weekly goals. Somehow I think it keeps my sane. What are your goals this week?

Ciao!