Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and the awful its ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing; hold on through the awful; and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That’s just living heartbreaking, soul healing, amazing, ordinary, awful life. And it’s breathtakingly beautiful.
Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.
There is some good in the world and it’s worth fighting for
You are so anxious about the future that you do not enjoy the present. You therefore do not live in the present or the future. You live as if you are never going to die, and then die having never really lived. — Dalai Lama
Everybody has a chapter they don’t read out loud.
But without the dark, we’d never see the stars
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5 Unconventional New Years Resolutions
- Spend money better.
Rather than promising yourself that you will do nothing but save this year, instead promise yourself you will spend money better. You don’t need another shirt and you can make that same coffee from Dunkin at home, instead put that money aside and save up for a trip. This can be a small trip or finally crossing the Atlantic for the first time. Put it towards adventures and outings rather than materialistic items. At the end of the day these are the things that make life worthwhile. The most memorable part of 2015 for me was all the money I put aside and saved to study abroad in Spain for the summer. I have so many unforgettable memories there.
2. To run a marathon, finish a triathlon, take a spin class or learn to meditate.
-You are so caught up in losing 5-10 pounds, obsessing and limiting yourself, torturing yourself with mundane gym activities (if I have to spend another 10 minutes of my life on an elliptical I promise you I will lose my mind) you tend to lose sight of all the fun things we could be doing to lose this weight without even realizing it. The past six months I have lost 10 pounds and this was probably the first time this year I wasn’t even trying to. I stopped weighing myself and obsessing over calories and focused on healthy activities I love. I seriously believe I owe it all to my newfound love for spin classes.
3. To love and accept oneself.
We are so caught up in our flaws and so strung out on this idea of perfectionism and unrealistic comparisons in todays world we tend to stray away from the idea of loving and accepting ourselves just the way we are. We tend to compare our life to people doing better, who are probably just at a different point in their life than we are. It’s like we feel guilty that we like how we look and are happy with the way things are going. This year I told myself I was going to learn to be comfortable in my own skin, not 10 pounds from now, not a new hair cut from now, but now now. It has enormously affected my life in a positive way. I feel myself walking around with more confidence than ever before and expanding my opportunities more than I could ever imagine.
4. Fall in love.
This does’t have to be with a person, we don’t have to constantly worry about finding the love of our life at every moment. Fall in love with a new hobby, find your passion, fall in love with the friendships you’ve created, the places you’ve travelled and your overall life, even if its far from the perfect picture we expected.
5. Learn to let things go we cannot control.
We all spend too much time worrying about things that may never happen, always thinking of the worst possible scenario rather than the best. If we all focused more on what could go right rather than what could go wrong we as people would be immensely more courageous, risk taking and adventurous. Think of all the opportunities you’ve already missed out on because you played it safe instead of taking a leap of faith. Whats the worst than can happen? We fail and try again.
Quote of the Day
Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and the awful its ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing; hold on through the awful; and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That’s just living heartbreaking, soul healing, amazing, ordinary, awful life. And it’s breathtakingly beautiful.
Perfectly Imperfect 