Chookooloonks’ Karen did an article on authenticity her exact words:
“Grab a pen and paper, and list everything you love to do that fills you with joy and/or grace. It can be shooting photographs, or cooking, or taking a shower, or running a mile, or singing or whatever. Write deeply profound things, or silly little things, like organizing the junk drawer in your kitchen. Write until it exhausts you. Just write whatever fills you with joy or grace.”
1. Reading. When I read all else calms down. If it’s a storm going on in me or around me; it recedes. Calling it’s hobby would be to demean it. Reading takes me to places that I am unable to describe.
2. Dressing up. There is just some joy in looking so effortlessly fabulous yet knowing it left your wardrobe in disarray.
3. When my boys confide in me. When I give them my perspective and it’s like I have unlocked some world mystery and knowing that they trust me. It makes me feel valued and appreciated for me.
4. Laughing so hard my legs are up in the air like a little baby. More so when watching a favourite show or sharing joke with friends
5. Dancing. Like reading all else receded
6. Music. When I wake up it’s the first thing I look for and at work all day it’s what keeps me motivated.
7. Everything that pertains to blogs. Be it blogging, reading blogs, discovering blogs.
8. Shopping. Be it shopping for the house, shoes, clothes. I love shopping…
9. Alone time. Snuggling under my duvet doing nothing but allowing my thoughts run free. Sitting under a tree just appreciating nature while having conversations in my head that are so damn interesting it’s almost a disappointment to realize I am all alone.
10. Internet research. I love looking or stuff in the internet. The sheer satisfaction of finding that thing which seemed impossible…
11. Eating at my favourite restaurant whether I’m alone or with my friends.
12. Being pampered at the Salon. It makes me feel so special.
13. Lying in bed holding my huge teddy bear knowing that I don’t have to wake up and rush anywhere.
14. Receiving a long email with fun news or detailing what a wonderful person I am…
15. Words. Be it in email, snail mail, texts, blogs, books, phone conversation, face to face conversation. Words rock way better than words
16. Men who have awesome laughs and smiles. The sounds of people’s laughter is so distinct and unique…especially if I’m into you
17. Going on holiday to awesome places and having an awesome time.
18. Having hilarious conversation with my family which seem so odd to others but make total sense to us.
19. Colour. I love colour. The bolder the better.
20. Spending time with my friends.
Due for leave and initially it was to be here but it’s started raining and we could not risk going where it could also be raining and cold. The place is amazing as its in the middle of a national park and the facilities are beyond amazing so the other option is to the coast and I’m torn between here …IN LUST WITH THE PLACE LIKE FOR TWO RUNNING YEARS. My family was to go here some time back but each time it was fully booked. The other option is here…my boss raved about this place and it being all inclusive is very persuasive but my thoughts are filled with the former…so confused or maybe just greedyJ
For one I have laughed till tears have chucked from my eyes…Thanks to Passive Aggressive Notes
1. MAD BOMBER Season one
2. MAD BOMBER Season two
3. MAD BOMBER Season three
A friend of mine once asked me if I am manic-depressed seeing as my moods change so easily…lol…Well I am not but I just realized that I should try and think of 26 things(Not in order of importance) I am either grateful about or I am currently into:
1. Good health
2. Memoirs of a Geisha
3. My family
4. Grooveshark
5. Sexy dresses
6. My housemate who listens to all my madness at home and at work
7. Saturday night hang outs at our apartments
8. Purpose Centre
9. Sangria
10. Vests
11. Boots
12. My room
13. My girls in and out of this country
14. Raggea Music
15. The bloggess
16. Verysmartbrothas
18. My boss and my crazy colleague
19. God helping me survive all the bad things this year
20. My attitude of not buying into the myth that I am old
21. Text messages
22. The internet
23. Vegetable stir-fry
24. Easter at the coast
25. The weekend getaway at Nyeri
26. My boys who really complicate my life but make me the girl that I am
I feel as if lately I have been posting really grey, emotional or heavy posts but it seems the season I’m in hence writing reflects that. Today has been a grey day…I am 26 and I still don’t know what I want to do with my life. The thought petrifies me. Each day the fear increases exponentially. A friend bought me ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ which I devour daily and it makes me realize that this grown up business sucks!
Maybe I need a long break from work…