Procrastination

Procrastination steals energy from our days. With the world speeding up and more on the list of things to do, it is so easy to put those nagging hard to make phone calls to the side.   When the paperwork and the laundry pile up it brings “overwhelmed”.    

This is the sprinkle of drama that we add to our lives.    Take the drama shaker away and work on that one nagging job.   I have included this video to help you get motivated or want to go to a french restaurant for Les grenouilles 

http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/EatThatFrog?id=~Contact.Id~

The little white lie

Oh the little white lie.   We say them everyday.  Last week I watched a video about the concept of not lying, for any reason.  Stuck in traffic?  Probably not.  Missed your call?  pushed ignore.   There is a freedom in telling the truth.   I started to notice when my lips wanted to tell the smallest untruth.   I figured out that I am the most untruthful when I say  “ I can’t”  which means “I don’t want too”.    Lets face it, if we really wanted to do something we figure out a way.   The great thing about being 43 is I know what I want and I don’t need to explain it.   The other problem with being 43 is sometimes I just forget what I decided on.  Here is something called the mindful smack, its a great video blog on this very concept which got my lying radar up.    Enjoy.  http://vimeo.com/30905771 

Me & Justin Timberlake

I drifted between work, driving the kids, and pushing the cart through Safeway  I thought sometimes staying in the moment sucks.  This was me today.  Its only Tuesday and I am already dreaming about the weekend.     Next weekend I am off duty and it can’t come fast enough.  Not that being a mother is fully rewarding but having 3 days where I only have to worry about where I am is a holiday.  This got me thinking,  why don’t I include something everyday to look forward to other than the end of the day?    Even if it is staring at a Justin Timberlake video for 4 min.   It is similar concept to finding gratitude everyday,  it is taking a moment for joy and of course,  Justin.  

Pass kindness forward

Pass kindness forward is something that doesn’t take much time and it can be part of our lives everyday. I saw this video on FB this morning and thought it was such a great example of the world we all want to live in. Sometimes we miss those very small moments to help because we are not in the moment. Take 5 min out of your busy day and watch this. We all make a difference.

http://www.flixxy.com/pass-the-kindness-forward.htm

Pass The Kindness Forward

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One act of kindness leads to another. All shot in one take.

KS on Vacation?

Karma Sisters has been on vacation.  Thank you to my many friends who have dropped me many supportive notes about it.  I have been working with Franco Media about launching it into the web full scale.  No holding back, throwing myself on the line.  It is like putting your life out on the road and hoping that you don’t get run over.  I often think about where we would be if Rosa Parks hadn’t sat down on that bus or Alexander Bell had not but his idea into motion. (well in the dark actually).   How many brilliant ideas where buried under the earth because of fear, or perhaps one persons negative comment.  I am not saying KS is going to change the earth, but its going to change me.  Watch out web, here we come!KA

Love my phone

I love my phone. There I said it. I might have to join an addiction group. Sadly, it adds excitement to my world. My phone is all about me. My photos, my music and mostly my friends. Text messaging has become one of my biggest allies in the battle of busy. The greatest thing about instant messaging is that there is no small talk & no nonsense. If you approach each text message without emotion it drops all the drama. Texting is the only way to communicate with teenagers, (this is where the no drama is most helpful). Its the spell check that mess’s me up. Most days I am drinking coffee, on my laptop and texting. My text messages can be encrypted, but really it just adds more mystery to who I am. Please read all messages with open mind and a sense of humor.

Dedications for 2012

I didn’t do new years resolutions for 2012.  However,  on the beach in Costa Rica I  worked on dedications.    Just the term alone gives more substance to making a change.   Resolutions with me, only have had energy until mid January.     This year my dedication was to get on living my life.  I am 43 and I am not fux*ing around anymore.  The sand has more than covered the bottom on my hour glass and I am going to make every spec count from now on...   In going to look for the good in every situation, take risks and travel the earth.    There is a world outside of my life that I need to see.   

Roller derby

Yesterday I met my sister and we went roller-skating.  We didn’t go for us,  but soon it became about us.   We skated around as we did 30 years ago, we went back in time.   The games started and attempts at our old bag of tricks.  Tag on roller skates has to be done with reckless abandonment.  At some points it looked like a scene out of a Roller-skating derby, bodies littered the floor.    It only took one fall to remind myself that I am no longer 14 and bounce different, I bounce more like a bag of cement.   This is something I am going to do more of, living my life through the eyes of my inner child..  I am going to carry a few more bruises, but the infectious belly laughs are the reward. 

Heres to 2012!

New years eve this year was a ceremony for many of us who shared a week in Nosara over the Christmas holidays. It was a cleansing of 2011 and a welcoming of 2012.. As the sun set on the beach, a few of us swam into the warm water to say good f*@&!ing ridden to a tumultuous year, and let the rolling waves wash it away.. Now, I can’t wait for the new year to start.. I know wherever I am next year that when I look back to 2012, I am going to say “what a ride!”... Here is hoping that the Mayans got their math wrong.. Happy New Year everyone..