One of the reasons I started this blog was because I knew that some people (mainly my sisters-in-law :P), really enjoyed my Facebook statuses and I didn't want to disappoint them. My one sister-in-law, Julie, even told me that it was "now mandatory that you text me what would have been your statuses. I don't deserve to go without my daily chuckle for your bizzarity!" With that in mind, I plan to balance any seriousness with plenty of the natural silliness that I can rarely repress.
Today, tragically, I am sick, and can't guarantee any silliness. Sorry Julie! I probably wouldn't be posting at all, except that I didn't post anything yesterday, and I don't want to drop this habit before I've even made it. Speaking of habits...
For Christmas one year, my parents gave my brother in law a series of little books from the Simple Truths collection. He keeps one in the bathroom downstairs and switches it up once in a while. They're actually very good! If you've never read one, I definitely recommend it. Often I'll catch myself repeating a mantra or thinking of a concept that I read of from them, and I haven't even read them that often.
Anyways, they have titles like "The Power of Attitude", "Smile for No Good Reason", and "50 Ways to Say You're Awesome", and other cheesy sounding, but actually helpful books. One of the ones that was in the bathroom recently gave a quote from Jerry Seinfeld, where he responded to someone asking him how he got his material, and he said that he wrote every day. And he put up a calender somewhere that he could see easily, a nice big one, and when he wrote, he got to put up a big red X on the calender. After a while, he had a nice long chain. And the trick was to not break the chain. Because not everything a creative person writes is going to be gold, but with enough practice and enough material to sift through, you'll uncover the things that are worth something. (Incidentally, that idea is also how I do my thrift store shopping. I pack my cart until it's overflowing, and I have to go through a ton of stuff that I'd never actually wear, but then I come away with 5 or 6 amazing pieces.)
I loved this idea. It's a way of keeping you accountable for whatever habit you're trying to get into, whether it's working out, praying, or giving a compliment every day. I tried it out, writing little checklists, and crossing off dates. And it's great! Though naturally come the days where the chain is broken. Things don't work out the way we'd planned, we were tired, we lost our motivation. I'd often give up hope.
I read last night something from a man named Lorenzo Snow that said: "If a husband can live with his wife one day without quarrelling or without treating anyone unkindly or without grieving the Spirit of God... he is so far perfect. Then let him try to be the same the next day. But supposing he should fail in this his next day's attempt, that is no reason why he should not succeed in doing so the third day."
For the longest time growing up, I'd give up the first time or second time I'd fail to change my habits. I thought I had to be perfect, and the best at it, right away. I know I wasn't alone in this. In case you didn't guess, this is not true. :P We give up too easily on ourselves sometimes. But, like he said, there is no reason why we shouldn't succeed on the third day.
And now with that seriousness done away here are some thoughts!
1) Powered by Google does not mean Google. Other search engines should stop trying.
2) My sister's dog is a maniac. If you know her, no further explanation is required.
3) Tweet of the Day: @ActuallyNPH: I'm a big fan of, punctuation and "it's" correct usage; (if you're a grammar geek like I am, that was probably very painful for you.)
4) Awesome friends are hard to come by. Don't let them walk away without knowing that they're special!
5) Follow me on twitter! sallypeaches! Not because I say anything profound, but well because.
I'm still going through some growing pains with this blog, so thanks for reading the whole way through. So far this is a little weird for me! :P But I hope that it can develop into something awesome!
Please do comment! I'd love to hear anything you have to say! Unless it's critism without the constructive part. That you can keep.
Keep Trying, lovelies!
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