Live The Colourful Life?

I saw these two images online and decided that they needed to be joined...

Let the sunshine in...

I get miserable every so often... if anyone took the time to count the days between "grumpies"... yeah, I'm pretty typical.

This week it didn't help that my neck was tense, I have work stress, car stress, money stress.... BLAH BLAH BLAH. Apparently I also don't tell people when I'm getting stressed and it explodes out in a turrent of tears and/or screams... not pretty, and apparently kinda nasty.

So I need to shake off the blues - physically, mentally and spiritually.

I started by a trip to the physio, who stabbed the knots out of me.... and encouraged me to really get back into my yoga, even if I hurt.

So, I'll focus on these mood boostin' moves!

 

er... I was thinking about you...

I crave romance so badly, not even necessarily from the guy I’m hanging out with, just some magic, a surprise, a break from the mundane.  Maybe “surprise” is a better way to describe it. Something unexpected and thoughtful.

Like, I thought about you, so I bought you a chocolate.

Or flowers.
Or I wrote you a silly poem.
Or I knew you were sad so I just turned up.
I brought you coffee because I knew you were having a long day….
Be ready at 7pm, hungry and wearing heels.

I want to be whisked away from reality.

It happens sometimes: like when a friend insists on cocktails at 12 Apostles, a friend kidnaps you after a break-up, you see a friend in traffic and end up going for drinks, someone gets you a wooden skeleton because you were lusting after theirs…

Magic does happen, I just crave some NOW. Maybe I need to go make magic for someone else... or just for myself...

 

SIMPLIFY.

We spend so much of our time playing games - not the fun kind that get our hearts racing or make us exclaim... "just one more level..." - the stupid kind. The kind that are basically lies.

I'm so sick of having to pretend that I don't like someone when my heart pounds when I see them. Sick of staring at my phone waiting for someone to call. Waiting, waiting for things to drop into my lap.

A friend of mine was recently upset because she felt like she couldn't just phone the guy she's seeing to say "What up dude?" - we should be able to do whatever we want to!

Don't kiss on the first date.
Make him ask you out first.
Don't say "I love you" first.
Don't act keen.
Don't phone first.
Don't.
Don't.
Don't.

We're grown-ups! Why follow the rules set down by crazy, bitter bitches? Why worry so much that we're not following the rules? Why not be true to yourself?

If I hug and kiss most of my friends, regularly call them gorgeous and tell them I love them.... why act like a cold blanket to someone I fancy? What if we were friends to start with?

Be honest!

The biggest turn on is when a man can confidently show and tell you that you matter. I'm not talking clingy, overwhelming, shallow drivel - A man once asked me to move in with him on the 2nd date because he thought that "that's what girls want to hear"... it's not.

I know a lot of people will disagree, but I think as an adult you / I should be able to express ourselves honestly?

In closing, this is a response to how freeing I've found it to just tell people that they matter, to just call when you think about them, to drop a sweet message - don't be held back.  Take a risk! It could really pay-off... believe me!

“The Paradoxical Commandments"

“The Paradoxical Commandments"

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.


© Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

The Problem With Blogging Personal Stuff...

 

I wish that I felt differently...

 

Maybe it's the cold, maybe it's because I don't know what you expect me to say...

 

My head is so stuffed full of unwritten posts, song lyrics and static memories... I don't feel "funny" and you come to my blog to have a laugh... don't you?

 

I'm disappointed, a bit jaded and really complacent... I ready hope that I get to have the night I want to have... me, in bed with chicken soup, laptop and a bottle of wine. Maybe then the words can escape my mind and flow into yours. Maybe I'll make you laugh.

 

Maybe I'll make you laugh.

The Secret to Happiness?

HAPPY Weekend - literally...

 

Long weekend - with a big focus on doing the things that make me happy.

 

So far, on the cards:

friends

wine

wine tasting

natural history museum

playing outside

The White Queen (series)

Game of Thrones (reading)

braai

 

with a good chance of:

art (viewing)

painting

beach walk

market exploring

shopping

Great Expectations (movie)

 

HAPPINESS!

 

 

Macaw?

No... MY CORE... I need to work on MY CORE ;)

I have one of those big balls... apparently they are called "Swiss Balls" - ok then.
I also have a little work-out dvd.
Sorted right?

The ball is flat.
Where did I put the airpump?
hmmm....

Looks in cupboard...
Climbs into bed to meditate on location of pump.....

I kid, I kid.... I didn't even bother to look for the pump.

I plan to locate the ball, pump and dvd this weekend. Something needs to be done about my abs. My weight loss is still happening, but tre's slowly. And I want a toned tummy. I've found that using the ball really takes strain off my back, and you feel like you are playing rather than exercising.

I tried to find a lovely chart of exercises that I could post, but alas, nothing that would benefit you via blog My Dear Reader. See below for three rather strenuous looking exercises.

I mean AWESOME...

Deep & Meaningful

Recently I made a mistake, I did something wrong, I messed up - however you want to put it. I'm not going to elaborate on what I did, but I let someone down. I could have covered it up and got away with it - but I hate lies. Friends told me that the truth may set me free, but that my friend would be very hurt to hear the truth. I went with my gut, and gave a full confession. My friend was disappointed and I supposed hurt. So I'm winning back trust and mending bridges. I'm very fortunate to associate with understanding people, with strength of character. In that moment I realised that I had risked losing a valuable friendship. It was the wake up call that I needed. I do wish I could have gone about getting elightenment in a better way though :-|

 

I suppose we live, we learn?

 

Wisdom.

'I confess that I have been blind as a mole, but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.'

Sherlock Holmes Quote

-The Man with the Twisted Lip

NSFW

Had to chuckle when I saw ecard... I'm one of those people who gets caught demonstrating a yoga position or accepting a push-up challenge at work, oblivious to everyone else in the office...

Why not?

I dance in the grocery store too...

Something Fishy Is Going On....

Wow, it’s been a whole week since I wrote a post? Last Monday I was so emotional and overwrought. I wrote a poem for goodness sake… I don’t write poetry… except weird five liners like:

Claire, Claire
It isn’t fair
You have straight hair
Do you even care
That I look like a bear?

Anyway, after feeling physically weak and horrid on top of being totes emosh… I took a look at my eating habits. Dukan is great, they list all kinds of seafood, which is great for getting your omegas in… except if you barely eat fish… because you can’t have the tartar sauce or crumbs. Omega oils are very important for mood, especially for someone managing depression. Omega oils are great for your skin… I have been BATTLING with eczema. And I don’t get eczema, I’m not that person… however I’ve had to avoid deodorant, try all kinds of remedies… with very little luck. Maybe it’s the oil? Maybe it’s the salt water I’ve been washing with (armpits being the HUGE issue for the last two weeks) – I’m almost healed, in the last two days.

I’m also feeling really strong now; I managed to climb Lion’s Head with relative ease yesterday – although I’ve been hobbling all day. To put it in context of how rarely I hike these days – anyone that asked assumed I was hobbling today because my skinny jeans were too tight! 

I will love and leave you now, promising to write. A very good looking and amazing fan recently said to me: “I’m glad that you posted this week, even if it was all emo” – so here’s to perkier posts in the future!

EAT FISH!